Music: Tenzin Choegyal and Taro Terahara, The Awakened Heart, 2011

By Katya Kazbek|June 21st, 2019|Country: Australia, Japan, Tibet|

Calming, healing collection of mantras, both ancient and contemporary, in a collaboration between Tibetan musician based in Australia and the Japanese master of the bansuri flute

Film: Campaign, 2007, and Campaign 2, 2013, dir. Kazuhiro Soda

By Katya Kazbek|June 7th, 2019|Country: Japan|

A chronicle of two election campaigns by the same Japanese politician, before and after Fukushima, which sheds light on the many political, cultural and societal aspects of Japanese society

Film: The Last Color, dir. Vikas Kanna, 2019

By Katya Kazbek|May 30th, 2019|Country: India|

Eye candy premier feature from celebrity chef about the friendship of two untouchables: an orphan girl and a widow living in an ashram, and the political change it brought

Film: Good Guy, Bad Guy, dir. Indu Krishnan, 2018

By Katya Kazbek|May 27th, 2019|Country: India|

A smart documentary on the imperfections of charity cases portrayed through the director's relationship with a Bangalore ragpicker

Book: Su Wei, Invisible Valley, 2006

By Katya Kazbek|May 25th, 2019|Country: China|

A glorious novel of magic, politics and polyamory set in Cultural revolution era rural China

Film: Microhabitat, dir. Jeon Go-Woon, 2017

By Katya Kazbek|May 24th, 2019|Country: South Korea|

Poverty and homelessness in South Korea imagined via a tender, funny and nuanced portrait of a young woman who refuses to wallow in misery

Film: Chuskit, dir. Priya Ramasubban, 2018

By Katya Kazbek|May 23rd, 2019|Country: India|

An organic non-GMO artisanal feel-good film for the whole family about a paraplegic girl in the mountains of Himalaya

Music: M.I.A., Arular, 2005

By Katya Kazbek|May 22nd, 2019|Country: Tamil Eelam, United Kingdom|

The vernacular of rootlessness, multiculturalism and politics of war in one of the greatest albums to come out in the 21st century so far

Film: Kia and Cosmos, dir. Sudipto Roy, 2018

By Katya Kazbek|May 18th, 2019|Country: India|

An Indian adaptation of “A Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night Time” with incredible child actor, available on Netflix

Arundhati Roy’s Freedom to Write Speech, 2019

By Katya Kazbek|May 14th, 2019|Country: India, Kashmir|

Fearless writer talks about finding shelter from the tyranny in literature