With Discrimination Towards None

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Akhiyonse goli mare… sang Vividh Bharati just some time ago. It is Actor Govinda’s Birthday, they reminded me. The song also reminded me of the time we used to live in Goregaon, Mumbai and there were two little kids – big fans of Govinda. The younger girl, Dolly, would most ...

Today is the death anniversary of the evergreen Dev Anand. Though I was not born during his arm-jerking style days, I have been a big fan of late Dev Anand, like my Mom, having been brought up on old movies on TV and their songs on Vividh Bharati. My Mom ...

Today, I am going to talk about a boy, whose name is Only (K**** in Hindi), who lives in our building. By the way, we do not know most of the people in our building, since they keep changing homes often and most of the families are turned against us ...

Yesterday was the birthday of Amitabh Bachchan’s father. Most people know late Harivansh Rai Bachchan as being a rebellious poet and for his Madhushala. I for one remember him from my school days more for his poem Dhoolimay nabh kya isise bandhdoon mein naav tat par… (There is a cloud ...

When I was in the 10th std., my English teacher marked one of my answers wrong when I used the pronoun He with a capital ‘H’ for God. I knew that it was her mistake but did not say anything since I was in awe of her and was too ...

Like SRK, Aamir Khan has attracted flak for his statements on intolerance. But I had the shock of my life at the anti- reactions to that part of the statement which is really true. What hurts me is that the Actor no 1, who had once been my favourite (I ...