Remember The Titans

WARNING: Self-indulgent, pointlessly nostalgic post coming up. Too many of my posts start with this caveat. I think I will stop saying this ...

Hum Toh Aise Hain: From the Ghats of Benares

Raand, saand, seendi, sanyasi In se bache to sevey Kashi... Every city has something famous. For Benares, I would avoid the traditional thi...

Aur Thoda: UP Gastronomy

I just completed almost a cross-state run across Uttar Pradesh. Landed in the morning at Lucknow. Drove down to Kanpur. Then onto Varanasi ...

Lyrical Thoughts

Javed Akhtar - who refuses to write obscene lyrics at all costs - recently professed being jealous of Gulzar for writing Beedi. He wished th...

Yes, DEAR!

My wife's school has a lovely programme called DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) - in which one period of the day, all the children have t...

Om is where the Heart Is

If you want to know the secret of how Govind Ahuja became Govinda and the secret formula behind Maine Pyar Kiya 's dialogues, then you w...

Unlimited Buffet

The Great Kabab Factory has an interesting format - they have combined the good ol' buffet concept with the South Indian meal. So, they ...

Pujabarshiki 1414

Despite being in centre of Bong civilisation in last year's Pujo as well, I did not get around to buying my quota of the Pujo annual iss...