Saeed Jaffrey: Playful Gravitas

Saeed Jaffrey: Playful Gravitas

  The irony hits you only in retrospect. When you remember that Saeed Jaffrey played Mr. D’Silva, a jolly and down-on-luck owner of a shabby chic bar in Ramesh Sippy’s wannabe romantic opus Saagar, while his former wife Madhur played an imperious matriarch overseeing an empire. You did not notice anything other than two actors in character because […]

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His Art Is His Message

His Art Is His Message

If adversity challenges us to be stronger than our pain, Eby N Joseph has been there and done that. Many times over. The Kerala based artist was diagnosed with cancer and has not just survived the disease but is now helping other survivors with the one gift he has always relied on to climb out […]

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Searching For Che..

Searching For Che..

    In the light of what is going on in India and several other regions of the world, I believe that calling Che Guevara lucky, is at least technically correct, if not entirely justifiable. It does not intend to belittle the tireless courage, leadership and passion for assuring equality for ALL men, that the […]

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An Appeal

An Appeal

I sincerely hope that the 74-year-old leader will now end his fast. Kiran Bedi proclaimed recently that Anna Hazare will continue the fast until the Jan Lokpal Bill is passed. Why doesn’t Madam go on a fast herself? Jokes apart, Anna Hazare should be a responsible leader now. He has established himself as leader of so […]

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