Conversations Over Chai

Kerala, where I am at present, is sweltering in unseasonal heat with temperatures soaring up to 38 o C with a real feel of 40 o C. While, m...

01.10.1919 - 24-05.2000 My love for poetry, specifically Hindi poetry, was influenced by the Karnataka SSC Board, which had decided to ma...

I’ve been fascinated by Urdu as a language for as long back as I can remember. Like many others, it’s my immersion in Hindi films and film s...

Bahaar. Basant. Vasant . Spring. The loveliest of all seasons, according to some. For us in the cold climes of the North East, it usua...

...sang another legend, Dev Anand , to his beautiful heroine in Hum Dono . Ke dil abhi bhara nahin... 02.09.1941 - 25.12.2015 This...

Directed by: Rama nand Sagar Music: Shankar-Jaikishan Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri Starring: Sadhana, Rajendra Kumar, Feroz Khan,  Na...

Lalitha, a regular reader of my blog, once asked me how I think of the themes for my song lists. I hadn’t really thought deeply about it...