This new millennium has been momentous for me. I managed to do what I had thought I’d never...
Hey Bro, what does this word ‘Ambidextrous’ mean? said the obnoxiously intelligent looking teen to his nerdier companion....
To paint the stage with a play of words.To bring the house down with the curtains of a...
A friend of mine who had been in school and college with me mailed me a few days...
It was a few years ago. There used to be an airline called Vayudoot. It was essentially...
I had not been well but I was slowly recovering. Friends and well wishers were urging me to...
When we were children, friends’ parents were a bit of an oddity. Some parents were tough, some were...
I have always been a Mahesh Babu fan. He brings a certain presence to the screen and carries...
Wait, I haven’t finished. There is nothing more embarrassing than seeing a grown man dribble in his...
When I was advised to shift from my newly done up room on the sixth floor to the...
It took me a while but it finally fell into place. For the past few weeks I had...
I subscribe to three newspapers at home and have been doing so for many many years. The Deccan...
I am not the frequent flyer I used to be. But I have flown almost all the airlines...
For a couple of years, many years ago I handled a leading brand of toothpaste and worked on...
Over the years I have come to terms with the fact that nearly all newspapers exaggerate their circulation...
This morning I saw someone’s post referring to the rude and uncouth behaviour of the security detail attached...
In 1994, some of the old palaces of the Nizam were opened up and the public was allowed...
When we used to come from Madras for our vacations during our college years, (in the early and...
Protest is a birth right. I totally agree. And having understood the Telangana imbroglio I truly empathise with...
Over the years a phrase has made its presence felt in my life in various forms and adaptations....
I guess it’s official. I now tend to forget things. While a friend often confesses to Alzheimer’s I...
A few years ago when the late Rajiv Gandhi was embroiled in the Bofors scandal, the amount he...
Ever since India shot to fame with protests that used everything from non violence to silence as a...
The Loyola College Chennai hostels were one of a kind. Most of us who began by hating them,...
Many moons ago when I was naive and idealistic (unfortunately I think I still am) I had a...
I am not much into physical fitness. Those of you who know me will say that is obvious....
The Tatas are India’s premier business family in terms of stature if not in petty revenue terms. Ratan...
Not so long ago politics was a khandaani pesha. Grandfather was a politician who perhaps went to jail...
The script was brilliant. After all the author was a Tony Awardee. And it had its share of...
Woody Allen’s GOD is a play written in typical Woody style and demands an audience performer interface that...
The last couple of days, the beauty of Hyderabad that has a lot to do with the concerted...
Many years ago, when I was in Bombay, my office at Clarion (the Advertising Agency which today calls...
Sometime this morning I saw a picture shot by a student of a friend and the shot disturbed...
On the 21st of May every year I do not remember Rajiv Gandhi. I remember my wife. Let...
Many years ago. No let’s make that many, many years ago…when I was wetting my feet on the...
When I was finishing with school I had one desire and one desire only. To own a motor...
After making films for almost all the big brands in India in almost every product segment I was...