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On a sultry Gujarat afternoon, the lazy summer heat would waft in, bringing in its warm folds the salted sweetness of his voice. “Paaaaaavvvvbiskeeeeeeeeeeeet!” Always starting low at ‘paa’ and reaching a nice final peak at ‘keet.' Paav and biscuit ...Read More

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Corporate offices, if you ask me in some way, are nice. At least they won’t let you feel the weather outside. Sweaty mornings, scorching afternoons, crimson evenings or muggy nights. It all looks the same from your pushback chair and ...Read More

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Bright yellow mangoes with their fragrance and juicy sweetness occupied most of little Pranay's thoughts these days. Now, this was not an out of ordinary occurrence given that Pranay and his family were major mango fanatics. Year after year along ...Read More

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Can I climb that tree mumma… Can I climb a wall? May I jump from the highest point… From up here I feel tall.. What’s she doing? Get her down She’ll fall and break her leg Scare her with a frown I love the ants, mumma ...Read More

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  My two-year-old daughter has been singing, “Sia.. Sia thi Japaani!’’ Sounds cute, eh? Not to my ears because the tune of the song she is warbling is not and cannot be music to a mom’s ears. Guessed it right! It is Sheela ...Read More

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It began with Emosanal Attyachar. When I watched Dev D a few years ago, I felt as if my insides had been churned and that Sarat Chandra Chatterjee had died once again. There was nothing wrong cinematically with the film. The first half was visceral and brutally ...Read More