deepanjana
deepanjana
author & journalist
 
 

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Deepanjana Pal

 
 
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Blog
Connecting Threads at Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Connecting Threads at Bhau Daji Lad Museum

Somehow, this ended up being 3,000-odd words. It was just supposed to be a quick overview. On the plus side, contains pictures.

Cutty Snark: "That Little Snake"
Cutty Snark: "That Little Snake"

Simryn Gill’s Soft Tissue, Atul Dodiya’s Seven Minutes of Blackmail and the imagination.

Mary Poppins Returns/ Roma: A Tale of Two Nannies
Mary Poppins Returns/ Roma: A Tale of Two Nannies

Two films, two nannies, one critic. Let the analysis begin.

Cutty Snark: Zero and male privilege
Cutty Snark: Zero and male privilege

There is a reason the new Shah Rukh Khan film is titled Zero.

"I Will Not Lose Faith in the Indian Judiciary and Democracy."
"I Will Not Lose Faith in the Indian Judiciary and Democracy."

Remembering Tushar Joag (1966-2018).

Cutty Snark: Hopeful Monsters and Kedarnath
Cutty Snark: Hopeful Monsters and Kedarnath

Contains opinions on Rohini Devasher’s latest exhibition, Hopeful Monsters and the film Kedarnath.

"What kind of a magpie keeps this notebook?"
"What kind of a magpie keeps this notebook?"

Notes from a notebook. Contains Joan Didion, Instagram and more.

Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of JK Rowling
Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of JK Rowling

On the plus side, there are baby nifflers.

Shock to the System
Shock to the System

Learn from Jamie, gentlemen. Or why we all deserve better than a dick pic.

Cutty Snark: The Ughs of Hindostan
Cutty Snark: The Ughs of Hindostan

One hundred and sixty-five minutes of my life are gone, never to return. And this is what I get to show for it.

 

snapshots

Find yourself a friend who will coolly lift handcuffs from MS Sathyu’s office because it’ll make for a great #bookstagram. Thank you @bijalvv
Thought I was jotting down a quick overview of Connecting Threads at Bhau Daji Lad Museum, and the next thing I know, there are more than 3,000 words. 😶 (link in bio)
Smog set. #Mumbai
Simryn Gill’s Soft Tissue is an utterly mesmerising show about nature, humanity and the transformative power of art. From the Naga Doodles (prints made from snakes that were roadkill) to the Punch Drunk series of plaster cast (of fruits!), this show is full of treasures. Must see.
At Seven Minutes of Blackmail, by Atul Dodiya (currently on display at Chemould Prescott Road). The storytelling done by cinematography is a key aspect of the paintings, so as responses to the show go, this was on point.
Of nostalgia and old revolutions (print by Navjot Altaf, currently on display at NGMA Mumbai).
A meal for She-Hulk.
Someone come up with a brainwave so that we don’t lose BDL Museum to BMC. (In pic: Shakuntala Kulkarni’s cane armour/ cages on display as part of the Connecting Threads exhibition at Bhau Daji Lad Museum.)
 

short stories

"The satiny material of her burkha shone where it caught the sunlight. It stretched, dipped, billowed and moulded against her body because of the wind. The magnifying glass inched down her form, past the arc of her covered head, along the fluid lines of wind-puffed material. Hadpude didn’t blink. He just looked. His eyes travelled from head to toe, from photo to photo."

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