Indian Films, Rushdie and More
It was a great day for celebrity spotting – Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Suketu Mehta, Madhur Jaffrey, Konkona Sen-Sharma, Boman Irani, Shabana Azmi, Deepa Mehta, Mira Nair and Ketan Mehta were all there.
Author Lavina Melwani
Real Life Through Reels
Can cinema change the way you think? Can it shape the way society collectively views difficult choices – or can society change the way films reflect certain stereotypes? Rarely do you get an opportunity to mull social issues while enjoying endless cinema and this was the special attraction of I View Film, an annual film festival with the ambitious title of New Ways of Seeing Human Rights Cinema.
Deepak Chopra on Life
“I have never flown, spoken, moved from hotel to hotel or country to country. Those are activities I long ago delegated to my body. I am always at home and have never left.”
Bollywood Flexes Its Muscle
In the last decade, audiences have seen the emergence of slick comedies, horror films, murder mysteries, sci-fi, ensemble movies and a whole lot more from innovative young directors like Mani Ratnam, Ram Gopal Varma, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Vishal Bharadwaj and Karan Johar.
Remembering Gandhi
Imagine an opera sung entirely in Sanskrit in the heart of New York! ‘Satyagraha’ is…
Bollywood Grows Up
Yes, Bollywood in all its avatars is eternal and continues to take audiences on a seductive, addictive emotional roller coaster ride. Long live the 800 pound gorilla!
Meet Ganesha, The Lord Of New Beginnings
What better way to start a new blog than with Ganesha, the Lord of New Beginnings? Give him whichever name you choose – He is that consciousness that is within us and around us and in the very breath we take.
Women Pujaris: Between Man and God
“Women can be pilots, presidents, models, go for cigarette advertisements, so why can’t they be priests?”
Bapsi Sidhwa: The Pakistani Bride Takes a Bow
The lovely bride was just 25 years old but in book years, ‘The Pakistani Bride’ had turned a hefty quarter of a century old!
The Bed and Breakfast Kings
It is all about family ties, informal networks and community support. Small run-of the-mill motels have been transformed into mini hotel empires by the enterprising Gujaratis from India, UK and Africa in America.