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Theatre Review: Rakt Kalyan, by Drama School Mumbai

March 23, 2019 Deepa Mohan

It is not a common occurrence for me to be able to watch a well-made promo video of a theatre school; I did that for the first time when I reached out to the Drama

Nature Feature, March ’19: Varna (castes!) in Nature!

March 6, 2019 Deepa Mohan

Since all of us are becoming so polarized by caste these days, I thought I would take a tongue-in-cheek look at the four varnas, or castes, into which I can categorize the living beings around

Theatre Review: “Monsters in the Dark”, by Bangalore Little Theatre

February 28, 2019 Deepa Mohan

“The Emperor of All Maladies”, a Pulitzer-winning book by Siddharth Mukherjee, is an intense book about that dreaded “C” word…cancer, and looks at the dread ailment via multiple lenses…history, biography, describing the several discoveries, obstacles,triumphs

Theatre Review: “Bali” by Adishakti at Ranga Shankara

February 26, 2019 Deepa Mohan

It had been quite a while since I went to Ranga Shankara for a play, and the blurb about “Bali” was interesting enough to pull me in. Here’s the quotation from the excellent brochure that

Nature Feature, Feb ’19:Hayath and the world of many legs…

February 8, 2019 Deepa Mohan

For a while now, the world of insects and spiders has begun to be revealed to everyone, through the medium of photography. As the micro-sized creatures are captured through macro photography, stunningly weird-looking creatures appear

A Seniors’ meet with a difference…

January 16, 2019 Deepa Mohan

We have several group for senior citizens in our city, but today (16 Jan,2019) I attended a meet of senior citizens…the common factor between them being that their children are living in Portland, Oregon, in

Nature Feature, Jan ’19: Asian Waterfowl Census, Hoskote kere

January 16, 2019 Deepa Mohan

It’s always a tug-of-war on the second Sunday of every month. I have learnt a lot on the Lalbagh walks, but since I am generally committed to the 3rd and 4th Sunday walks, I do

Difficulties in booking online on Indian Railways

December 26, 2018 Deepa Mohan

The new IRCTC website should make booking easy, right? Wrong! I booked for a train, and then decided to advance the date of travel. I knew this was possible, but could not find out any

Metro work goes on….

December 15, 2018 Deepa Mohan

Bannerghatta Road is already a mess, as one-third of the road is blocked for the work on the Metro. There is no transparency on how long the work will take, and no timeline for completion,

The Kidoor Bird Fest: Birding on the Border

November 29, 2018 Deepa Mohan

Birds know no borders; the ones that we go to see in Karnataka fly off and can be seen once we cross over into Kerala! So when the birders of Kasargod announced the second Kidoor

Shadow puppetry: Michael and Wendy Dacre, for Kathalaya

November 25, 2018 Deepa Mohan

Sometimes the shadow is just as interesting as the substance. I was privileged to peep in on a shadow puppet workshop that Michael and Wendy Dacre conducted at Kathalaya, BTM Layout, Bangalore, on 23rd November

Butterfly Festival, Doresanipalya Forest Research Station

November 21, 2018 Deepa Mohan

I was about to write something about this event for my blog, and realized my official report for the Karnataka Forest Dept would do just as well! The founder-members of Bangalore Butterfly Club (BBC), from

Silver chariot of the sun, on our roads

November 19, 2018 Deepa Mohan

It says a lot for the wondrous variety of vehicles on our roads, that a silver chariot of the sun, drawn by seven horses (and, presumably a little more horsepower), with regulation headlights, does not

Early morning musings….

November 9, 2018 Deepa Mohan

While walking home from my daughter’s, I caught the sunlight, slanting in beams in the dusty morning air: Ironic that it’s the pollution in our air which shows up the shafts of sunlight! The scene

While celebrating….

November 2, 2018 Deepa Mohan

We like to celebrate Kannada Rajyotsava Day with many symbols, including the flag of the state… But when we do, it would be good to remember those for whom such symbols are not merely a