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Issue #5: Inside Out – Emotions Speak, You Shush! (Cover Image)

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A Little More Please: The Need for Second Helpings

Busting the myths of firsts, Upasya opens up the worlds of second love, magic and hope.

Find Shinali discovering the perils of picking up a pen and journaling her pain.

The Prayer Song

Sameer shares a meditative piece praying peace, calm and warmth.

Although Robert Frost Had Told Us Already

Madhura Banerjee

Traverse through everything North Bengal, nostalgia, and emotions, with Madhura's Frost reminiscence.

A Very Homely Win(e)try Christmas: In Conversation with Veena Ashok

27 December, 2020

Meet the wine-maker Mrs. Veena Ashok, from Coorg, whose flavoured bottles are in demand across town through the wine-ter lover Dot, Sohinee Basu.

Fifty Shades of Winter

27 December, 2020

The play of light at sunrise as it dances on the snow capped Lower Himalayas is an unforgettable sight. Koustav is up and about, to capture it brewed with warmth.

Indian Summers and Christmas Rom-coms

Jayosmita Ganguly

27 December, 2020

Jayosmita sulks and finds happiness in the Indian heat as she fangirls over her favourite winter romcoms, this list is to die for.

What's in a Soup?

27 December, 2020

Winter’s are incomplete without steaming bowls of hearty noodle soups and Janki knows that too well serves a ladle full of love. and comfort.

Ruhaniyat-e-Nihari

27 December, 2020

This mouth-watering article by food blogger Koninika will rouse Nihari and Mutton Paya cravings unapologetically - by all means, fall into this oily trap!

Carols On A Dime

27 December, 2020

Carolling is synonymous to Xmas time and Karishma fetches out the underrated gems of the Yuletide season and narrates their origin stories!

Features

27 December, 2020

What is Christmas without a notice board filled with kids' artwork and craft? Dots collabed with Tots!

Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan

8 November, 2020

In the beginning there was Bombay; then it became Mumbai. Be it the Opera House; Yazadani Bakery or Haji Ali’s famous dargah, Kausar makes the journey just the right pleasant.

8 November, 2020

Clyde D’Mello, a prolific artist presents his vintage Santiniketan version of the Tagore’s Taasher Desh, taking down on fascist at a time with panache.

Chronicles of Windamere: The Oasis, The Himalayas and The American Queen on The Sikkim Throne

Jayosmita Ganguly

8 November, 2020

Heritage it out with Jayosmita Ganguly in conversation with Mrs. Elizabeth J. Clarke, the Managing Director of The Windamere Heritage Hotel in Darjeeling, a souvenir of the Raj.

Pulsation : A Photo Story

24 August, 2020

Welcome yourself to the life of nature as it pulses in these pictures of Nat Geo and BBC recognised photographer, Mainak Das.

Letters From Art: In Conversation With Annada Menon

Jayosmita Ganguly

24 August, 2020

Instagrammer and Illustrator, Annada Menon creates an unconventional series of wild animals, adorable, huggable and Chonky. Jayosmita leaves no stones unturned to fangirl.

Aesop's Fable : 2020

24 August, 2020

From growing up on Aesop’s Fables to growing into them as a photographer creating his own version of them, Nat Geo featured Arghyadeep will leave you in awe.

Although Robert Frost Had Told Us Already

Madhura Banerjee

Traverse through everything North Bengal, nostalgia, and emotions, with Madhura's Frost reminiscence.

A Very Homely Win(e)try Christmas: In Conversation with Veena Ashok

27 December, 2020

Meet the wine-maker Mrs. Veena Ashok, from Coorg, whose flavoured bottles are in demand across town through the wine-ter lover Dot, Sohinee Basu.

Fifty Shades of Winter

27 December, 2020

The play of light at sunrise as it dances on the snow capped Lower Himalayas is an unforgettable sight. Koustav is up and about, to capture it brewed with warmth.

Editor's Pick

Elemental Struggle Through Cinema

Jayosmita Ganguly

24 August, 2020

Join Jayosmita in her journey to segregate and integrate the essential elements to forest films of Bulbbul, Avatar and Revenant.

Blue Jay: A Monochromatic Lesson in Hope and Renewal

Saahil Agnelo Periwal

Blue Jay’s austere colours raise several questions on love and films, and whose answers lie in a phantasmagoria, or so says Saahil.

