Friday, September 24, 2010

'Garbhavati Ganeshotsav'

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My wife tried to hand me a plate of double omlette… (Mourya Rey...) But try as I did, my stretched hand simply couldn’t reach out… (Bappa Ba...
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Obituary: Venu Nagavally, The Eternal Devdas, Sleeps

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In a way, Venu Nagavally is happy now. He has finally met death, his object of affection and one of the two central characters of most of hi...
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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Ego, Ambition And The Genesis Of Partition

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They ask, ‘What are the sacrifices of Mr Jinnah and the Muslim League?’ It is true I have not been to jail. Never mind. I am a bad person. B...
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Friendly Neighbourhood

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The two most decisive human emotions, apart from greed, that have played a role in shaping mankind’s evolution are “love” and “hatred”. Love...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Greatness Rediscovered...

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Reverence can be blinding, rendering us incapable of viewing the subject impartially. All the more so when he or she is the primary symbol o...
Monday, November 16, 2009

My Close Encounter With A Communal Spark

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7.30 p.m. Monday, 16.11.2009 Central Mumbai "Phod Dalega, Saala. India Se Baahar Phenk Dega Tere Ko, Ra*&wa Saala." Roughly tr...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Women in Shabarimala: Legends, dogmas and hypocrisies

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The 2006 controversy involving a yesteryear actress' claim of entering the Shabarimala shrine–hitherto proscribing women's entry–exp...