Posts Tagged ‘Stories’

  • Unregulated Independence
    In no other field of work do you witness such a plethora of posturing, a surfeit of self-serving delusion as in the realm of Independent cinema.  There I have said it! After I had been hired, following yet another terrific round of auditions by yet another Independent Producer/Director all set to make their Film Festival Circuit movie, I got the dreaded, rather by now,...
    by Tori Roy at October 1st, 2009 at 07:10 pm
  • 3 stories up for grabs
    A few days ago I realized that my life is on a trajectory that I can’t change. I don’t control the trajectory; rather, it controls me. It’s like being hurled off a canon early in life and following a predetermined path since. What’s all the melancholia for? Well, to establish the philosophical underpinnings of what I am going to do here. I have realized that I...
    by Subrat at June 21st, 2008 at 05:06 am
  • MUMBAI STORIES 1 – Mango Vodkatini
    I was standing at the bar of a famous night spot in Mumbai sipping at Mango Vodkatini watching the young and old, bold and the beautiful, the rich and the famous. So are you back in India? said a suave looking man with greying hair. I recognised him like I recognise most of the rich and famous in Mumbai. I knew all these guys when they weren’t so rich and famous...
    by PSji at April 17th, 2008 at 01:04 am