Memories of Goa, magic and discovery

If there are two Indian seaside destinations that have always whispered to my soul, they are Goa and Pondicherry. Pondicherry is my favourite of the two, and yet Goa has also always had a charm of its own.
If Pondicherry has been the place that I have visited to find myself, I have always been drawn [...]

Update on the book…

I’ve been away from my blog for awhile, but that’s mainly bacause I have been working on the different twists and the turns that the writing of this book has taken.
Most of the key interviews on the book have been finished now, as has the writing of important chapters.
I am now waiting for the last [...]

Gangs attack women in ‘western attire’

What next???!
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/26/stories/2009022658410300.htm
Sometimes I think that things have to get a lot worse before they get better
But I guess we must fight on because it was the brave ladies who went ahead of us who gave us our freedom to be the women that we want to be.

To the Sri Ram Sene, with love

Mangalore is in the news again, and for all the wrong reasons. This time because a group of Sri Ram Sene goons attacked a group of women for that extremely “unIndian” act of going to a pub. They also threaten to marry all unmarried couples spotted walking together in Bangalore & Mangalore on Valentine’s Day… [...]

Ah Taj!

There are some memories that will never leave you… And one of those memories for me will be those live images of the Taj in flames… As I sat glued to the television in disbelief into the early hours of Thursday morning… How? Why?
And in all those individual stories of personal loss that I feel [...]

What if…

The other day I was watching Barack Obama’s acceptance speech of the Democratic party nomination and John McCain’s announcement of Sarah Palen as his running mate.
It was so great to watch the audience chanting “America, America” all the way, as if it truly still meant something.
And especially during Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, sitting here in [...]

My new blog on WordPress

I first started blogging in November 2005, courtesy Anamika. At that time, blogging was just a way to keep in touch with friends. I chose Yahoo 360! as my platform as that’s the one that all my friends used.
Over the next two-and-a-half years, my relationship with my blog changed. It became the space where I [...]

Book Launch

Corporate… Huh???

I saw Corporate the other. And if I were to sum it up in a single line, it would be, “Can you say that again, please??? I didn’t quite get you…” Being left with that response to a Madhur Bhandarkar film is extremely disappointing.
Madhur Bhandarkar first got my interest with Chandini Bar. And I was  [...]