{"id":16184,"date":"2011-12-10T05:58:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T05:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.tehelka.com\/?p=16184"},"modified":"2011-12-10T05:58:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T05:58:03","slug":"master-takes-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/master-takes-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Master takes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Compiled by\u00a0Aradhna Wal<\/strong>
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Timeless<\/strong>
A painting by Krishna Reddy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nPeter Nagy on Art<\/strong>
\nKrishna Reddy<\/strong>\u00a0is most famously known for his print works. However, when I went for his show\u00a0The Embodied Image:<\/em>\u00a0The Art and Life of Krishna Reddy<\/em>, what caught my eye was his watercolours, especially a series from 1963, which had never been seen before. These paintings were far more abstract than his other works, yet they read like landscapes to me. His watercolours are extremely rich in hue, yet subdued. And for their time, they were very participatory in the country\u2019s progressive dialogue. Something strikes you because it speaks strongly to you. And Reddy\u2019s paintings just blew me away.
\nNagy<\/strong>\u00a0is the director of Nature Morte Gallery in Delhi<\/em>
\n\"Anatomy<\/a>AJ Thomas on Books\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAnatomy of a Disappearance<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Hisham Matar\u00a0<\/strong>has caught my attention. Apart from the topical importance of the theme, its style and structure are fascinating. It describes the countless \u2018disappearances\u2019 of intellectuals and dissidents during the Gaddafi regime in Libya. The story of human malice practised as State policy, bedevilling normal lives, is told poignantly.<\/p>\n

\u2018It talks about dissidents who vanish ed during the Gaddafi regime\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0is an Indian Poet and Fiction Writer<\/em>
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Bring in the storm<\/strong> Wayne Shorter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIndraneel Hariharan on Music<\/strong>
\nThe \u201970s was an age of revolution in music. And the American bandWeather Report<\/strong>, founded by saxophone player\u00a0Wayne Shorter,<\/strong>\u00a0was the pioneer in the evolution of jazz. I have to say\u00a0Jaco Pastorius<\/strong>\u00a0was the finest bassist to have lived on the planet. The band imbibed Latin and African music traditions with jazz, giving rise to world music.
\nHariharan<\/strong>\u00a0is the Bassist with The Band Mrigya<\/em>
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Marital bliss\u00a0<\/strong>
A still from Scenes<\/em>from a Marriage 
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\nSumit Khanna on Film\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIn\u00a0Scenes from a Marriage<\/em>,\u00a0Ingmar Bergman<\/strong>\u00a0gives a reeling interpretation of marriage; how a diametrically opposite couple co-exists at intimate levels. Actors\u00a0Liv Ullmann<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Erland Josephson\u00a0<\/strong>give the most honest performances. We share 20 years of their love, hate, anger, denial and pain. Bergman wrote and directed the film in 1973 when he was in his fifth marriage that lasted 24 years until his wife died. It is a superb, concise treatise about the nature of falling in and out of love, how to differentiate what love is, and essentially what a marriage is.
\nKhanna<\/strong>\u00a0is a Mumbai-based Filmmaker<\/em>
\nKunal Kapur on Food\u00a0<\/strong>
\nFive-star hotels tend to dilute the flavour of Lucknow\u2019s delicacies. But\u00a0Kangan Restaurant<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0The Westin Mumbai<\/strong>\u00a0comes very close to the authentic taste. They have excellent kakori and galouti kebabs, and paranthas. The highlight is a hard-to- obtain recipe of taar korma, a lamb-based dish with lots of stock and juiced bone marrow. The place has a contemporary d\u00e9cor, with a window for a wall on one side and a live kit chen on the other. Not only do you watch your food being coo ked, you also get a breathtaking view of Mumbai from the 18th floor.<\/p>\n

Kapur<\/strong>\u00a0is the executive sous-chef at Diya, Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Compiled by\u00a0Aradhna Wal Peter Nagy on Art Krishna Reddy\u00a0is most famously known for his print works. However, when I went for his show\u00a0The Embodied Image:\u00a0The Art and Life of Krishna Reddy, what caught my eye was his watercolours, especially a series from 1963, which had never been seen before. These paintings were far more abstract […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[7364,7365,7051,5933,7056,7366,7057,7058,1349,7367,7368,7369,7370,7371,7372,7373,7374,7375,7376,7377,7378,7379,7380],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}