by chhavi | Dec 24, 2010 | Essays & Commentaries, Narratives & Features
An essay on the changing trends of Christmas for Earthbeat aired as part of their “Preparing for the holidays” show. Christmas is mainly celebrated by 25 million Indian Christians – under 3 percent of the population. But in recent years, Christmas has...
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 | Oct 1, 2010 | Narratives & Features
Last month, I visited a pavement school in Versova and helped Earthbeat do an interview with architect Rohan Shivkumar about how space is reused in a city like Mumbai and how easy it is to repurpose any space at all. Is chaos a good thing? Listen or download...
by chhavi | Sep 12, 2010 | Essays & Commentaries, Narratives & Features
A commentary I did for Radio Netherlands about dirt, germs, and our growing national obsession with hand sanitizer… you can listen to just my piece (click to hear, right click to download and save to your computer) or you can listen to the whole show online,...
