Every inch of landscape in a three mile radius around Hollywood screams of glamour, showbiz and drama. Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck beam at us from large posters that hang alongside the winding road . Upscale apartment complexes and palatial estates seem to look down their noses at us as we make our way to […]
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Month: March 2013
City Of Angels-1
Rows and rows of palm trees stand erect like sentinels along the winding roads of Los Angeles. They perhaps shoulder the responsibility of guarding the very wealthy angles (and some devils) who deign to reside here. Rubbing shoulders with them are towering high rises that fall just a few feet short of the doors of […]
Girl Interrupted..
A sharply sculpted face with cheekbones bouncing off light. Hair, rippling like silk across the screen. Sensuality that was wide-eyed innocence in one instant and overwhelmingly dark and compelling in another. Crystal clear diction. It is hard to describe Parveen Babi in conventional terms. She was pure sunshine in Amar Akbar Anthony. A chatty, infinitely entertaining journalist in Kala Patthar. A poised lady in red in Deewar, […]
Vikram Gokhale: Still Ablaze
Isn’t there something utterly beautiful about Vikram Gokhale? That glow about him that hasn’t faded with time? And how little we know about him. Not much has been written about Gokhale in the national press and it is not surprising considering how cinema coverage in our national newspapers is synonymous with Hindi films and their […]
Beyond..
Just a story in a newspaper. your life and death. A picture of you and the ones you loved more than life itself. but it’s just a picture a snatch from a better time. when you still were you. when you believed you could make it through. when the years had not chipped away at […]
Before The Sky Opens Up..
Try and slow down before the end – Try and move backward towards clearer memories, away from the black holes. Before the sky opens up and swallows you whole, Before time sprints forward and damages your soul. Lightening strikes softly, before the whispers get louder, overshadowing the sound of thunder – only in your […]
Indelible Snapshots
Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard I don’t believe in travelling to get away. Yes, there have been times when the city has thrown so much more than I thought I could handle, that I […]
Wanderlust
Someone in the world is excited about having just swiped their credit card online. They are putting in their leave application and checking out the best deals on travel packages. Someone is preparing themselves for an adventure, reading hotel and restaurant reviews. They are excitedly telling their friends about their next journey. Holding a golden […]
Educating The Educators…
It will be annual diary time for teachers soon. There will be records to fill up; lists of textbooks and duties, methods of teaching to be detailed, workshops attended, special measures for bright students, remedial measures to improve the weak and of course, most important of all, an overview of what inspired the teacher most […]
The Con In Icon
The word icon is used so cheaply today. The fact that it has the word, con in it may have something to do with it. Perception is more important than substance. Image more important than truth. Marketing more important than creating. Fame and shame sometimes are not indistinguishable. And somehow it doesn’t matter. So strong […]
Hope..
Hope on a gray day. A sprightly sunflower. A bunch of ox-eye daisies. A field of marigold. Sarson in full bloom. A vase of chrysanthemums in a room. A sweet round motichoor laddoo, a crisply succulent jalebi. Food for the body and the soul. Lemon tarts and coffee. A brightly beaked myna. An arch of golden trumpets. Lantanas in a […]
Night Has Fallen..
The lights of a distant town twinkle . Stars dot the skies like diamonds on a velvet cloak. Crickets chirp a chorus. A gentle breeze flows through the undulating countryside. Night has fallen on my world as of now. Enveloping me in its comforting embrace. I love the night. The silence The solitude The comfort […]