No place to hide

Humra  Quraishi writes this short story about a brother, who comes visiting his sister to...

When words are just not enough….

I write this with a heavy heart, says Rujuta Vaidya as she remembers her time-spent learning dance choreography from the unparalleled to date, ...

Your teeth. Please!

Humra Quraishi tells this story about a woman who is led through a strange experience because of a toothache

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Mind Your Language: Vidya Balan on how to get the ps and qs right

Khalid Mohamed frazzled by today’s Bollywood language, talks to Vidya Balan on how she g...

Take some!

Humra  Quraishi tells the story of a young boy who was angry that his hen was killed to f...

Save Crawford Market

Khalid Mohamed pleads for the restoration of the past glory of the centuries-old market, a part of which was gutted in a fire ...

The Maestro: Pandit Ravi Shankar

This year – 2020 - is sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar’s birth centenary year, writes Humra Quraishi  

In Exile: The last years of M.F. Husain

Khalid Mohamed rewinds to an interview with M.F. Husain, the peerless artist, who had to spend his end-years jet-hopping betwe...

What a change!

I turn towards him and stare at him – he’s a lump of flesh, which just breathes, writes Humra Quraishi

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