Print & EmailPop goes the art A portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol Shruti Narayan on Art American artist Andy Warhol is known for pioneering pop art movement in America, which explores the relationship between creative expression and the people. Warhol played with print, using ink and often resulting in images that were a little smudged as he emphasised, “When you do something exactly wrong you turn up something.” His subjects were mundane, the everyday people and things — soup, a can, Marilyn Monroe and so on. Warhol’s tremendous capabilities as an artist were explored in ways like hand drawing, print making, painting, projecting photographs on silk screens, photography and computer graphics. Narayan is a Delhi-based artist To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about one man’s persistence to be good and fair and humane in a world where it is impossible to be so: a racially segregated (southern)United Statesin the 1930s. It is a delightful book and the prose is magical. It never gets sentimental. The story it tells is thought-provoking, and despite its setting, very relevant across the world today. It is also full of profound wisdom. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird is thought provoking and is full of profound wisdom’ Unigwe is a Nigerian author Metre jam Harish Sivaramakrishnan of Agam Dhruv Jagasia on Music The seven-member rock band Agam from Bengaluru performs delightful Carnatic music. Through the impressive classical structure of their music and pleasant vocals, they emphasise upon their rich cultural inheritance. The band takes ordinary rock to a different level altogether through unconventional breaks. They transform the 4/4 music metre and break it into 16 or 8.5 and go back to where they’d begun. There is a lot of creativity as well as individuality in their music. Jagasia is the manager of the band, Indian Ocean In search of good life A still from L’enfant Nila Madhab Panda on Film L’enfant or The Child is a Belgian movie directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The story of a financially struggling family within an industrial set-up is narrated with simplicity and minimal devices. The light and setting of the film, the colours, are all basic but in spirit, the movie delves deep into the crises of childhood in an independent life. One can emotionally connect with the characters when they are traumatised due to the lack of basic amenities such as shelter and money. The performances in the film are very impressive and realistic. Panda is the director of I am Kalam The piping-hot pure vegetarian Gujarati food in cool, air-conditioned comfort at Shree Thaker Bhojanalay in Mumbai is consistently superb. Colourful chutneys dot the thali ( garlic one) and so do silken kadhi and delightful dal. The ghee drizzled on the rice only adds to its flavour. The buttery, biscuit-like bhakri goes perfectly with the chutneys, and the puran poli is plump with sweetness. The menu changes daily. Look for undhiyu in the winter, aam ras in the summer and khasa kachori, dahi vada as well as kesar jalebi anytime. The bhojanalay is closed on Sunday evenings. Singh is an Indian food writer
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Mastertakes
2013-02-16 , Issue 07 Volume 10
(Published in Tehelka Magazine, Volume 10 Issue 07, Dated 16 February 2013)
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