Conversations Over Chai

1929 - Eternity I don’t usually do Valentine’s Day posts. But in the days following Lata Mangeshkar’s demise, I – like many others all ove...

Source: Wikipedia Gender wars are often played out for laughs in films. Even at its most benign – say, the hero and heroine squabbling and ...

Recently, Dustedoff posted a list of ‘ Swimming Pool’ songs – songs that were filmed near, or in a swimming pool, for the better part of ...

  It was watching Jhoola that brought this to my mind. Every summer, when school closed for the holidays, my parents would make a tri...

Directed by: K Shankar Music: Salil Choudhary Lyrics: Rajendra Krishen Starring: Sunil Dutt, Vyjayanthimala, Pran, Manmohan Krishna...

Original illustration by: E.H. Shephard Some time earlier, I wrote a post about yearning for someone to love , for someone who ret...

Courtesy: atithi.com The rains are here. ( 'Here' meaning the Kerala monsoons have finally arrived. ) And with it comes the s...