Jimmy Thackery was the unassuming guy with a Clapton-ish appeal who took to the Mahindra Blues Festival 2013 stage with a three-piece band. “Just a trio?

The mother-in-law of Isabel Munoz, a Barranquillero, found the solution to a social problem on a box of Venezualan detergent. Staring at an African woman sporting a healthy Afro and a brilliant red bow on her hair, the older woman realised she was holding the ticket to a party.
It was the 1960s and women in Colombia weren’t permitted into popular parties. Although they danced at carnival time which hosts the biggest carnival in the Caribbean region, the social structure was such that women barely had a voice in society, let alone a place in public parties — a scenario that peeved this woman the most.

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A sliver of light enters a room bringing with it the silhouette of a wide-framed man. With startled limbs and hollow eyes, a black bug stares at the imposing intruder. On opening Peter Kuper’s adaptation of The Metamorphosis, one finds these words in white set against two stark black pages: When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from disturbing dreams, he found himself transformed.

Every serious fledgling filmmaker wants to make documentaries. Social concerns, burning issues and ignored stories are told by talented youngsters wielding the megaphone. Concurrently, the Indian non-Bollywood live music scene is burgeoning across metros like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai as music lounges and night clubs give space to musicians across a whole host of genres; anything from jazz and dubstep to Carnatic rock is being played as audiences are gaining access to a variety of sounds.

Every serious fledgling filmmaker wants to make documentaries. Social concerns, burning issues and ignored stories are told by talented youngsters wielding the megaphone. Concurrently, the Indian non-Bollywood live music scene is burgeoning across metros like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai as music lounges and night clubs give space to musicians across a whole host of genres; anything from jazz and dubstep to Carnatic rock is being played as audiences are gaining access to a variety of sounds.

In an overconnected world of social networking sites and every application that lets you broadcast your every move, the idea of a holiday is not just about leaving workmates behind anymore. Today to me it’s about leaving all this technology behind so you can take a vacation from everything that connects you to the world.

Hers has been the young rustic voice that has for a few years stood out in a sea of young talent, all of whom sound quite the same. You know a Sona Mohapatra song within two seconds of her singing.

Given how much he seemed to enjoy performing here, and the private party organised post-concert, clearly, the city — and its celebs — came up roses for the legendary musician

Every single Guns N’ Roses fan waiting for the band to perform in both Bengaluru and Mumbai, even the staunchest atheist, said a prayer or kept fingers crossed, hoping that unlike all those stories of

When MTV first came to India it brought with it instant access to a vastly popular world of rock and its various sub-genres.