We really enjoyed this hilarious and apt analogy of the Indian election mela by comedian Azeem Banatwalla. It offers some much-needed levity on hump day.
SANITY BREAK MARCH 25 2024
While we are not taking a break for the festival this year, here’s our Holi gift for you: A stunning 17th century painting from the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad of Lord Krishna.
SANITY BREAK MARCH 26 2024
On your return from Holi festivities, we offer you this super-duper dance routine by the mundu-wearing group who call themselves 74xmanavalans.
SANITY BREAK MARCH 27 2024
Elisabetta Sirani’s ‘Timoclea Killing Her Rapist’ is a homage to feminine rage. It shows Timoclea pushing her rapist—a captain in Alexander the Great’s army—into a well. As the story goes, she then dropped rocks on him until he died. Well, sometimes giving yourself permission to feel angry feels good—as many women know.