{"id":6111,"date":"2012-01-28T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T09:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.tehelka.com\/?p=6111"},"modified":"2012-01-28T09:30:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T09:30:12","slug":"master-takes-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/master-takes-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Takes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Compiled by\u00a0Aradhna Wal<\/strong>
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Birds of a feather: Falling Bough by Walter Ford<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nArijoy Bhattacharya On Art<\/strong>
\nNew York-based watercolour artist\u00a0Walter Ford<\/strong>\u00a0is a self-professed \u2018maximalist\u2019, a trait that shows clearly in his creations. They are stupendous. He paints on a massive scale. The detail and complexity is as incredible as it is perplexing. A perfect example is\u00a0Falling Bough<\/em>, which is my favourite work. The narrative behind the art concerns a species of pigeon that were, at a point of time, quite numerous. Legend goes that if a flock would sit on a branch, the branch would break. Ford harks back to the Raj era. His is the foreigner\u2019s eye in India. His style looks antiquated. It resembles old lithography, yet is very post-modern.
\nBhattacharya\u00a0<\/strong>is a Delhi-based artist<\/em>
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\n\"\"Brinda Charry On Books<\/strong>
\nKathryn Stockett<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0The Help<\/em>\u00a0is a sensitive portrayal of African-American maids serving wealthy white households in mid 1960s Mississippi, the bastion of the \u2018southern\u2019 way of life. These women tell us exactly what they think of their employers. Well-written, without being preachy, it speaks directly to our contemporary social Indian experience, in which \u2018servants\u2019 play a large role.
\n\u2018The book speaks to the social Indian experience where servants play a large role\u2019<\/strong>
\nCharry<\/strong>\u00a0is the author of Naked In The Wind<\/em>
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\n\"\"<\/a>Vinay Venkatesh On Music<\/strong>
\nI found the Norwegian metal band\u00a0Kvelertak<\/strong>\u00a0through their album art. They sing only in Norwegian, even though they tour countries where no one understands them. They are a fun band. Their music is in your face, and their vibe is incredible. My favourite song is\u00a0Ulvetid<\/em>. I have no clue what it\u2019s about but I still love it.
\nVenkatesh<\/strong>\u00a0is the vocalist Of the Mumbai-based band Bhayanak Maut<\/em>
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The other side of the fence: A still from Offside<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nSanjay Barnela On Film<\/strong>
\nOffside\u00a0<\/em>is an endearing classic by renowned Iranian filmmaker\u00a0Jafar Panahi<\/strong>. In a soccer-crazy nation, that bars women from watching live sports events, the film is a delightful 90-minute narration of Iran\u2019s glorious win in the World Cup qualifying match against Bahrain in 2005. A small enclosure, where girls dressed as men have been arrested, serves as the commentary box for the match. Here emotions interplay between the girls and the soldiers watching them, emotions steered by the trajectory of the football match inside the stadium.
\nBarnela<\/strong>\u00a0is a Delhi-based documentary filmmaker<\/em>
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\nTapash Bhattacharya On Food<\/strong>
\nThe one place that I keep going back to is\u00a0Set\u2019z<\/strong>, in DLF Emporio, Vasant Kunj. They have a great spread. It is multi-cuisine so there is something for everyone. The restaurant works with the concept of live counters. That is easily the best thing about it. Customers can pick and choose their food, decide precisely how they want it cooked, and the chef makes it for them. It is custom-made food. Being a Bengali, my favourite is naturally the seafood counter. Try the prawns there. The place is not exactly fine dining, but it is very lively, and the service is friendly and excellent.<\/p>\n

Bhattacharya<\/strong>\u00a0is the chef manager at Machan, Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Compiled by\u00a0Aradhna Wal Arijoy Bhattacharya On Art New York-based watercolour artist\u00a0Walter Ford\u00a0is a self-professed \u2018maximalist\u2019, a trait that shows clearly in his creations. They are stupendous. He paints on a massive scale. The detail and complexity is as incredible as it is perplexing. A perfect example is\u00a0Falling Bough, which is my favourite work. The narrative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[7051,7246,5933,7056,7247,810,7248,7058,7249,7250,7251,7078,7252,7253,5750,7254,7255,7229,7256,7257],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6111"}],"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=6111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}