Hmmm.. something about myself?!! One of the kind... :)
Jun 27
Dear Nora, It is so unfair that you had to be taken away so soon! It seems so sudden and unexpected that I still am struggling to come to terms with the fact that you won’t be making movies anymore! They anyways have not numbered many, but whatever you made has stayed in my heart …
Jun 04
A Note of thanks: My first professional stint in India was with Cognizant Technology Solutions. One of the most memorable aspects of CTS was Channel One- An online blogging forum. It provided me the window of opportunity to interact with several of them, and thus forge some of the most precious connections that I cherish …
May 22
For a long time now, I had not penned anything remotely poetic. I have often envied the capability of some who are so welled with emotions and expressiveness that compositions flow effortlessly from them. I am in comparison, rather emotionally challenged. But then there are times when some sequence in a movie, or a memory that …
Apr 20
January 7th, 1993 – there was a furore at the Writer’s Bloc in (the then) Calcutta. Dipali Basak, a deaf-dumb girl was allegedly raped by a CPI(M) leader. Ms. Mamata Banerjee had brought the girl along with her and demanded a meeting with the then Chief Minister Jyoti Basu. After making them wait for many …
Apr 13
When I first thought of writing something about my favorite ghazals from the movies, the question that struck me was whether I indeed knew what a Ghazal was! If you are like me (which I find highly unprobable! I am yet to meet a person with a brain the size of a de-hydrated pea!), you’d assume that …
Mar 28
Indian Cinema is a field of parallels. We have at one end of the spectrum mediocrity splattered on the screen by the brigade of KJo and the pelvic thrusting oh-am-so-cool-Khan, and at another end, stalwart performers and directors who believe that their audience have sufficient grey matters within the skulls intact. Their movies do not …
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