(December 8, 2024) What happens when a childhood tale from Karnataka finds its way to Hollywood’s biggest stage? For filmmaker Chidananda S Naik, it turns into an Oscar selection. His short film, Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know, has not only created a...
(October 16, 2024) A few days ago, Suman Sharma, a resident of Dharavi, found herself presenting a report at Dharavi Diary’s monthly meeting. Fluent in English, she took on the center stage and presented her team’s work with much elan. But she wasn’t...
(August 17, 2024) “All the gold and silver that we owned, I, an 11-year-old child at the time, dug a deep pit and buried it to keep it safe, because we didn’t think we wouldn’t return. We thought we will be coming back, but we couldn’t,” lamented 84-year-old...
(July 24, 2024) Itna bata ke jaiyo, kaise dinwa beeti ho ram (While you are going, tell me how should I spend my time?) It’s a woman’s cry, pleading with her husband or lover, who is moving to foreign shores as an indentured laborer, to return home soon. More than 100...
(June 21, 2024) Brushing shoulders with some of the biggest names in the world of cinema at the French Riviera last month, Mysuru-based filmmaker Chidananda S Naik found himself in a state of deep gratitude and awe at the 77th Cannes Film Festival where his short...
