Conversations Over Chai

30.08-1923-14.12.1966 I spent a lot of time when I was growing up listening to Hindi songs. My favourite songs were those whose words reson...

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...

26.09.2018 Today is Dev Anand’s birthday – he would have been 95 – and, coincidentally, Hemant Kumar’s 29 th death anniversary. Why a...

15.04.1922 – 17.09.1999 Back when I was used to having Hindi film songs play in the background all the time, names like Sahir Ludh...