India, April 11 -- Put down the camera for a minute. The best shots, as most photographers will tell you, have nothing to do with equipment. Sure, a good lens can capture light, colour and detail bett... Read More
India, April 4 -- The Hindi poet Dushyant says, "A true artist portrays what they have lived and suffered". And you can see it plainly and eloquently in Zarina Hashmi's art. Zarina, who passed away i... Read More
India, April 4 -- I write this column on the first day of the nine-day period of Navratri, a festival that has always had special resonance for me and my family. But, for the life of me, I can't remem... Read More
India, April 4 -- It's not a story that Air India tells about itself, though perhaps that could be because everyone who remembers it has probably left the airline. But in the 1960s and for much of th... Read More
India, April 4 -- What do you think of when you think of an inheritance? Grandpa's furniture, languishing in the family home; Grandma's saris, featuring designs we just don't see anymore. Mum's gold e... Read More
India, April 4 -- Indian weddings are a circus as it is - a mehendi, a sangeet, a haldi, a bachelorette night, a bridal shower. The day of the ceremony has the baraat, the puja, pheras, and now an exc... Read More
India, April 4 -- Seen Mona Lisa? No, not the painting in the Louvre - the flower-seller at the Maha Kumbh who unwillingly found herself in the public eye because hundreds of devotees decided to captu... Read More
India, April 4 -- First, they came for our fairy tales. "There's no such thing as a knight in shining armour," they said. "Don't wait for one. Rescue yourself". So, women did. Then, they picked apart... Read More
India, March 28 -- Working on my Amazon Prime release and Telugu debut, MaayaOne. High point in life: Signing my first film, Guilty (2020). Low point in life: The aftermath of a car accident. On my... Read More
India, March 28 -- For Good.Elphaba has more control over her powers. She's now the Wicked Witch of The West. Will the film follow the musical, and get Madam Morrible to kill Elphaba's sister Nessa? W... Read More