In the days of VHS, we would trust our video store guy for his recommendations. Knowing my dad’s affinity to Scorsese films, he recommended Siva. ‘Very interesting film sir. Naya director hai!’ So we rented it. I didn’t understand anything,…
Friendships
Friendships are about laughing together. It’s about doing crazy things together, getting in trouble together and having each others’ backs. Good friendships are all about good memories that make for fun stories. But the best friendships are all about showing…
Begin Again: Happy New Year
All set to enter the last week of 2016, it is hard not to recap on the year gone by. What with all the listicles and newspaper articles listing the best and worst of the year, it is natural to…
Secret life of Pet Parents
It is really cute when my dog places his paw on my knee when he wants my attention. It’s adorable when my adopted cats take over a cardboard box and snuggle up with each other. It makes for fantastic snaps…
Dear Sanjay Leela Bhansali, do your homework
My father Jayraj Salgaokar is a researcher and a biographer of Peshwa Bajirao I. And this is his frustration at the Pinga and all that nonsense that is Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani. I have translated this from Marathi. —-…
Read alert: Aarushi by Avirook Sen
The Aarushi-Hemraj murders took place at the very beginning of my career. The case was widely & wildly reported at the time and it really unsettled me at the time. One read about the progress of the case in newspapers…