Though Hindu Brahmins, we believed in Christianity also, thanks to my Mom’s upbringing. Besides, I did my M.Sc. from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. I would send Christmas cards to the Botany department and the HOD. But we never celebrated Christmas with the fervor we do now. An incident changed our ...

Remember Sanam Teri Kasam (1982), Jigarwala (1991) and Dulhe Raja (1998) and a plethora of other movies? Be it a romantic, action or comedy flick Guddi Maruti was almost always around as mostly the heroine’s obese side-kick. Tahira, which is Guddi’s real name, took the art of making us laugh ...

PR Aamir Sayed from Gecko Worldwide contacted A Journalist Reveals regarding a client of his with the following mail: His mail read: Aeronutrix Sports Products Pvt. Ltd launched Fast & Up, an intelligent and progressive sports nutrition brand, recently in India. Right now the brand has launched Activate, Reload, Energize ...

Adopting a girl-child is a big decision and Sayali Joshi (name changed) took it 8 years ago, when Ovee was brought home as a 6 month old baby. Today 13 years into her marriage, she has also decided not to have another child. It was a joint decision with her ...

PR Sandesh Rane from Ketchum Sampark wrote to me recently, “I write to you on behalf of Mr. Shatrujeet Nath, author of The Guardians of the Halahala – The Vikramaditya Trilogy.” About Shatrujeet Nath: Sandesh’s mail said the following about the author. Shatrujeet Nath had done odd jobs like selling ...

She wants to learn instrumental music as well after conquering the vocal category. That’s the classical singer Brinda Roy Chowdhury for you. Having had her Taalim on various forms of music like Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrulgeeti, Atulprasadi, Rajanikanto, Geet and pure classical from Ms. Krishna Dasgupta, she was also trained in ...

Once again it is that time of the year when Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas or Good Ole Santa comes down from his abode in the snowy lands and give us the gifts we asked for and even not asked for. This year A Journalist Reveals wishes for health, wealth and ...

Today is the birthday of late music director Naushad Sahib. He was one of the last icons of the old tradition – making music for lyrics rather than the other way round. And he would form his songs around Hindusthani Ragas. The first and only time I was in touch ...

“We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them,” said Dr. Abul Kalam. Coming from a former president of India, this is very apt for our country. India has ...

It is my favouritest singer Mohammad Rafi Sahab’s birthday today. And it is the right time that I am reminded of his song Mere desh premiyon aapas mein prem karo… because it is not only the Christmas Eve today, but also the month of Rajjab going on and also Poornima ...