Of Heroes and Heroic Entries!

This was originally published here - where the slew of comments is worth reading. What is it about Hindi movies and mind-blowing first appe...

Ab Tak 56...

This month, I ended up counting that this is the 56th time I have closed a month (not counting the two/three times times I was getting marri...

Salesman Number 1

This is a very old piece - written in 2000 A.D in a place called Cuddapah. It is put on the blog in keeping with (what the author very pompo...

If Its Tuesday, It must be Belgaum...

In the newspaper-periodical industry of India, there come several annual rituals. The most famous among them is the year-end ‘special issue’...

Under Production: Ten Performances Amitabh Never Delivered

Having gone through the entire gamut of the Big B's movies and analysed it threadbare, one is at a loss to understand the boundaries of ...

Patna Diary (c. 2001)

PATNA PENTIUMS The visions of Laloo and Rabri effectively scotch the notions of a ‘connected’ Bihar. Though there is little to choose betwee...