Ideas Without Boundaries.
By Kavita A Chhibber Malala Yousafzai is a global name today, and everyone knows the strides the young Nobel Laureate has made around the world with her unforgettable slogan “One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.” Yet, the film Read More …
I was at our friends’ house for dinner on the 4th of August when the husband asked me if my parents were okay. Then he asked what Article 370 was. This was a question I have been repeatedly asked by both my Indian and non Read More …
Kavita A Chhibber Charity and corporate social responsibility have become big business these days, but what does charity really mean to people who are mega achievers and at the top of their careers? Kavita talks to Master Chef Vikas Khanna A Master Chef with 5 Read More …
“Wahan mat dekho, ap shagun hoga.” (“Don’t look there, it will bring bad luck”). For 5-time Michelin Star recipient Master Chef Vikas Khanna, those were words he had heard all through his life growing up. The object provoking that comment, an old widow, was apologetically Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber He is incredibly witty, has a phenomenal memory, endless energy and passion, and he is a very young 73, but not many people know that writer and poet extraordinaire, Javed Akhtar’s great great grandfather Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was Mirza Ghalib’s contemporary and Read More …
He calls him self an atheist and a rationalist, his close friend Chanda calls him a “closet spiritualist” because she says, no atheist could have written a deeply spiritual song like “O paalan hare” (from Lagaan) to which he retorts, that he also wrote the Read More …
Long registration lines, bad weather cancelling flights and yet the volunteers managed to make it all work smoothly, as over 2000 delegates and distinguished speakers have started making their way to the sold- out World Hindu Congress in Chicago. People happily mingled with each other Read More …
(Photographs courtesy of Dyuti Majumdar) Kavita’s note: This is not coverage that I normally do as a journalist, because my son Gautam Narula was one of the recipients. What I am sharing here is a personal reflection. October was a month of deep loss and Read More …
I wrote these thoughts sometime back but they hold true to this day. His movies are ageless; his stories the story of everyman transcend generations. My grandmother, my mother and I have all been fans. I see a lot of little kids watching these films Read More …
He was humming “Jaane kahan mera jigar gaya ji” as a toddler growing up in Pakistan before he could recite the alphabet. That love grew into an obsession for the musician whose music was nothing short of genius – whose music was a divine gift, Read More …
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