Kulmeet Makkar: The man who never said ‘No’

A thought crossed my mind as I said a small prayer last night, “I’ve written two tributes back to back for Irrfan Khan and Rishi Ka...

The quiet fade-out

How many care for a yesteryear star after her last breath? Here’s addressing the question, over a month after the passing away of yestery...

Transformation: the Piramal Foundation way

Walking an extra mile has not remained just a phrase for Hemant Panthi, Block Transformation Officer (BTO) of Devsar block in the Aspirational ...

Shahryar and those sharks

 “As I stood there, I could see Shahryar walking around. And even as I kept calling out to him, he didn’t respond. Perhaps, di...

THAT SHAWL

A short story by – Humra Quraishi,

As I was assembling the suitcases, Shams Shah breezed in. Dumped ...

Saluting Akbar Padamsee, an artist and a beautiful mind

It was with a tentative sense of bravado that I had approached Akbar Padamsee, supremo artist, for the use of one of his brilliant metascapes &...

Bollywood’s leap out of the closet

“It is an old stereotype, that homosexuality has to do only with sex while heterosexuality is multifaceted and embraces love and romance....

Into The Mist

Kamlesh Mota’s new Gujarati play, Dhummas (Fog), written by Anshumali Ruparel, is described as “an emotional thriller”  ...

CAMPION TALES OF OLD BOMBAY

Producer, Director and Actor Rajiv Kapoor, shared this precious piece written by his school mate John Mani, with me on Whatsapp last night and I publish it here in The ...