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Intolerance

Have I been away or what? Someone asked me recently, why have you stopped writing? And I went er, er, don't know. Or maybe the fact that no one was responding or liking my posts made me move away from what I love - writing. So, yippee, here I come again. The media, whatsapp and discussion world is all about intolerance. While I choose not to have a view on the religion part of it (that topic is endless), I feel we should develop intolerance towards the many ills that bug our society day in and day out. Cleanliness (or the lack of it), corruption, indiscipline, inefficiency are to name a few. The list as you can imagine is endless. So can we develop intolerance towards issues that affect our day to day lives directly ?

Sachit Murthy — Writing on Cinema, Cricket, Travel, and Life in India

This blog brings together essays, reviews, and observations on cinema, sport, travel, and everyday life in India. It moves between detailed writing on Indian and world cinema, reflections on cricket as culture and memory, travel notes from cities and small towns, and personal pieces shaped by living and working in contemporary India. Film writing on the blog ranges from close readings of classic and modern films to broader reflections on performance, narrative, and form. Cricket appears not as statistics or news, but as lived experience — a shared language of time, obsession, and belonging. Travel pieces pay attention to place, atmosphere, and the small details that define movement and return. Underlying these varied subjects is a consistent interest in observation: how people speak, perform, remember, and negotiate their inner and public lives. The author’s background as a stage and screen actor, writer, and voice artist informs the attention to rhythm, silence, and point of view across the writing. The blog is intended for readers who enjoy reflective, unhurried writing — pieces that sit somewhere between criticism, travelogue, and personal essay.