Trivia of Epical Proportions

Two of India’s most fascinating stories – Ramayan and Mahabharat – thrive on repetition. Right from the time we hear it from our grandparent...

Stop Running Around With Glass Slippers!!!!

(Published in Zeitgeist, The New Indian Express, dated 22nd August 2008) "Can you believe I told him I was reading Orhan Pamuk , and he...

Shakti: Dialogues of Bollywood Actresses

A good blog post deserves another. JAP has extended his erudition to Bollywood and written very entertainingly on the wonderful lines that ...

Famous Five!

The first one is from Filmfare and the second one is from Screen . Or, you could call one a Critics' Choice and the other the Popular ...

Eight: Return of The Preview

About 13 months back, I wrote a preview of 7 books I was eagerly awaiting to on the date 07.07.07. As I took out the multi-creased sheet of ...

Flying Lama, Hidden Banner

(Published in Zeitgesit, The New Indian Express, dated 9th August, 2008) "Guess what!” a friend who works on the international desk of ...

Salamat Rahe: Friendship in Bollywood

Ever since one blind boy latched on to the elbow of a disabled boy, singing plaintive songs on the empty streets of 1950’s Mumbai, Bollywood...