They nicknamed it ‘water bomb’, and it is hanging like the sword of Damocles and gifting people with sleepless nights. For many years, the aging Mullaperiyar dam has been a nightmare for people living close to it along the Periyar River.
Recent earth tremors that came with loud noises, leaving cracks on the walls of houses, have only increased their fear. They believe the dam will burst if there is an earthquake of high-magnitude, and they will be washed away.
Tracking the boom in English writing in India, it is evident that several new genres have emerged in Indian writing. So has Indian writing come of age?
For a long time, the mere mention of Indian English writers would mean a few names that include RK Narayanan, Mulk Raj Anand, Khushwant Singh and Anita Desai, along with Indian author of British descent Ruskin Bond.
Kolaveri has put kitsch on an exceptional pedestal. Amidst the faceless fans for Kolaveri are some biggies like Salman Rushdie, Amitabh Bachchan and A R Rahman, who were moved to tweets by the ‘soup song’. Welcome to the north-south crossovers redux.
Crossover songs are not new in India. From Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar to today’s breed of playback singers, many have immortalized several such numbers. Tamil cinema has its own share of crossover repertoire. Why this Kolaveri Di, (Why this murderous rage, girl) nonetheless, has had unprecedented popularity, becoming an anthem of sorts.
Simon Majumdar is an author, food writer and broadcaster. He has written two best-selling food memoirs, Eat My Globe and Eating For Britain, and contributes to a wide range of newspapers and websites including a column on food for AskMen. Simon Majumdar, some of us, the foodies may know already, is one of the two brothers behind the famous Dos Hermanos food blog.
Since October 2010, Simon was one of the three recurring judges on The Food Network’s hit show The Next Iron Chef.
It couldn’t get hotter than this in the winter month of December in Goa, when the Sunburn festival lit up Candolim beach. Touted as Asia’s premier music festival, at the helm of Sunburn are RJ Nikhil Chinapa and Shailendra Singh of Percept.
Goa that has been the tourist hotspot of India vaulted into new heights of popularity, as regarding the music scene. In the state that is known for its beaches, places of worship, biodiversity and world heritage architecture, the music festival showcases the best of talent from the international circuit.
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