Umrao Jaan is an adaptation of the book ‘Umrao Jaan Ada’ written in 1905 by a well known poet called ‘Ruswa.’ Whether the lovely courtesan, who was also known as the ‘heartbeat of Avadh’, and poetess existed or was the imagination of the poet is still debatable. His words were…
Movie Review : Dor
‘Dor’ is a thread or string. Something that binds things together and Nagesh Kukunoor couldn’t have chosen a better title for his movie. Zeenat (Gul Panang) is a tough, fiercely independent woman living life on her own terms in far away Himachal Pradesh. Meera (Ayesha Takia) is a traditional, duty-bound,…
Movie Review:The Devil Wears Prada
The title of the book, The Devil Wears Prada by Laura Weisberger, drew me to it exactly 3 years ago. As I turned the last page, my immediate thought was “This should be a movie!” . No talk of the book being filmed happened for a while and though I…
Booked for life
We at ‘Times of India’ are starting a new series on Bookmark called BOOKED FOR LIFE. It will consist of first-person accounts by book lovers on their relationship with their collections, favorite books, unfavourite books, reading habits and so on. Essentially personal, the pieces can be funny, nostalgic, righteous, ironic,…
Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna – The Film : My Thoughts
The bad press that ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna’ ( KANK) got from Day 1 was the reason I preferred to give it a miss. Nothing, not even Abhishek Bachchan as part of the cast, could change my decision. Then I happened to read this wonderful review by fellow-Caferatian Vandana Vasudevan, and…
…Beijing
There is something intensely liberating about being in a place where no one speaks, or even attempts to speak, your language. This is why a trip to China, which included Beijing, Shanghai, and the picturesque Guilin, got the nod from me right away. My first morning there and I woke…
…countries I painted Red!
create your own visited country map or write about it on the open travel guide Beijing, China Guilin, China Darjeeling, India Mumbai (Bombay), India Pune, India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Langkawi, Malaysia London, England Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic Washington DC, DC, USA Budapest, Hungary Istanbul, Turkey New York City, NY, USA…
Being Tagged! :)
Ooooooohhhhhhh, I love being tagged! Shelly tagged me this time and I had loads of fun writing out my answers!:)))))))))))) Thanks,Shelly!:))))))))))) Ok, here goes….. I am thinking about…A lot, actually. Life, the future, my 2 new gorgeous Kurti’s and what to eat. I said…Something very funny to someone today. I…
Of stupid people/questions and other assorted foibles
Among the many stupid questions I am asked frequently “Why are you always so happy” and “Why do you smile so much” top the list. Initially I assumed these were trick questions and waited to see if something would follow. Then I slotted them in the questions-that-had-no-correct-answers category and refrained…