Film makers in Hindi cinema have mostly dished out period films from the Mughal and British eras. Many of these like Taj Mahal, Umrao Jaan, Pakeezah, Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam, Jodha Akbar and Mughal-e-azam have not only tasted success at the box office, but also have stood the test of time. Ancient India has seldom been touched upon... Continue Reading →
Very rarely do you have films which influence you so deeply that you take a leaf out of it and make its philosophy a part of your life. Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anand was one such film in my life, whose message I internalised completely. The man who delivered this message for me is no more today.I... Continue Reading →
It was only in my college days (five years back) that I came to know that Ruskin Bond was very much alive when I read in the papers that he had arrived in Chennai to interact with his readers. For me Ruskin Bond sounded like a writer of British India, someone like Rudyard Kipling, who... Continue Reading →
Touch me not: A K Anthony’s report analysing the reasons behind the failure of the Congress in the UP elections have been submitted and stashed away. The Congress had projected the UP polls as the semi-final for Rahul’s ascension to power in 2014. With the Congress biting the dust, Rahul immediately owned up responsibility for... Continue Reading →
