The ‘People’s President’ Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam died of a heart attack in my hometown Shillong. He was 83. A blackboard sketch featuring his signature hairstyle and the different…Continue Reading →
Goodbye! Charles Correa (1930-2015), one of India’s finest architects and urban planners. Some of his best works captured within an…
RK Laxman, India’s best-known cartoonist, died on January 26, 2015. He was 93. I had the opportunity to meet the…
This is from a few days ago when the man whose pen wore no condom fell one short of a century. The unofficial Khushwant Singh Google doodle. And an animated…Continue Reading →
Suchitra Sen (April 6, 1931 – January 17, 2014) "I am to be seen only on screen because I am…
The obits call him Bollywood’s most feared villain. Not for me. To me Pran Saheb was the most hero-like of all the villains of Hindi cinema. By hero-like I don’t…Continue Reading →
During my childhood, there were only two things that could function faster than a computer one Chacha Chaudhary’s brain and…
RIP Yash Chopra of the Swiss Alps, of chiffon sarees and Deewar.
In the final bout, death got more points but Dara Singh won. The loveable wrestler turned actor died today aged 83. A few days ago I was reading Vir Sanghvi’s…Continue Reading →
