Ideas Without Boundaries.
By Kavita A.Chhibber Kashmiri Panditon Ke Ghar” (“The homes of The Kashmiri Pandits”) In the narrow lanes of the old town The homes smolder like unfinished funeral pyres The shards from broken windows create wounds That drip from the roofs built by our forefathers Dimmed 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 …
Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation” – Kahlil Gibran It seemed just like yesterday when I was emailing Sonu Nigam about his amazing comic act at the GIMA awards that were broadcast in the first week of December 2010. Instead Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber We must turn inwards, to the deepest of our own roots, to find the very best of who we are. But it is a constant search, trying to reach something that I can see and feel, that I can almost touch Read More …
His name is Troy Anthony Davis and he is a Black man from Savannah Georgia on death row. But don’t go by his name, the color of his skin, or the fact that he has been on death row for close to 20 years. Because Read More …
It is a gem of a city, nestled like a pearl in an oyster of lush, sun soaked velvety green, moss kissed oak trees. When you enter the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia, and get caught up in its magical loveliness, you know why General Sherman Read More …
Sachin Bhowmick on Hrishikesh Mukherjee: The Incomparable Babu Moshai He has had one of the most successful careers in Indian Cinema. Almost everything his pen touches turns into gold-or should I say a golden story, and yet when Sachin Bhowmick tried to catch the legendary Read More …
Where the Reel meets the Real. It is so simple to be happy, but it is so difficult to be simple”– from Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s film Bawarchi Chess is a game of complex psychological twists and turns and clever moves, and Hrishikesh Mukherjee was a master Read More …
When I look at some of Hrishi da’s early films, I’m struck by his liberalism and pragmatism. Anuradha (made in 1960) talks about the sacrifice of a famous singer for her doctor husband and who feels a renewed attraction for her lover when he walks Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber (Photo Credit: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images) The past weeks since the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, have gone in round the clock interviews with people from India and Pakistan from different walks of life. I’ve spent the time talking to Dr. Deepak Chopra, Read More …