Meeting a Gentleman

24 August, 2020

Right out of the pages of a wildlife thriller, BG takes you along on a suspenseful journey through the Bandhavgarh National Park to meet its furry and striped ‘large hearted gentleman’.

Bombay Velvet: An Ode to Cinema and the Cinematic Capital of India

8 November, 2020

Find yourself utterly stunned by Shinali's argument on Anurag Kashyap's cinematic genius with Bombay Velvet, and the absolute adaptation from everything Al Pacino.

A PLATINUM BLONDE IN HOLLYWOOD

8 November, 2020

Trace Arjun Sengupta's detailed discussion on the very first Hollywood blonde's tragedy, Jean Harlow and her expansive legacy.

Growing Beyond the Pages: The Tunes of our Forests

24 August, 2020

Forests are breathing into fresh life through pop music thanks to Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and even K-Pop as the space gets reimagined and Upasya traces this journey.

Bengalis & Badminton: A Classic Winter Ritual

27 December, 2020

Take a peek into the Abhradeep’s world of a Bengali world involving lots of sports, lots of badminton, and a dada love involved.

Frames of the Forest: Revisiting Aranyer Din Ratri

24 August, 2020

Who better to talk about any setting than Satyajit Ray? Sohinee picks up his Aranyer Din Ratri and wonders in the woods is inevitable.

Dotsworth

A Little More Please: The Need for Second Helpings

Busting the myths of firsts, Upasya opens up the worlds of second love, magic and hope.

Find Shinali discovering the perils of picking up a pen and journaling her pain.

The Prayer Song

Sameer shares a meditative piece praying peace, calm and warmth.

Winter Kept Us Warm

Jayosmita Ganguly

27 December, 2020

Jayosmita read Eliot and then went to celebrate Christmas with her friends. She liked the warm winter dipped in hot chocolates and hugs.

Bengalis & Badminton: A Classic Winter Ritual

27 December, 2020

Take a peek into the Abhradeep’s world of a Bengali world involving lots of sports, lots of badminton, and a dada love involved.

December Yearnings

Yukta Hathiramani

27 December, 2020

The most associative memory for a convent ex-student is mixed with the call for auditions for the Nativity play. Yukta gifts it back.

A Handbook of Christmas Creatures

27 December, 2020

Mari Lwyd, Gryla, the naughty Old Man Winter Yule Cat, the Satanic Krampus and more. Find out their modus operandi as Karthik fanboys through his Christmas morbids.

Mission Control

Chitranjana Bandyopadhyay

27 December, 2020

Keeping the best turn for the last, this is a poem written by a jilted lover who had a lot more to say and says it here.

The Convent Christmas Concoction

27 December, 2020

Accompany Upasya as she tries to recreate the concoction that was inevitably brewed in her convent during Christmas in this nostalgic blend.

The Last Cardigan

27 December, 2020

Delve into Swarnava’s narrative of scary coincidences, eerie deja vu and traumatic self-isolation as the lines between real and surreal blur.

Cinedotella

Indian Summers and Christmas Rom-coms

Jayosmita Ganguly

27 December, 2020

Jayosmita sulks and finds happiness in the Indian heat as she fangirls over her favourite winter romcoms, this list is to die for.

Bombay Velvet: An Ode to Cinema and the Cinematic Capital of India

8 November, 2020

Find yourself utterly stunned by Shinali's argument on Anurag Kashyap's cinematic genius with Bombay Velvet, and the absolute adaptation from everything Al Pacino.

A Love Letter to Evergreen Classics of Cinema

Sudeshna Banerjee

8 November, 2020

Love letters in cinema? Sudeshna writes love letters to a lot of nostalgic films and shuts the envelope saying, these are a few of my favourite things.

A PLATINUM BLONDE IN HOLLYWOOD

8 November, 2020

Trace Arjun Sengupta's detailed discussion on the very first Hollywood blonde's tragedy, Jean Harlow and her expansive legacy.

Frames of the Forest: Revisiting Aranyer Din Ratri

24 August, 2020

Who better to talk about any setting than Satyajit Ray? Sohinee picks up his Aranyer Din Ratri and wonders in the woods is inevitable.

Elemental Struggle Through Cinema

Jayosmita Ganguly

24 August, 2020

Join Jayosmita in her journey to segregate and integrate the essential elements to forest films of Bulbbul, Avatar and Revenant.

