Hindi poet and translator based in Bangalore, India.

Category: Music

  • M.S. Subbulakshmi has inspired many generations, through her divine voice and her rare qualities of humility, compassion discipline and principles of conduct. Her quest for perfection and sincerity of effort were not reserved for the stage. Her own simple lifestyle and donation of most of her earnings to charity were the testament to the person…

  • Once upon a time, in a land far far away called Italy, there lived a king. His name was Mussolini. He was suffering from insomnia and had trouble sleeping every night. The best of doctors from all over the world had failed to heal him. Medicines worked for a day or two but none of…

  • I was browsing through the list of highest grossing films of 2010, when I decided to write this article. The highest grossing films of the year are Housefull, Dabangg, Golmal 3 and Once Upon a Time in Mumbai. I felt disgusted! I need not elaborate how pathetic these films are. Our film industry tends to…

  • With the sad demise of Tapen Chatterjee, an era in Bengali cinema has come to an end. Tapen was famous for playing the role of Goopy Gyne in Satyajit Ray’s Goopy-Bagha trilogy for children. The Goopy Bagha era had spelled magic on Bengali kids, more than what Harry Potter ever did to kids worldwide. Generation…

  • Since I don’t watch television these days, I am a little late to comment on the new “Mile sur mera tumhara”. But better late than never! Recently, on Sankalp 6th anniversary, we volunteers had performed this song. This song was probably one of the best things that once happened to Indian television. I used to…

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