Ideas Without Boundaries.
His mother is a bio chemist, his father a scientist-he represented Maharashtra in swimming for 13 years, was national champ for four and he is an electrical engineer to boot. But what Milind Soman became famous for, were his chiseled looks, athletic physique and melting Read More …
I think one of the most interesting things about Nagesh Kukunoor’s films is the diversity of genres that he dabbles in. He had told me once that he has a morbid fear of being typecast and wanted to make a film in every genre. So Read More …
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December threw an already beleaguered Pakistan into further turmoil and even though the major Political parties were all for going to the polls , President Pervez Musharraf chose to postpone the elections from the 8th of January to the Read More …
The images are haunting…. The loaded gun, the fiery bomb blast, and stunned humanity in bloodied tatters and tears. It seems just like yesterday when a tall, lissome 17 year old girl shyly made her way to Simla with her father and charmed an entire Read More …
He wanted to fly the friendly skies and become a pilot, but then his interest turned to architecture. In a family where mom too was a career woman, an older brother who became an engineer and a sister who decided to wield a doc’s scalpel, Read More …
“No situation in life is so serious that one should lose one’s sense of humor.”– Hrishikesh Mukherjee to his granddaughter Sujata Banerji He was a multi-dimensional man with an incomparable mind. My love affair with Hrishikesh Mukherjee began years ago as a child, because of Read More …
A drizzle, breaking tree branches and gray skies could not dim the sunny spirit of thousands who turned up locally and from across the world to see history being made at Harvard on 12th Oct 2007. South Asians, especially those of Indian origin, everywhere, watched Read More …
You’ve heard the story a zillion times, seen it translated on stage and celluloid, and yet what makes Maya Ravan, the dance ballet, showcased on stage by two times National Award winner actress and Bharatnatyam exponent par excellence Shobana, is the fresh look at the Read More …
He was in Istanbul when Coca-Cola President and COO Muhtar Kent first heard the magic of Sarod music emanating from the fingers of the legendary maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, and he was hooked. He then came back to Atlanta and asked Kandy Anand, Coca Read More …
So one thing is for sure-you either love to love Michael Moore or you love to hate the guy and anything he does on and off camera sends blood pressures and ratings sky rocketing. But it also makes you think. Perhaps this is the most non Read More …