These days social media or messaging services are often used as a method of sharing an invitation or for conveying greetings (birthday/marriage/first child et etc). We know so many people now that sending a personal invite to each one is not feasible. The world is fast paced and there just isn’t enough time.Not ignoring the fact […]
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Remembering Madhuri Velegar..
My first job as a sub-editor in The Economic Times in 1994 brought me in touch with many people. Some were just colleagues, some were mentors and a few became life-long friends. It is hard for me to categorise Madhuri Velegar K. She headed Bangalore’s Femina desk and we hardly spoke though we worked for […]
Khushwant Singh: An Anecdote
I could have written an article on Khushwant Singh, but I would rather share some very simple but precious memories. Neither do I claim to be a writer, nor had I ever met Khushwant Singh. I was initiated into his writings with Portrait of a Lady and Mark of Vishnu. Though he wrote about very simple and […]
Bhutan: Quirks And Secrets
Who would have thought this remote little landlocked Himalayan kingdom could offer some seriously quirky and novel experiences which can not only surprise you, but will make you simply fall in love with the country. ** My list may not feature in any guide book or travel agent’s must-dos, but I think these are some […]
The Freedom To Muzzle
Have they come for you yet? They could be anyone. A new oraganisation committed to keeping women out of pubs, jeans, self-hoods and a sense of freedom. Khap elders calculating whether you can fall in love with a boy in the same village and if you do, whether you should be hung in public or […]
Being A Woman
What is a woman ? Is she just a daughter, a wife, a mother, an aunt, a niece, a cousin, a sister – well, the labels can go on and on and on. Truth be told, I guess no woman will ever fit into just one of those categories. In saying that, I mean […]
The Queen Within
While watching the opening shots of Queen, I remembered a machine knitted, beige pull-over I have not worn in years. The heroine’s grandmother brought back memories of a grand-aunt in Delhi who plucked her eye brows even in her 80s, had a smart bob and would pull up a high stool in her kitchen to […]
In Custody: Stylishly
And so we decided to spend the weekend trekking. “You guys are so planned and organized. It is so boring! Why can’t you be spontaneous?” my daughter had cribbed. So, one fine Saturday, I got up and planned to be spontaneous and decreed that the family will engage in a trek over the weekend. We picked the […]
The Burden Of Proof
It was with a sense of dread that I watched the Geetika Tyagi ..Subhash Kapoor video. In a tastefully decorated room where friends possibly gather to discuss films and life..a conversation unfolded that could not have been easy for any of the people present. A young woman with naked pain and revulsion in her voice. A friend trying […]
The Domicile Puzzle
In Kuwait: I am an Indian. In India: I am from Kuwait. In my hometown: I am a Mumbaite. In Mumbai: My native place is Rajasthan. I am not white. I am not black. Apparently I am brown. Or Light Black. Maybe even Dark White! In India: I have a Kuwaiti accent. In Kuwait: The […]
Highway: Such A Long Journey
In the last scene of Highway, Alia Bhatt’s Veera stands cradling Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her arms watching over two undamaged children playing in the valley stretched before her. She has run with the wolves and come home. It has been a long journey with a lot of motifs that we recognise by now from […]
The Long Road
It’s going to be a long road. That’s the truth. We are happiest when we don’t know that. Have you seen kids? Do they ever think of the long road? They think of now and what they may be doing tomorrow at the most. It is us, adults, who make them aware of a hell-pit […]