Tilak Amitava Chowdhury

It is said that reading a book is like making your own movie. Wherein you give personality to each character in your own way. I feel travelling is also similar. You add up every moment of your journey through all your senses and create your own unique experience. Can theatre add to that experience? I think a lot.... Traditionally we have had 'Harbolas' who narrated stories from one corner of the country to another corner. Ramleela has been going on for ages. We have powerful groups like the famous Prithvi Theatre that regularly does so many plays. Why not have plays that add colour to our mythology, our history and heritage monuments? Imagine if you were to visit The Taj Mahal and in addition to a guide, you have a fifteen minute long skit depicting the various known unknown facts of the legendary Mughals and their monuments. I am sure it will add a lot of colour to our colourful past & heritage and make the tourists enjoy them more... What do you feel?

Every weekend I eat breakfast at a small road side joint. The owner makes amazing food. I don't know where he learnt to cook such delicacies. I doubt if he ever went to school. Forget a business school. Yet he runs a profitable business, a family and raising future citizens of the country, his children and dreaming for a better future. We read so much about big success stories. But what about these small unsung heroes who have survived all odds and are living an independent life. There are millions of such amazing stories which are untold. I'm amazed by the tenacity of these people. As the government of India rolls out big plans like make in India, skilling India, incredible India etc, I feel that if we are able to harness these tiny enterprises and weave them in a formalised channel, India can achieve great heights both socially and economically. The future of India will be shaped by the harnessing of these tiny enterprises is what I feel. And you? ___________________ The...