I always wonder why writers write. Is it a calling? A compulsive need? An ego driven exercise to say, ``I want you to see what I see?'' I always wonder if writing is a conscious choice. A technique that you ...Read More
If you believe that eyes say it all , then do look closely at Khushwant Singh's and you will know what I’m trying to put across. Even at 97, his eyes are that of a school boy's.That’s because there seem to be no contradictions between what he says and what he thinks. Or to put it more aptly, there ...Read More
The kitchen. Pretty much where she spent a greater part of her time. Randomly throwing spices, cleaning up and spraying repellent on little red ants that crawled their way up to some new tidbit they had stumbled upon.
The bedroom. Clothes ...Read More
When they fought, he would make up. And eventually, in a few minutes, she would relent, and the world would be perfect again.
So when he left home to buy a strip of medicines that she needed, locking her inside the ...Read More
“What we really heal when we are intimate with someone is our relationship with our own self.” – Deepak Chopra.
Actually speaking the truth about my self is the most difficult thing to do since there is so much self righteousness ...Read More
Now this is how a Punjabi describes a non-Punjabi wedding, ‘Hmm…It was quite simple… They had only upma for breakfast…’ and so on. You cannot miss the disappointing tone – a typical Punjabi, expecting a totally different scenario at a ...Read More
Though it was a night of glitz, glamor, and chutzpah crowded by the who’s who of filmdom, the underdogs clambered up the throne of entertainment at the recently concluded Filmfare Awards. And the biggies humbly accepted their defeat and made ...Read More
When you think of Goa, you immediately think of the sun, sand, parties, beaches, foreigners and food. But there’s a side to Goa that you won’t see in brochures and travel magazines – an old, almost ancient Goa – a ...Read More
It is very easy to get swept up in a current. It's wild, it's random and you exert hardly any effort at all, getting tossed in the waters.
Feeling absolutely free. Really?
Or is every limb constricted, balled up, drawn in, in fear ...Read More
A friend watching a film at home with me said something pertinent the other day. There was a time when actors just acted. They were expected to be just actors. They did not hawk their films by dancing at reality ...Read More
A few Japanese events held in February and March, symbolize our anticipation of Spring. We have two major events, Setsubun and Girl’s Festival. Setsubun is usually held at the beginning of February, either on the 3rd or 4th, at shrines ...Read More
Last weekend I travelled to Lucknow….a city famous for its extravagant Nawabs, its cultured populace and its old world charm. Now, contrary to what you may expect, this was not an ordinary vacation with sight seeing as the primary objective. ...Read More
