by chhavi | Oct 15, 2010 | Narratives & Features
For PRI’s The World program’s web site, multimedia journalist extraordinaire Lauren Farrow and I did an audio slideshow about the last day of Ganeshotsav – Anant Chaturdashi, which is when idols of Ganpati are immersed in water. To find out more...
by chhavi | Oct 12, 2010 | Essays & Commentaries
A piece I did on how Mumbai is lawfully a silence zone and how ludicrous that really is – along with what we face every day. Including hideously loud suprabhatam aartis at the crack of dawn on a Sunday! You can listen to the piece along with a reaction to it and...
by chhavi | May 3, 2010 | Narratives & Features, Podcast: Bombay Talkies
At Sewri, an industrial suburb near Mumbai, you can find a treat for tired eyes. Along the backdrop of industry and with the whistle of a train ringing through the air, like rose petals clustered on glass, you can see a flock of real live flamingos – a thousand...
by chhavi | Apr 13, 2010 | Podcast: Bombay Talkies
What are India’s top 500 companies doing besides making a profit and keeping their shareholders happy? Karmayog’s third annual Corporate Social Responsibility report is out and we got an exclusive sneak peak at the findings. This year 13 companies got 4...
by chhavi | Apr 3, 2010 | Narratives & Features
A graffiti project has been launched in India that’s about more than just spray cans and eluding authority. Actually, “The Wall Project” is a sort of “graffiti for goodâ€, for a sense of common space, aesthetics and a whole lot more — follow the...
