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Women's ways of seeing history & penning poetry

India, June 15 -- I belong to the times when women were far and few to find in the literary world, heavily populated by men. Of course, there were the prominent ones who had made their way despite the... Read More


Roundabout | He gave magic, mystery, great music to cinema

India, June 1 -- The year was 1964 and in that one year, I literally swallowed a lot of Hindi films into my heart and soul. Those were cinema times and my brother would make it a point to take us for ... Read More


Roundabout | The strange saga of war and peace

India, May 18 -- This was the title of a painting my one of the cherished artists of the city, Raj Kumar when he witnessed the bombing in the city of Dinanagar near say Gurdaspur in 1971. This was wha... Read More


The strange saga of recurring war & peace

India, May 18 -- Mum, I don't like war: This was the title of a painting my one of the cherished artists of the city, Raj Kumar when he witnessed the bombing in the city of Dinanagar near say Gurdaspu... Read More


Roundabout | Dilli 'O' Dilli visited by Punjab storytellers

India, May 4 -- Born and brought up in the fledgling city of Chandigarh, the greatest childhood joy was a five-hour drive in a bus flying on the old Ambala road to the wonderland called Dilli so diffe... Read More


Dilli 'O' Dilli visited byPunjab storytellers

India, May 4 -- Born and brought up in the fledgling city of Chandigarh, the greatest childhood joy was a five-hour drive in a bus flying on the old Ambala road to the wonderland called Dilli so diffe... Read More


Grandma's tales and the colonial Punjab women

India, April 20 -- If it had not been "Bibi" then perhaps the stories of women in colonial Punjab would never have been told in vivid detail and in the authentic voice of a woman who has been there an... Read More


Roundabout | Grandma tales lead to stories of women in colonial Punjab

India, April 19 -- If it had not been "bibi" then perhaps the stories of women in colonial Punjab would never have been told in vivid detail and in the authentic voice of a woman who has been there an... Read More


Roundabout | Brave new girls of the 70s who redefined Indian cinema

India, April 6 -- The 70s spelled many changes and gateways were opened to many new ideas and dreams for a better and more humane social order. Perhaps this was the decade that made the greatest diffe... Read More


Brave new girls of 70s who redefined Indian cinema

India, April 6 -- The 70s spelled many changes and gateways were opened to many new ideas and dreams for a better and more humane social order. Perhaps this was the decade that made the greatest diffe... Read More