21st May 2014 Saturday 04:51 pm Struck were those lifeless strings with a heart full of hope, serene music burst forth so easy to cope. Here I drew my art on the flawless caravan, and drank the beauty of "Yes, I can".
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16th May 2014 Friday 05:03 pm The sun tickled the way in through my soul, The water swam into my dreams, The air left me undone and unseen The fire burned my errs and sedated me for a moment. For now I stand illuminated and wooed, hastily waving goodbye to all my foes.
I walked
18th October 2013 There I walked midst the woods, pestering the fallen grass A view, then, bewitched my eyes, After all of my sauntering I saw, I finally felt, There she stood amid the trees Laughing with serenity was Joy.
Bleak and bare
Kenji, a 20-something-year-old Japanese, organizes sex tours around Tokyo for foreigners. And while doing so, Kenji has formed his ideas and opinions of the world around him- from high school students working as hookers to the tourists who approach him for his service, he thinks he can read their boring lives like a book. All… Continue reading Bleak and bare
An enthralling read
The Vegetarian is a novel written by Han Kang, a South Korean writer and published in 2007. Its English translation was made available only from 2015, after which it has managed to make a big impact among English speaking readers. Kang wrote the novel in three parts, and the entire novel is based on a… Continue reading An enthralling read
Dark and delicious
Bong Joon Ho has officially cemented his name as the best auteurs working in cinema right now. And his new film Parasite does nothing but further emphasize this fact. The film released this very year won him a Palm D'or in Cannes (the first Korean film to do so). The film stars Song Kang-ho, Lee… Continue reading Dark and delicious
The intimacy of a relationship
Wonkai Wai is a magician, a mystic when it comes to merging colors, emotions and music. His 2000 film “In the Mood for Love” is on the list of my favorite films. After watching In the Mood for Love, it was only natural I would gravitate towards Wai’s other creations, to see what tragic but… Continue reading The intimacy of a relationship
The Charm of Charulata
Charulata also known as “The Lonely Wife” is a film about love. Sadly, due to all the cookie-cutter versions of love in recent pop culture, love stories have been given a bad rap- many tend to be corny, cheesy and unrealistic. But, not Charulata. Charulata is a film that plays with all forms of love:… Continue reading The Charm of Charulata
Slow and subtle
Three middle aged men sit at a typical Japanese restaurant, sipping hot sake. One of them has taken a young wife and the other two mock him for his action. In any other film, this a scene would be filled with loudness and a lot of movement. However, it is ever so gently played out… Continue reading Slow and subtle
The art of tragedy
The premise of Oldboy goes like this: An average man, weakened by alcoholism and the hardships in life is suddenly kidnapped and held in a hotel like prison cell from where he can’t get out. He is trapped in this cell for 15 years and has no idea who did this to him and why.… Continue reading The art of tragedy
Urza Acharya 