Sunday Mid-Day • 13th September 2022

The Kodavas of Mumbai

FEATURE: An organisation founded by the people of Karnataka’s Kodagu district has persevered for 100 years in the city by supporting the Coorgi community and celebrating its culture, while forging deep ties with Mumbai

Sunday Mid-Day • 23rd July 2022

Filming the criminal mind

FEATURE: Ayesha Sood, director of the first instalment of Netflix’s new true crime docu-series, speaks of exploring facets of the human condition

Sunday Mid-Day • 27th April 2022

In India, again

FEATURE: American photographer Mitch Epstein revisits his images of India from the ’80s for a new book that captures his immersion into the country’s experiences and subcultures with a new sense of detachment

Sunday Mid-Day • 24th April 2022

‘He was amiable but argumentative’

FEATURE: A Dharamshala-based illustrator who comes from the same riverine region of Punjab as Bhagat Singh, presents his life and writings to a new generation by going beyond popular representations

Sunday Mid-Day • 3rd April 2022

Let’s talk architecture with aam admi

FEATURE: A Mumbai-based research and publication initiative is trying to engage the common man with built environment and heritage through personal stories

Sunday Mid-Day • 14th February 2022

Gully news

FEATURE: With the release of a newsletter dedicated to the Bandstand Promenade, we went on a trip to discover others like it devoted to roads and neighbourhoods in Mumbai highlighting local history and civic concerns

Sunday Mid-Day • 14th February 2022

Love Lost

FEATURE: Journalist and author Meghna Pant’s new book fictionalises a harrowing personal story of abuse and yet holds on to messages of hope and redemption

Sunday Mid-Day • 6th February 2022

On a life well lived

FEATURE: Actress, veteran TV show host and Miss India trainer Sabira Merchant’s memoir looks back on a spirited life, even as it brings alive a more genial Bombay of the ’70s with charming accounts of potlucks, evenings at the theatre and running its chicest hangout spot

Sunday Mid-Day • 30th January 2022

Off stage

FEATURE: As lone voices in the classical arts come out with stories of harassment and abuse, fear of a powerful nexus and informal learning structures ensure a larger silence about the real equations between gurus and students when the stage lights go off

Sunday Mid-Day • 30th January 2022

Fully filmi hai

FEATURE: A new pocketbook series introduces the more obscure trivia lurking behind some of Bollywood’s most iconic moments

Sunday Mid-Day • 16th January 2022

Jabra Fans

FEATURE: A new documentary on the lives of movie star lookalikes delves into questions of identity, attention and the conviction required to sustain in a notoriously difficult industry

Sunday Mid-Day • 9th January 2022

Because India and Italy are good together

FEATURE: An ambitious multi-volume documentary film project addresses contemporary art versus traditions by travelling across artist studios in India and Italy, finding connections between practices

Sunday Mid-Day • 9th January 2022

In Memoriam

FEATURE: A filmmaker recollects experiences of working with acclaimed Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee in a book that aims to introduce him to a wider audience familiar only with his work with Satyajit Ray

Sunday Mid-Day • 9th January 2022

Staying in Good Spirits

FEATURE: A Malayalam animated film by a Mumbai studio brings to life a raconteur’s entertaining stories of characters that populate the afterlife

Sunday Mid-Day • 2nd January 2022

Choral Recall

FEATURE: Conductors of Bombay's oldest choirs share memories of carolling on stage and the streets on chilly December nights, and what the last two years of virtual concerts have meant for congregational singing

Sunday Mid-Day • 26th December 2021

Suburban service chalu aahe

FEATURE: A newspaper started 30 years ago and dedicated to the socio-cultural issues of Vile Parle has continued to enhance the quality of life of its residents through its hyper-local approach

Sunday Mid-Day • 21st November 2021

Take a big bite

FEATURE: Mukbang videos of people eating massive high-caloric meals, which found popularity in South Korea in 2009, have become a global phenomenon. Indian creators and consumers, along with food psychologists and bloggers discuss the impulses behind such consumption

Sunday Mid-Day • 31st October 2021

4th century single mom

FEATURE: With a series of stage and screen adaptations of Kalidasa’s Abhijnanashakuntalam set to greet audiences, creators and scholars ponder questions about this ancient text’s enduring popularity and universal appeal

Sunday Mid-Day • 24th October 2021

Love Bite

FEATURE: Bitten by the entomophagy bug, a writer’s project at a festival will explore issues around sustainability and the socio-cultural aspects of eating insects in India

Offscreen • 4th October 2021

Matthias et Maxime (Xavier Dolan, 2019)

REVIEW: “Sometimes you spend your life doing one thing and, in the end, it wasn’t your thing,” a somewhat listless Matthias (Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas) is told by a senior at his law firm a little way into Xavier Dolan’s eighth feature, Matthias et Maxime. Matt has just been offered a promotion, and although the words are spoken in response to his visible hesitation in accepting it, they momentarily calm his distracted state and make him think.