Khatte-Meethe Angoor

5

Reviewed Angoor

With sagging shoulders, a creased brow and a puckered nose I walk down Main Street under the sweltering sun. I reach my destination “half-baked” and “deep-friedread more...

Love amid War

4

Reviewed The English Patient

They say “All is fair in love and war”. But if Cupid strikes even as the enemy is firing missiles at you, how fair is that? Very fair, I should say, but also veread more...

Aap Par Arz Hai...

Reviewed Songs I Would Dedicate to my Mother

Early in the morning my phone rings, mom calling! A delighted voice from the other end says, “What are you up to, my li’l one”? “No.nothing. sleeping”, I manageread more...

''Goodluck Exploring the Infinite Abyss''

4

Reviewed Garden State

What happens when a 29-30 year old guy decides to take a big step (well, bigger than he was expected to) - thinking of ways to write a story which is weird and read more...

''Wah! Chhote''

5

Reviewed Iqbal

After a long time I watched a movie that touched me. It was a movie with no drama, no gimmicks, no ‘bluff’ stories, but with tons of hope wrapped inread more...

Laugh Out Loud!

1

Reviewed Hum Saath Saath Hain

Hum Saath-Saath Hain (1999) Acting: Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Karisma Kapoor, Tabu, Mohnish Behl, Reema Lagoo, Alok Nath, … and many moreread more...

Take a Dip

2

Reviewed Water

Water (2005) – Directed by Deepa Mehta Music – A.R.Rehman Actors: Seema Biswas, John Abraham, Lisa Ray, Sarala, Manorama, Kulbhushan Kharbanda I wasread more...

Ah! My Sad Scholar

3

Reviewed Memories of My Melancholy Whores - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Reet comes home, visiting me at her usual hour after sunset to fill me in on the day’s gossip. We’ve been friends for long so we tend to share detairead more...

A Tribute to Tagore

5

Reviewed Gitanjali - Rabindranath Tagore

I read somewhere recently that Gulzar once scribbled poetry on the empty portions of the Times Of India while he was traveling by train. I too, am sitting in thread more...

With a Pinch of Salt...

3

Reviewed Chingari - Bollywood

Chingari (2006) Director: Kalpana Lajmi Acting: Sushmita Sen (Basanti), Mithun Chakraborty (Bhuvan Panda), Anuj Sawhney (Chandan Misra) Women have only three roread more...

My List of Ten

Reviewed Twenty Best Songs of Mohd. Rafi

A voice so soft and delicate. pregnant with emotions…very melodious…and absolutely flawless – the voice of Mohd. Rafi. I am about to present to you 10 songs of read more...

Stint with Mozart

5

Reviewed The Best Of Mozart

Like many others, I too, celebrated Mozart’s 250th birthday by attending a concert on a Saturday evening. It was under the most trying and somewhat non-coread more...

Dil-e-Naadaan

Reviewed Five Best Ghazals of Jagjit Singh

Dil-e-Naadaan tujhe hua kya hai Aakhir is dard ki davaa kya hai Ham hain mushtaaq aur vo bezaar Yaa ilaahi ye maajaraa kya hai. Jaan tum par nisaar karata hoon read more...

MY PERSONAL LIBRARY

Reviewed Favourite Books Of Childhood

When I was a little girl I would always be found jabbering in Hindi, my mother tongue. Teachers at school were strict and they would insist that all children spread more...

''Burn, burned, burnt''

5

Reviewed Disgrace - J M Coetzee

Disgrace is about Sex, Scandal, Rape, Rage, Racism and beating hearts… It is a story with a unique plot and unimaginable situations, but identifiable at sread more...

Russell Crowe – The Actor

5

Reviewed Russell Crowe

I was inside a movie store last week, looking for a secret Santa gift for my cousin. I was going through the stuff and my eyes fell on ‘Gladiator’. read more...

Authentic and Original

4

Reviewed Khamosh Pani

Khamosh Pani Cast : Kirron Kher, Aamir Malik Director: Sabiha Sumar Music: Madan Gopal Singh, Arjun Sen Khamosh Pani is the story of a widow, Ayesha (played by read more...

Stark and Philosophical - Tingles the Mind

5

Reviewed English Teacher, The - R K Narayan

The book opens with a brief account of the English teacher’s regular day. Krishna (the teacher) instantly becomes likeable. R.K. Narayan aptly describes hiread more...

Disappointing and Far From Engaging

2

Reviewed Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice (2005) Director – Joe Wright Cast Keira Knightley (Elizabeth Bennet) Matthew MacFayden (William Darcy) Judi Dench (Lady Catherine de Bread more...