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Music to my ears: Peace Drop director Logan Ghanesh Karunakaran (centre) receiving the award for Best Original Music on behalf of Yaashdev from Zakaria (left). Looking on is Raja Aznil. – CHAN TAK KONG/The Star A YOUNG copywriter’s ability to conceptualise the feeling of frustration into music has won him the “Best Original Music Award” at Malaysia’s first international film festival for youths. Yaashdev Sasidharan, 26, who won the award at the Limkokwing International Youth Film Festival, said it was challenging to create music that conveyed something abstract like a specific emoti...

For Aero Club MD, first day at work after lockdown was an 'emotional' day Singh says joining back office after lockdown was an 'overwhelming' experience. Synopsis For Harkirat Singh, going back to work instilled a great amount of energy and motivation to ‘get-started’ again. Harkirat Singh, Managing Director, Aero Club shares how it felt going back to office after months in lockdown. City traffic “My office is in Central Delhi and I commute by my personal car. In this pandemic situation, suddenly city drive has become a little easier which was otherwise, all chaotic because of traffic. ...

How Delhi has been written over the years in novels and in stories (and essays) The pandemic may have silenced the urban legends of the capital for a year, but there is enough and more in literature to look back on. Connaught Place, Delhi, before the pandemic. | PRAKASH SINGH / AFP All great cities have great stories. New York, Cairo, Istanbul, Moscow, Shanghai among others, all have their grand, capacious histories, replete with triumphs, setbacks and even the odd comic interlude. Delhi has its glorious chronicles too, but they compete with those of New Delhi and more rec...

Lockdown Diaries: Week Five  '); LYNN HART is a media and PR executive and lives in Henley. She was born at Townlands Hospital 61 years ago last month. AS Valentine’s Day approaches, I can’t help thinking back to this time last year when I was busy planning my 29th party for Hart to Heart — parties for single professional people. Little did I know then that it would be the last one for 18 months and longer. Having 48 people (50/50 men and women) together for a party at Hotel du Vin in Henley now feels like a world away. There is always such a good mix of new and familiar faces and the ...

The 'Friday' List: From the end of Margazhi to a virtual Victorian walkthrough in Kolkata, a pick of events for the first week of the new year This week, we bring to you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your calendar for the start of the new year. FP Staff December 31, 2020 17:36:39 IST On this week's #FridayList, a poetry reading by Anupama Raju, Amazon Prime Video's Yearly Departed, a virtual Margazhi festiv...