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\n\"\"Rattanamol Johal\u00a0on Art <\/span><\/strong>
\nAkram Zaatari\u2019<\/strong>s latest work, Letter to a Refusing Pilot<\/em>, which premiered in the Lebanese Pavilion at this year\u2019s Venice Biennale, ties together a number of crucial aesthetic and political concerns. It revolves around a three-decade-old rumour about an Israeli pilot who refused to bomb a target in South Lebanon, knowing it was a school, since he had once been a student there. Zaatari reveals his personal connections to the school in question, while confronting the viewer with a series of disturbing disjunctions between fact and legend, reality and representation, a forgotten past and a perpetually conflicted present.
\nJohal<\/strong> is an independent curator and art writer\u00a0<\/em>
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\n\"book\"S Irfan Habib\u00a0on Books
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\nRaza Rumi<\/strong>\u2019s Delhi by Heart<\/em> picturesquely describes the city\u2019s past and the present. It has meticulously-researched chapters on Delhi, particularly some of its obscure Sufi and literary medieval past. It engages with the tensions of the present with utmost sensitivity. Rumi is a strong voice for religious and cultural pluralism and the book truly mirrors his concerns, literally from the heart.<\/p>\n

Habib<\/strong> is a Delhi-based historian\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n\"\"Arsh Sharma on Music<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe artist I am listening to currently is Noisia<\/strong>, specifically their album Split the Atom<\/em>. What makes them really exciting is the number of territories their music covers. From mind-bending basslines to hard-hitting drum to really slow sound design-based tunes, they seem to cover most of the grounds in left-of-centre electronic music. Add to that a really hard-hitting sound and incredible production, which makes it a perennial favourite.
\nSharma<\/strong> is vocalist and guitarist for Fuzz Culture\u00a0<\/em>
\n[\/box]Kabir Chowdhry on Film<\/strong>
\n\"\"Santa Sangre<\/em>, directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky<\/strong>, takes surrealism to a nightmarish dimension. This psychedelic journey is both bloody and poetic. The film has a carnivalesque quality, with its dwarfs and trapeze artist who spiral a familial tragedy, of children inheriting their parents\u2019 emotional baggage. Rich in ideas, it has a demented quality. Despite the sordidness of its theme, though, the film retains an unshakeable moral centre. It\u2019s a roller coaster ride that is both vertiginous and provocative.
\nChowdhry<\/strong> is the director of Good Morning
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\nChuba Longkumer on Food<\/strong><\/span>
\nI am a regular at Stone<\/strong>, the Italian Segment of Moet\u2019s in Defence Colony, Delhi. The place has a very cosy ambience to it. The interiors are done in a very natural manner, using wooden floorings, earthen tones and warm shades of brown and white. They have a peculiar way of cooking seafood in Italian style which makes it delectable, hence misti di mare alla griglia (grilled seafood platter with lemon butter sauce) is my favourite. On the side, saut\u00e9ed grilled vegetables cooked in olive oil and Italian herbs serves appropriate. Their chicken Caesar salad along with a glass of Jacob\u2019s Creek defines fine dining for me.
\nLongkumer<\/strong> is the owner of Nagaland\u2019s Kitchen, Delhi
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