Zigarthanda
Welcome in. Pull up a chair, and stay as long as you like.
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The 2:30 show
Matinee
The cinema craze that started in a quaint little town's matinee shows.
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After five, with tea
Verandah
Everything else under the fan in the form of essays.
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Tonight's double bill
A film, and a book to go with it
Pick your seat
Every seat is my favourite. Some might become yours.
Screen
MatineeVerandahAlready read
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What should I watch or read next?
Send a film or a book my way. We might become pen pals.
Thank you. Main Vaapas Aaunga!
About
This is Sibiraj.
Zigarthanda is a space I’ve longed to create. A space like matinee shows in single-screen theatres; like the verandahs of tropical South Asian homes; the kind of spaces I grew up in, back in my dusty hometown with palm trees.
And just for a few minutes,
we speak to each other.