Ideas Without Boundaries.
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 …
“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 …
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. ~Author Unknown They have achieved fame and fortune on a global scale, and the love of millions across the world, and yet what makes life special for them Read More …
“Andy…I still remember everything about that day. You and I stayed up late that night watching the artillery streak across the sky towards their targets….we must have joked around about why we joined and what we were gonna do for hours. The next morning, we Read More …
Charity and Corporate social responsibility have become big business these days, but what does charity really mean to people who are mega achievers and at the top of their careers? Kavita talks to five celebrity Youth Icons. She is the beautiful and multitalented daughter of Read More …
Its beauty and majesty inspires an awed silence, the serenity and good vibrations that emanate in its interiors make the few hours that you spend there truly an experience unlike any other you may have had at an edifice of this stature. I have always Read More …
I sat up late last night watching Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s film Anuradha, yet again and found myself in tears, thinking how much I have over the years, grown to love the maker, who would have been 84 on 30th September, through his films. Satyajit Ray and Read More …
Panthi hoon main us path kaant nahi jisakaaas meri hai jisaki dishaaadhaar mere man ka… I remember as a young child listening to this song, and being deeply moved by the voice that sung it. I didn’t understand what the words meant, but in a Read More …
In spite of growing up in a musical and music loving family, I have to say that for a long time I couldn’t stand two instruments – the violin and the shehnai. I would hear the shrieking sounds and wish someone would give me a Read More …