by Charu Thakur | May 23, 2025
(May 23, 2025) On a breezy evening in May, filmmaker Payal Kapadia walked the red carpet at Cannes with a sense of dejavu. Just last ago, she stood on the same stage as a winner, holding one of the festival’s top awards. Now, she returned as a jury member, one of nine...
by Charu Thakur | Dec 20, 2024
(December 20, 2024) It was in the chilly winters of 2016 when I boarded a bus from Tashkent to Chorvoq, a stunning icy blue lake in the Tian Shan mountain range of Uzbekistan. Our guide Ali welcomed us onboard with a smile. Excited to meet a bunch of Indians exploring...
by Charu Thakur | Mar 11, 2024
(March 11, 2024) In the back alleys of Nakagyo-ku in Kyoto lies a restaurant that’s unlike any in Japan. Although hashi or chopsticks are an integral part of Japanese food culture, Tadka – a South Indian restaurant run by a Japanese chef Dai Okonogi...
by Charu Thakur | May 28, 2022
(May 28, 2022) The picturesque city of Cannes is pulsating with energy, glamour and glitz as it hosts the best of world cinema under one roof. Welcome to the Cannes Film Festival 2022, an annual affair that has the who’s who of showbiz turning heads on the red...
