A fabulous review

26 Sep 2022

A review of my book by a reader in EnglandMy review for Memories - A novella: The Hilarious nightmare of growing up. My Rating 5/5. Let me start this review…

Tinda vrs potol

10 Aug 202210 Aug 2022

Tinda vrs potol The biggest problem with a cross cultural couple is the dinner menu. The difficulty in choosing the cuisine is a fertile ground for marital disputes. In our…

The sundowner

17 May 202225 May 2022

The sundowner The gentlemen on the barstools were discussing the etiquette of drinking, like white liquor before sundown, and Whiskey afterwards, and drinking alone versus imbibing with friends, and so…

The big fat Punjabi wedding

15 May 202218 May 2022

I am attending a big fat Punjabi wedding in my in-laws family in Delhi, which is basically a week long celebration of eating drinking and dancing, with a short ceremony…

Film reviewer.. Kashmir files

26 Mar 20223 Apr 2022

Just saw Kashmir files. Extremely disturbing. I think everyone should see it. The most important line was about learning from the jews, not to let people forget the holocaust so…

The last queen.. a review

15 Feb 202228 Feb 2022

Jane Austen elevated the chic lit to the level of fine art and canonical literature, and Dalrymple is doing this to historical semi fiction. Chitra Banerjee has done both here…

The day my reputation became zero

27 Sep 202127 Sep 2021

Having read Ten Days that Shook the World and seen the film Reds, where John Reed is played brilliantly by Warren Beatty, I became a fan. Emulating my hero, I…

The Bard and I

22 Apr 202122 Apr 2021

Bard blues My first encounter with the Bard was in a children’s book called lamb tales from Shakespeare, and I thought that he was pretty lame and not a patch…

What’s in a name

19 Apr 20212 Jun 2021

What is in a name? Call a rose by any other name, it will smell as sweet Well, the bard says so, and we applaud. But is he right? My…

The film

8 Feb 20218 Feb 2021

     The  filmI finally got to see Sonali Bose’s  acclaimed film Amu, on the Sikh genocide of 84 in Delhi on the channel Mubi, meant for art house cinema . The…