In Conversation: Para Vayu’s Ravi Iyer
“Playing commercial is always easy, but it is always difficult for bands to decide what to play,” believes Ravi Iyer.
Posted in: Music
Interview: Sujit Kumar of Overhung
Four guys from different bands have come together to form Overhung, a super band. And they’re playing at Hard Rock Cafe tonight.
Posted in: Music
B.L.O.T: Profile
A few days ago, electronic dance music artists B.L.O.T was here to show us what they got. TTS caught up with them for a chat.
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Half of a Yellow Sun
After Purple Hibiscus from the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi comes the novel of emotional truth that entwines love and politics together.
Posted in: Books
World Cinema: Love It or Hate It
It’s simple and yet full of complexities. It is appreciated and awarded, and yet it is despised by the masses. We take a look at why it is so.
Posted in: Movies
Chaitanya Paranthas
Known for its parathas, Chaitanya serves 600 plus parathas on a daily basis along with a mix of Punjabi, Chinese and Hyderabadi dishes.
Posted in: Restaurants
Uday Benegal on The Whirling Kalapas
Indus Creed front man Uday Benegal comes to Pune this weekend with his new band, The Whirling Kalapas. He gets in depth about his new project.
Posted in: Interviews, Music
Road, Movie: The Dev B
This is Abhay Deol’s “Dev B”. The very well shot, acted film falls yet again in the not for the masses grey area. Worth a watch.
Posted in: Movies
German Bakery Blast: Oddly Similar to Delhi 2008?
13th February confronted panic and confusion as Pune’s most cosmopolitan and up market area of Koregaon Park was plunged into disarray. A blast took place at around 7:00 PM in German Bakery, a café frequented by foreigners and youngsters, and raised consternation and foreboding when the road was splattered with blood and strewn limbs. Recollect [...]
Posted in: Politics