Relativity – on a Sunday Morning
More than a quarter of the year has passed and things seem to still stand where they are. The passing, or shall i say flying, of time makes one feel how insignificant we are. In the big huge universe, we are mere speck of dust leasing sometime to spend here. In entertainment parlance, what relevance […]
Watch – Whatever, Wherever, Whenever – The WWW of TV
Diwali of 1992. We had got a new colour television at home. With one channel, and limited hours, TV was a true socializer. During the 1996 Cricket World cup, our home was the action place as all neighbors would group in to SEE Brian Lara hit the brown ball out of the green stadium. Truly, […]
Sunday Evenings
Sitting in my 10th floor balcony, sipping on hot green tulsi tea. This is the perfect way to spend a Sunday evening. Add some interesting company to this, and there is nothing in this world that could beat this experience. (Working on this bit, to solve the imbroglio forever!) Even alone, the Sunday evening has […]
Delhi World Book Fair
From when I can remember I have always loved books. More than that, I love collecting books, and being in their company. The smell of the paper in a new book still makes me go gaga and nothing in the world can match it. My two visits to the Jaipur Literature festival, in 2012 and […]
How tolerant are we?
I was at the Jaipur literature festival last week, and just when I landed in Jaipur on Sunday I hear that Ashish Nandy had to leave the place. He was supposed to be in a session on Sunday at 11AM, but he could not be present. On my flight back to Mumbai, the newspapers mentioned […]