Wonder what Emraan Hashmi would have done then—till a few years ago, many housing societies in the suburbs did not …
An Involuntary Holiday
I spent the last four days in Goa. It wasn’t a holiday of sand, each year, more than 20,000 gray …
West End of Cinema – Part 1
West End theatre in Pune in its old form was a quintessential movie theatre. It was (and still is) in …
Holiday (1938) – Two Girls with Hats
The worst thing you can do to a girl is saddle her with a sister early on in life. The …
Dances With Sheila
“You’re meeting all these actors and actresses of yesteryear. Have you met Sheila Vaz?” an old school friend, Eddie (Edward …
A Triptych
Three films amongst the very many that I have seen in the last two months deserve a special mention. Pestonjee …
Hype Can Kill
As the Kambakkht Ishq hype oozes out of everywhere, it looks like, the way things are these days, filmmakers decide …
The Thrill is Gone!
With the passing of the self proclaimed King of Pop Michael Jackson the world has lost a truly unique and …
Workshop Blues
I am just back from a gruelling ten-day Fellowship workshop on CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT – FEMINIST CROSSINGS organised by the …
Refugeeism
In the last couple of months or so, the subcontinent has seen a ghastly and violent migration of human beings …