Ideas Without Boundaries.
“Wahan mat dekho, ap shagun hoga.” (“Don’t look there, it will bring bad luck”). For 5-time Michelin Star recipient Master Chef Vikas Khanna, those were words he had heard all through his life growing up. The object provoking that comment, an old widow, was apologetically Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber He is incredibly witty, has a phenomenal memory, endless energy and passion, and he is a very young 73, but not many people know that writer and poet extraordinaire, Javed Akhtar’s great great grandfather Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was Mirza Ghalib’s contemporary and Read More …
He calls him self an atheist and a rationalist, his close friend Chanda calls him a “closet spiritualist” because she says, no atheist could have written a deeply spiritual song like “O paalan hare” (from Lagaan) to which he retorts, that he also wrote the Read More …
Long registration lines, bad weather cancelling flights and yet the volunteers managed to make it all work smoothly, as over 2000 delegates and distinguished speakers have started making their way to the sold- out World Hindu Congress in Chicago. People happily mingled with each other Read More …
(Photographs courtesy of Dyuti Majumdar) Kavita’s note: This is not coverage that I normally do as a journalist, because my son Gautam Narula was one of the recipients. What I am sharing here is a personal reflection. October was a month of deep loss and Read More …
I wrote these thoughts sometime back but they hold true to this day. His movies are ageless; his stories the story of everyman transcend generations. My grandmother, my mother and I have all been fans. I see a lot of little kids watching these films Read More …
He was humming “Jaane kahan mera jigar gaya ji” as a toddler growing up in Pakistan before he could recite the alphabet. That love grew into an obsession for the musician whose music was nothing short of genius – whose music was a divine gift, Read More …
They are busy professionals, and yet an ensemble of dedicated and talented local vocalists and instrumentalists gathered together on April 18th at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington. The aim was to entertain, and to remind us that musically we will always rise on the Read More …
Kavita’s note: I have to admit that few voices move me as deeply as Bombay Jayashri’s. Her voice always takes me on a melodic pilgrimage, but what really touched me was Bombay Jayashri’s candor and humility. I am fascinated by her repertoire and some of Read More …
I said ’I will’ to music much before I said it to anyone else. Kaveta’s note: Shubha Mudgal said to me during this interview that when she was young she would try to imitate Lata Mangeshkar’s voice and fail miserably. I can now confess that Read More …
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