This is the Story of my relationship with religion

I was in my 2nd Standard at an excellent Jesuit school in Ahmedabad when my class teacher Mrs Sinha asked “How many Hindus in this Class?”. It was for some Government count as far as I can remember. A majority of my classmates raised their…

How I started up!

“Every year, I spend so much money on your school fees, food, clothes etc. And what do you do for me? Nothing! You are a liability to me. You should commit suicide. You can do that by hanging yourself, stabbing yourself or even by consuming rat poison. Think about it”. These words by my father…

This is how so many modern ‘arranged marriages’ work in India

She was a rather simple and uncomplicated person! Very clean heart, could almost be mistaken for a simpleton!

She was attractive too and thus ‘popular’ in that sense! She was always dressed…

Kumbalangi Nights — A deliciously intricate Malayali portrayal of families and bullies at home

‘Madness in the Desert’ — An exhilarating documentary about the making of ‘Lagaan’ — the film that changed Indian cinema forever

Imagine a world where women are men…what an unbelievable, scary nightmare!

Imagine a world! A world where you wake up and your mom sits in a shirt and pant reading the newspaper. Your dad cooks food in the kitchen, wiping the sweat off his forehead, hurrying because his wife…

‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ is KJo trying to recreate ‘Rockstar’ but failing just the same

When I witnessed moral-policing first hand

So my friend and I are returning to his home in Koramangala, Bangalore in an Uber. Both of us are sitting in the back seat, him on the left, me on the right.

‘An Insignificant Man’, a most significant movie