Just Imagine a teacher who would just pull out her guns and shoot you in a split second,, just like it was one of those Clint Eastwood Cowboy movies.. Bang, Bang, you are dead.. Nazia Ruby, was by far the most dynamic lady teacher of my Crescent History. So fast, and so much into your …
The first memory that the trailer of ‘The Disciple’ evoked was ‘Whiplash.’ I thought the movie is a rehash for an Indianized version. But the brand of Chaitanya Tamhane (Court, 2014) was enough for giving it a try. Some parallels do exist. The Guruji of ‘The Disciple’ is a hard taskmaster like Fletcher (Whiplash). Both …
India seriously a weird land, to understand it, or even get the feeling that you are understanding a bit of it, would be a very bold statement. I don’t remember who said it, but described it precisely, “Anything you say about India, the opposite is also true”. Thats based on modern experience, and when we …