A never ending romance … Jodha Akbar

Published on March 15, 2008

Literally and metaphorically … 
Literally, because the movie rambled on and on for three hours and eternity.
Metaphorically, because the movie-makers asserted that the love-influence of the Jodha impacted Muhgal politics for posterity. 
Fact, or fiction, true love or political game, the first concern that the movie invoked in me was not regarding the historical sources or [...]


Ethnic Designs

Published on February 23, 2008

 The world went gaga over their tattoos – Saif’s love tattoo, Sanjay Dutt’s colorful shoulder tattoo, the ink-stained torso of Arjun Rampal, not to forget Rakhi Sawant’s oh-so-conspicuous tattoo and the “kaanta-laga” girl, Shefali Zariwala and the arrow piercing her heart tattoo – the list is endless.  
Tattoo amongst modern youth and their icons is yuppie, [...]


Yuganta: The end of an Epoch

Published on January 14, 2008

“Mahabharta” or the “Great Book of Bharata” was initially a Poem of Triumph (Jaya) and later grew to magnificent proportions, from the tale of Bharata, to the “Maha” tale of the descendents of Bharata and their family feud.