Ideas Without Boundaries.
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 …
They are perhaps many a time the unsung heroes who stand behind their children and guide them through the maze. While mothers have always garnered the special soft corner in the heart of their children, some celebrities share their thoughts with KAVITA CHHIBBER on what Read More …
Milton Berle once said, “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” Though spoken in jest, his words capture the central role of mothers in the lives of their children. Prolific author and motivational speaker Deepak Chopra recalls the days when his Read More …
Sunil Dutt’s family members recall life with one of the doyens of Indian cinema. He lost his father when he was 5, his family was rendered penniless and homeless by the ravages of partition, and yet Sunil Dutt lived through the rough years with passion Read More …
They come from all walks of life — as brides, as young students, as young mothers and try to assimilate in a foreign land. Some adjust easily, others struggle, but most find themselves caught between two cultures, trying to raise children and also focus on Read More …
At the 54th anniversary of India’s Independence, Kavita Chhibber set out to talk to veterans and observers of the independence struggle and come up with a collage of impressions of the era. The story of India’s independence struggle enjoys a special mention in the annals Read More …
The deformity of human laws is faced to exhibit itself naked amid the dazzling rays of eternal beauty. Man breaks and destroys; man lays waste; man kills. Yet the summer remains summer, the lily remains lily, the stars remain the stars.” – Victor Hugo In Read More …