Chaitali Sengupta recollects her maiden memories of Shaggy as the ever adorable pet of hers turns over the calendar to mark his first birthday. Dripping wet with innocence, this open letter relives the times that Shaggy has emblazoned with his antics.
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I vividly remember gazing the stars from my patio when I was a kid. Enamored by constellations, I would move my finger in the sky as if to connect the dots that would form The Great Bear, Orion and the likes. Looking back at the times that they were, I’m convinced that if I were to be bound by co-ordinates of space and time, I would love to be but a speck in my event horizon. Remember reading about Laika, the Russian dog who was sacrificed to space for scientific pursuits? The motion picture ‘My Life as a Dog’ (Mitt Liv Som Hund) is based on the autobiographical novel by Reidar Jonsson.
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The partition took many lives in its wake. Soldiers who were earlier fighting the British for freedom had suddenly found enemies in each other. It wasn’t merely, the land which got separated by the ramifications of Radcliffe line but relations.
Written by Manto, the literary genius from India’s pre-independence era, this allegory which is satirical at times questions the futility of war and the bedlam. It portrays the consequences of communal politics and the perplexed case of forgotten identities. The plot revolves around a stray dog trapped between two frontier posts of the Indian and Pakistani armies.
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A blog post with an embedded hope…may you never think twice before forwarding an adoption email for you never know if a mere click of yours might be the difference for a mute.
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Fiction which breathes on the realms of real is a rare work of art. ‘The Bear’ (L’ours) is one such cinematic experience. A moment ago you are seething with worldly chores and the next you are taken for a ride— a ride into the wild! This dream like awakening is as surreal as it is real. To put to words what ‘The Bear’ transfers to the celluloid is a posing task. It enthralls you to the edge of your seat and evokes emotions that you never knew were hibernating deep within in you. The subtle undertone which rides through the course of its essay is improbable to miss. For all the right reasons, the movie was endorsed by both the American Humane Association and the World Wildlife Fund.
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