Dark : Adam, Eve and the Forest of Enchantment

Saahil Agnelo Periwal

24 August, 2020

Follow Saahil as he fanboys about Dark with the wisdom of Nietzsche and the Fall as his only guide.

Blue Jay: A Monochromatic Lesson in Hope and Renewal

Saahil Agnelo Periwal

Blue Jay’s austere colours raise several questions on love and films, and whose answers lie in a phantasmagoria, or so says Saahil.

Of How I Found Myself in Kashaf Murtaza

Tracing similarities in character with the headstrong, self-willed Kashaf Murtaza from Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Shinali recounts her journey of self-discovery.

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Carols On A Dime

27 December, 2020

Carolling is synonymous to Xmas time and Karishma fetches out the underrated gems of the Yuletide season and narrates their origin stories!

"For Unto Us a Child is Born"

27 December, 2020

Recalling the all-time Christmas favourite - Handel’s ‘Messiah’, Nupur gushes about the divinely inspired music that pulsates through it.

My Name Is: From the Music of History, A Flower Blooms

8 November, 2020

Gauhar Jaan is as regal and vintage as it gets in the history of Indian music and Nupur remembers this legendary superstar of colonial India.

The Elf King Lives in a Forest

24 August, 2020

Seeking to find answers and connections between the universal emotions of love and fear, Nupur plays along the classic notes of Goethe and Schubert.

Growing Beyond the Pages: The Tunes of our Forests

24 August, 2020

Forests are breathing into fresh life through pop music thanks to Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and even K-Pop as the space gets reimagined and Upasya traces this journey.

Writing my own Jungle Book

Pratik Majumder

24 August, 2020

Blending Floyd and some Ghibli magic with a little of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Pratik takes us through junglee journeys of adolescence.

The Art of Wooing

Exploring the History of Desire in India, tales of love and longing through the soulful renditions of Prabha Atre, Dibyangee muses on the emotions it gives rise to.

Lessons Learnt from The Lumineers

Saahil Agnelo Periwal

Letting The Lumineers take over as the voice of his emotions, Saahil sieves out his favourite lines from some of the most memorable numbers by the band.

DotTheExplorer

Winter Romances: Majnu Ka Tilla

27 December, 2020

Questing the familiar in the grind of the capital city of New Delhi, Aikantik stumbles upon Majnu ka Tilla and begins a love affair!

Honeymoon Winter Travels: Private and Limited

27 December, 2020

Fall in love with love as three couples from different generations spill the unchanging joys of a winter honeymoon - hopping from Switzerland, Kashmir to Sri Lanka!

Winter and Maidan: A Bona Fide Love Story

27 December, 2020

Mixing cinema and fiction courtesy some Satyajit Ray and John Green, Shinali lets her romance for winters at Maidan bloom like spring.

Inside Robin Hood’s Forest Lair

24 August, 2020

It’s time to move past Dabangg and remember the OG Robinhood and his Merry Men as Dipanwita takes you to his abode at the Sherwood Forest and recalls his shenanigans.

Meeting a Gentleman

24 August, 2020

Right out of the pages of a wildlife thriller, BG takes you along on a suspenseful journey through the Bandhavgarh National Park to meet its furry and striped ‘large hearted gentleman’.

Devanshi Merchant

Hill-locked schools and the gush of childhood memories - Devanshi goes down memory lane and revisits through prose the journey to her New Era Boarding School at Panchgani.

A Lake Full of Stars

Udita Chakraborty

Rocky mountain roads, a numbing chill in the air, the blue moods of the Pangong Tso and just nights under a carpet of stars - Udita brings us the magic of Leh.

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What's in a Soup?

27 December, 2020

Winter’s are incomplete without steaming bowls of hearty noodle soups and Janki knows that too well serves a ladle full of love. and comfort.

Ruhaniyat-e-Nihari

27 December, 2020

This mouth-watering article by food blogger Koninika will rouse Nihari and Mutton Paya cravings unapologetically - by all means, fall into this oily trap!

8 November, 2020

Quite the achaari tale of nostalgia between her Nani and herself as Janki reminisces and recalls age-old hand-me-down pickle recipes.

The One with the Chocolate Pudding

Guilty pleasures look a lot like transforming chocolate powder and milk and turning it into a fluffy, creamy pudding - let Janki inspire you!