The One with The Jaw

In Sanskrit, Hanu means jaw or chin. The Wind God's eldest son born to a female monkey, Anjana, was crazy enough as a child to think tha...

My Favourite Ads

One satisfying post deserves another. So, right after a post on my favourite Amul lines, I have decided to follow it up with my favourite TV...

Utterly Butterly

There has been a lot of uproar (2 comments, precisely) over my last post being too personal. But then, with an identified readership of 7, t...

The Weight of 21 Grams

The final voiceover in a movie said twenty one grams is how much weight we lose when we die. But when other people do, how much of those twe...

The Loins' Share of the Limelight

(Published as "The Lion is Likely to Have the 'Hardest' Time" in The Zeitgeist, The New Indian Express, 20th September, 20...

Bas Yul Hi...

If you are in a Calcutta college and do not know your Truffaut, Derrida and Guevera, then you might as well stick your head in a commode a...

Karna

Karna is probably the only one in the Kaurav side of Mahabharat, who is considered to be a honourable man (no reference to Brutus intended)....

Zindagi Mein Koi Aarzoo...

Saw two things last week - an attempt to recreate Magick and an eclectic list . I am no rock fan, though I pretend sometimes! I don’t kno...

Communal Harmony Through Sign Language

(Published in Zeitgeist, The New Indian Express, dated 6th September 2008) "What is kuzhandhai ?" a friend of mine, who has recent...

Teachers' Day

I have often wondered that would I say or do if I met Amitabh Bachchan? Or for that matter, what I would do if met anybody I wanted to meet ...

Drona

On the eve of Teachers' Day as well as the release of an eponymous film , it is in order to recount the story of one of the most famous ...