July 26, 2013 July 26, personally for me, still ranks among the 9/11, 26/11 etc. I thought I should share a recap of my memories of that day, 8 years ago. I don’t know why am I sharing this personal experience on my blog, but possibly, the purpose is to let you readers re-live your … Continue reading 8 years ago this day, spent the night under Goregaon flyover…as the skies opened their hearts

July 20, 2013 So, I have just now completed executing my 25-year old ambition to read about Mirza Ghaalib and to try to understand some of his famous shaayari. Well, I think that, at least, I have completed the first part well. To achieve this feat, there had to be a translation into English, obviously. … Continue reading A layman’s primer to Mirza Ghaalib…by a layman

July 15, 2013 First of all, my apologies for destroying the fun out of the film, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag by extracting “Learnings” from the film. But then, spending 3 full hours on a film in the multiplex, and seeing the audience spontaneously clap at the end of a film doesn’t happen many times. Hence, there … Continue reading Quick learnings from Bhaag Milkha Bhaag