They were the closest of friends. That they were sisters-in-law seemed like an unnecessary detail. My mother and her husband’s little sister were like peas in a pod. Their idea…
Her baby, all of 14 days, was crying his lungs out. Her husband had slept late. Making sure he doesn’t wake up, she gently lifts her boy in her arms…
“To Mr. and Mrs. Industry” French Producer Alain Chammas was in town. India was amid political upheavals. The wounds of Emergency hadn’t healed yet. An assassination attempt on Indira Gandhi…
Death in the Afternoon Muddu was rather strong for a nine year old. Children of his age didn’t dare to cross him. Heck, even the adults of Udupi didn’t dare…
“आ गए मेरी मौत का तमाशा देखने!” प्रताप नारायण तिलक, 1994 In 1927, German filmmaker Fritz Lang took the Indian mythological fable of Savitri-Satyavan and adapted it into Der müde…
आनंद मरा नहीं.. आनंद मरते नहीं. It was 1980 and Bombay’s woolly old belly was churning. It was no longer a city of mills. A cultural transformation was taking place….
You want to watch Thugs of Hindostan. Admit it. You’ve sneered at the trailer and done your bit to spread the noble memes but you’ll eventually head over to the theatre…
There are love stories and then there are love stories. In 1930, a young Romanian came to the doorstep of an Indian philosopher to learn about Hindu mysticism and spirituality….
At least a year before Amitabh Bachchan in Zanjeer, little Sridevi witnessed her family getting killed by a bandit wearing a distinctive locket (this time, a skeleton instead of a…
“I spoke to Vinod and Vinod said, “Have you got anything portable which I can take to Bangalore with me? If you got any portable spare parts, put them in…