20 years since I left home
September 8, 2001. It was on this day, 20 years ago, I disembarked in Bhopal from a train on a journey that would lead me to wherever I am today.Continue Reading →
September 8, 2001. It was on this day, 20 years ago, I disembarked in Bhopal from a train on a journey that would lead me to wherever I am today.Continue Reading →
Another attempt at reimagining iconic Bollywood scenes as a critique of contemporary issues in a comic book format.
The 'deewaar' of Aadhaar has people on both sides of the wall (and also many sitting on it)
Also a list of the other participants from India at the 1893 Parliament of World's Religions at Chicago. There were at least 15, including Vivekananda.Continue Reading →
New features in popular services often rake up rancour. I have also grumbled a lot against certain changes. But then…
(This post is a part of a series on the 40th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency in India) This…
RK Laxman, India’s best-known cartoonist, died on January 26, 2015. He was 93. I had the opportunity to meet the legendary cartoonist once, as a student in Bhopal, but I…Continue Reading →
The elections in the world’s largest democracy (that is also a prominent emerging economy) is obviously an item of importance…
This is from a few days ago when the man whose pen wore no condom fell one short of a…
60 years ago on Sunday, March 31, 1954 the first Filmfare Awards ceremony (for films released in 1952-53) was held at Bombay’s Metro Cinema and the subsequent issue of the…Continue Reading →
There are a lot of distractions while reading eBooks on the phone and Twitter is one. As I was swiping…
Update: Filmfare seems to have removed its magazines from sale on Magzter. As regular readers of this blog (if there…