It was bound to happen. If not today, then next year or the next. Like all the others,...
I don’t know about you but the strangest of things catch my fancy. And this has been characteristic...
Almost every time Ratika raised her arms and looked skywards this evening, small leaves fell, as if a shower from heaven. And yes, she was blessed. It was at LaMakaan this evening, and a performance of Sutradhar’s Mah Laqa Bai Chanda, directed by Vinay Verma. On stage Ratika had no companion but herself...
I guess telling you at the very outset that I am a bit of an idealist is...
I am an old school omeleteer. You can’t blame me. My mother taught me how to make omelettes...
Many years ago when I moved to Mumbai, I used to be amused when people staying in the...
Oh my God…the sound of the weeping willows!!! And behind that harsh banality is a nation milking its...
And suddenly it’s news!!! Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel is now going to get a big statue…supposedly bigger than...
Frankly I don’t think I am much of a Political Analyst. My Political Acumen is suspect and my Analytical. Skills are other worldly. So please don’t look at me like that when I let my jaw hang out when I hear about the state’s latest extravagance…two, heavy duty bullet proof SUVs for a...
A couple of nights back, I went for the wedding reception of a friend's son... And I saw...
The Breakfast menu in a cosmopolitan home going through a Dussera induced, pious, South Indian Vegetarian phase is normally limited to idli, dosa, vada, upma, utappam, pongal etc. Very rarely do we at home get a choice. The wife takes a decision, perhaps even the previous day, and we eat what we are...
When we were young we used to be afraid of being ‘seen’ with someone. Hyderabad was still a...
It’s a real pity that the producer of this movie did not find it more sensible to donate...
Are you working to make a living…Or are you working to make a difference? This was a question...
Some legends take shape in front of your eyes. Some just step into your lives. Some you smile...
For quite some time now the branding of Idlis has been a subject of interest to me…both because I love branding and because I love Idlis. What started as a variation called Babai Hotel Idli sparked off a Guntur Idli…and then came Govind Bandi Idli, Laxman Bandi Idli, Ravi Bandi Idli…SVM Bandi Idli...
From a time when only Saturday nights were party nights, to a stage of evolution that saw us celebrating Fridays as well, things have come a long way. But one thing that made Thursday Nights in Hyderabad an essential part of my ‘fun’ calendar was KJ Anand and his amazing Karaoke Nights at...
It has always been difficult to ignore Prahlad Kakkar. Especially if you arrived in Bombay in the early...
What can advertising agencies do when the Mobiles they are engaged to promote become smarter than they themselves...
It requires you to be on the right side of insanity to wake up early in the morning...
Yesterday I got a call from a friend Rajeev Dhawan (he heads an agency called What’s in a...
I pity my eyes. They are forced to see so many things thanks to my wayward profession –...
I don’t know about you but I have been feeling good about theatre in Hyderabad for quite a...
