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English Vinglish: A Mom’s Cinematic Self-Discovery
It was a Cool Sunday morning. Ours is an extended family, so the clatter at our home on a Sunday is much noisier than in today’s nuclear-families. But like any other family, ours too was enjoying this “Holy Day”. The best thing on that day is one can put aside the Grandfather clock – that […]
Is Islam a non-vegetarian faith
Can you deny my argument that Islam has a non-vegetarian angle? I made myself believe that the non-vegetarianism (anti-vegetarianism) of Muslims does not have theological basis until I stumbled upon a verse in the Quran: ‘And [recall] when you said, “O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord […]
Beef Festival and Pork Festival: A World Sans Food Fascism
Recently, India witnessed a counter-cultural movement from Osmania University in Hyderabad, a southern state of the country. The Movement or protest named ‘Beef Festival’ was aimed at the restriction or total ban on beef or meat varieties in University campus. Following the movement, a similar move titled ‘JNU Beef-Pork Eating Campaign’ was decided to be […]
Kayikka’s Biriyani – More Than a Recipe
‘Kayikka’s Mutton Biriyani’ – the reputation is such that, it made Indian Picasso – late MF Hussain wander throughout Cochin for two days searching for the outlet, during his stay at Taj Malabar, Kochi. The flavoursome description of the dish by an Ernakulum based NRI couple, while in London had tempted his taste buds and […]
What is Eating Our Frames?
What happens when we watch food on screen? There may not be a unanimous feedback to this question, as eating and watching movies are deeply related to our varying subjective moods. But Maharshi Bhasa, the ancient theatre theorist from India, has said to the effect that food and sex need only be alluded on stage. […]
Singing Their Dishes, No Eating Their Rhythms
Nowadays, chefs are learning the art of getting the right music notes. They need to know as much about playlists as they know about the list of items they have to cook. Chefs are now seen planning play lists from upcoming musical stars to pair with their signature dishes. There is a little bit of […]
Asad’s Coffee, Ayla’s Baklava and Jahanzeb’s Chutney: A Tale of Many Tastes
It was Sunday in Bangalore. Streets abuzz with shopaholics and vendors. Parks metamorphosed into loiters’ Eden. Pubs all awake and the ever-vigilant moral cops. The two words Sunday and Bangalore evoke many pictures… We as usual occupied the kitchen. The event may not be as relevant as the occupying of Wall Street. But it nice […]
Ramadan and the Vulgar Profligacy
I am a Muslim who does not fast. An oxymoron? Not at all. I am no more an oxymoron than some scrupulous Muslims who fast and have sumptuous iftars, eat from dusk to dawn. I have simple breakfast, a very simple lunch and a glass of juice at night. My intake of food is far […]
The Syrian cauldron
World anxiously anticipates in the midst of all-around violence the day when Bashar al Assad may join Hosni Mubarak and Qaddafi. On August 2, when this analysis was being written, agencies reported that Syrian Army which backs President Bashar al Assad, let loose a spate of violence in the capital city of Damascus. In the […]
Batman’s Shots: The Larger Violence
Slavoj Zizek has said to the effect that when the twin towers in the US were bombed, those whose window into the outside world were only television and game consoles thought that the towers were falling on screen and the bombing was orchestrated not by the dreaded Al Qaeda but at one of the state-of-the-art […]
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