Sukant Deepak

Where singer-songwriter Prateek Khulad talks to me about performing live, his new single 'I'm Someone New' and the independent music scene in India today. https://t.co/nD5hpK0hIl @prateekkuhad #music

Crisp white paper sheets on the dining table, a window to look at the still mountains, a three-legged Persian cat, harmless ghosts in his attic... Ruskin Bond tells you 'How To be Happy'. Click the link below. https://t.co/lH8Vjjve18 @RealRuskinBond @HarperCollinsIN

Where Mita Vashisht, who played a major role in 'Shameless', screened at Cannes tells me it's a positive thing that there was no institutional support for Indian films, considering an independent 'voice' is more powerful. https://t.co/EhqVzv5ggK @mmvfilms @Festival_Cannes

Where Ladakhi filmmaker Maisam Ali, a FTII-pass out, whose film 'In Retreat' was the first Indian movie ever to be screened at Cannes ACID tells me that anyone can learn the technicalities, however, you have to know why you are doing what you are. https://t.co/eOPSSuYyxj

Where Meghalaya-based filmmaker Dominic Sangma, whose Garo language film 'Rapture' is being screened at 100 screens across France tells me how he exorcised his fears through art. https://t.co/iABBsROXUG @DominicSan67544 #Rapture #France

Where former NSD Director, Anuradha Kapur tells me why the government needs to spend more on the arts. @nsd_india #theatre https://t.co/proVyLniMk

Where National Award-winning filmmaker Bhaskar Hazarika, whose movie 'Aamis' has been called the best movie to come out of India in years tells me in a video interview why he would always want to be an independent filmmaker. @CIFF2024 @AamisTheFilm https://t.co/4lsb92VRka

Where National Award-winning director Rima Das, whose movie 'Village Rockstars' was India's official entry to the Oscars, tells me that the best part about working with non-actors is that they trust her, and surrender. https://t.co/WMqT2Hjq3l

Where theatre practitioner Bidyut Kr. Nath, whose Assamese play 'Raghunath' swept six awards at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) tells me every state in the country needs to hold a theatre festival. https://t.co/k9z6gYsTZZ @MahindraRise @TeamworkArts @BidyutKr

Where actor and lyricist Piyush Mishra tells me he is not a star, but a rockstar:) #piyushmishra @nsd_india https://t.co/1nRFyfO4ip

Where Raghu Rai, India's best-known photographer tells me why it's important for him to capture the common man on the street @RaghuRai1 @raghuraicenter1 @PurvaiR @RaiSangha https://t.co/0zT7pc9DZJ

Where film editor, Beena Paul, Artistic Director of the forthcoming Cinevesture International Film Festival in Chandigarh says that in urban towns, one can witness a hunger for cutting-edge events. @CIFF2024 @NinaLathGupta @Maulisingh @ians_india https://t.co/fFaoptrwjC

As Chandigarh gets set to host its first-ever international film festival, Nina Lath tells me about the numerous masterclasses and workshops that will be held during the festival. @NinaLathGupta @CIFF2024 @ians_india #Chandigarh #FilmFestival https://t.co/lHyf2mhKbA

Enigmatic greys of a Kashmir winter in 'Haider', the many tones of black in 'Maqbool' -- Vishal Bhardwaj's cinema has never shouted 'independent' but subtly stood out from the movies of his time... https://t.co/ZoTD2zSwx4 @VishalBhardwaj @JaipurLitFest #12thFail

Talking about his latest book, 'The Yellow Book: A Traveller's Diary', @amitavakumar tells me that to travel is to leave behind what is comforting or stale, taking one out of himself and forcing him to encounter the world. https://t.co/ckYJgJqlWS @HarperCollinsIN

Where author Geetanjali Shree tells me she is currently catapulted into a very public space, of much visibility and audibility, daunting for a person with the opposite leanings that she is. @TheBookerPrizes @shreedaisy @penguinrandom @HarperCollinsIN https://t.co/YPYGZFceyK

RT @ArvindGaur: Houseful and memorable show of Swadesh Deepak's play #CourtMartial. Brilliant, intense and energetic performance by Bajran…