A Christian symbol, a magic charm to cure rabies, a puzzle of interlocking layers that has inspired recent filmmakers, or simply a one-line tale about a hardworking farmer: the ancient five-word palindrome continues to provoke debate…

https://www.historyextra.com/period/sator-square-what-puzzle-how-old-when-first-tenet/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=t.co&utm_campaign=Bitly

Even as Mylapore wakes up to the sound of temple bells and fluttering pigeons, Carnatic music fills the air. This Margazhi season,  veedhi (street) bhajanais are back, with several music enthusiasts gathering in the morning and singing bhajans and songs.

https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/music-on-the-streets-of-mylapore-why-carnatic-vocalist-saketharaman-is-celebrating-an-age-old-tradition/article66280644.ece

"As a city with a huge cinematic heritage, there was absolutely no conversation around trans queer persons and their representation in the cinematic space. That is where the journey began from the objective of trying to reclaim a space.”

16th Dialogues Kolkata International LGBTQIA Film & Video Festival 2022

https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/events/dialogues-calcutta-international-lgbtqia-film-and-video-festival-2022-at-kolkatas-indira-cinema/cid/1899633

With people choosing to cross into the US through dangerous routes passing through Canada or Mexico, human smugglers hold camps in north Gujarat where they train their clients to scale 15ft high walls, slide through barbed fences, and run long distances with their children and heavy bags to cope with the vagaries of illegal crossovers, revealed an investigation into these rackets

https://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/boot-camps-prepare-clients-for-illegal-us-trip-from-gujarat/articleshow/96329439.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOIDesktop

With each indigenous language that goes extinct, so too goes the thought: the culture, tradition and knowledge it bears. That matters because we are in dire need of a radical transformation in the way we relate to our environment.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/12/1131807

My next outing as a director for our Hindi feature #Gulab

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/endemol-shine-india-film-slate-1235441519/