“Will you listen to my Shayri?” asked a tiny girl, with a smile that exposed the broken tooth behind her lips. I refused with a smile and walked on. A man approached us soon and offered to show us the entire city of Fatehpur Sikri for a hundred rupees, thus saving some money for our... Continue Reading →
Many years back, as a child I saw on television an image that stuck to my mind forever. An old man runs out of a studio and a woman, seemingly his lover, runs behind him. As she steps out of the studio, she is mobbed by fans for her autograph and the man looks at... Continue Reading →
Lata Mangeshkar, the nightingale of Bollywood turns 80. But age has not dimmed the force of that voice that still strikes a chord with the millions whose lives seem incomplete without it
Jaswant Singh must be thanked for opening a Pandora’s box of debates, which was long due. Every commentator worth his words has come up with his own take on the issue. But there is a unanimous opinion that too much has been made of what was an attempt to look at history through objective lens.... Continue Reading →
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