Falling in love with a stranger
Before you get any ideas from the title, just found this beautiful song. It is a rare RD Burman composition. Any guesses to the film? It is from my all-time favourite ‘Deewar’ starring Amitabh and Parveen Babi.…
Campbeltown Loch: I wish you were whisky
Campbeltown Loch is a sea loch in Scotland. As legend goes, this was famous for its whisky distilleries. And when the tax collector came, people hid their casks of whisky in the lake tied by long ropes.…
Auroville: City of Humanity
Auroville is a place very close to my heart, as I grew up in Pondicherry. Auroville seeks to be a universal town- a town bereft of boundaries of nationality, religion or caste. It propagates humanity- it is a town…
Balancing act
When you laughed me off today The mere pebbles that you hurled Came hurtling my way Disguised as heavy boulders. And then it dawned- How much Of an emotional crutch You were to me. I’ve been doing…
Every Cricket Lover’s Pilgrimage: Lord’s
I have been in London for almost six months now and it would have been sacrilege to have left without visiting the Mecca of cricket- Lord’s. This cricket ground is nestled in St John’s Wood in the…
Jodhaa Akbar: A regal romance rewritten
When you decide to see Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar do two things: One- don’t expect a historical narrative with accuracy in its depiction. And two- remember it is a fictitious tale. And then like any other die hard lover…
Saawariya: Bhansali’s indulgent disaster
After the extreme reviews that Saawariya had provoked, I had to see the movie for myself— if only to see how bad it was. But I decided to go with an open mind. Since I had been…
Southall: Little India
I was rather piqued last week on my way to Slough, when I saw a signpost in Gurmukhi at Southall railway station. What was it about this community of Punjabis that had managed to make such a…
Stratford upon Avon: The Bard’s Birthplace
I was in Birmingham last week and here’s an account of how I spent my happening weekend. On Saturday we drove to Stratford upon Avon which is the birthplace of the Bard of Avon- William Shakespeare. The…
