“Some are bound to die young. By dying young a person stays young in people’s memory. If he burns brightly before he dies, his brightness shines for all time”. These lines came up as I was going through posts...
Actor Jyotika’s Ponmangal Vandhal, a court drama, is one of the first films to have it’s global premiere on Amazon Prime on May 29. Addressing media through a Zoom press conference the actress admitted that she was glad that...
Just the other day, listening to the rain, I sat with my coffee and hummed, ‘Kya mausum hai, aye deewaane dil, chal kahin durr nikal jaayein’, and whenever I wanted to chase the blues away, all I had to...
“Kya padh rahi hain aap” or “kaisa chal raha hai” was usually how Irrfan and my conversations began on location. Me, the reporter, used to endless hours of waiting armed with a book, and he the actor, always punctual,...
Golden Brown. Rich. Sweet. Tastes better when piping hot. Satiates all my senses. Now, now, don’t let your imagination get the better of you, I am talking about the delicious ‘ Kadha Parshad’ – the taste of heaven on...
“That who is stationary cannot be creative”, Satish Gujral. It’s the end of an era, eminent artist Satish Gujral, known for his versatility across mediums, passed away at his New Delhi residence on Thursday after a prolonged illness. He...
Lockdowns, self isolation and social distancing – if it all sounds like something from a Dystopian universe, it’s sadly our reality these days. With a large chunk of the world observing self quarantine, humour is indeed the need of...
The pleasure of sinking your teeth into a soft bun smeared liberally with maska (butter) and sipping sweet chai, lounging in an Irani cafe, a fan whirring over you head, the checked table cloth, the dog eared menu cards,...
The year 2005, I was invited to shoot the ‘on the sets’ of Aishwarya Rai’s film Provoked, inspired by the life and times of an Indian housewife Kiranjit Alhuwalia, who had changed the course of British Law. I was...
‘Social distancing’ and ‘self isolation’ becomes the norm as the world braves the Corona pandemic with a lockdown across countries and states; health comes first, indeed. But what about people like me and many others whose day is incomplete...
