Paper mâché Hero Vs real Hero

My hands refuse to type the two names together and the only reason their names will appear together is because it will show what ails us today…. Bhagat Singh was the freedom fighter who was hanged by the British regime when he was 23 for having killed a police officer John Saunders, who was responsible … Read more

The Buddha’s return

The one quality that has helped me face any challenge in life has been the ability to shrug my shoulders and say “this too shall pass”… Because I do genuinely believe that time is a great healer/leveller. In the past few weeks, many things broke through my defences and put me under stress and I … Read more

Compliment wholeheartedly

It’s a known fact that female actors do not bond, but the sad thing is they are even scared to acknowledge each others good work !! Kareena Kapoor was asked during the India Today Conclave about Vidya Balan’s “Dirty Picture” and why she thought it was successful. Kareena gave every reason other than the right … Read more

Angry words

Don’t teach me how to live, I like my personal hell, don’t tell me always what to wear, I like the jarring colors, don’t tell me how to sit, I enjoy the pain in my hip, don’t tell me what to cook, I like the time spent cooking a lot, don’t tell me to broaden … Read more

Don’t wish to be there !

The most common statement one says to a friend who has helped you in times of need is “I wish I get an opportunity to repay, or I will be there for you” …. I have a huge problem with that, because it basically means the other person will get into trouble, only then could … Read more

The dark heart

One presence mars a perfect evening, The sharp words The wounding behaviour The using of another human being…. All came back at the same time, The connection broken beyond repair The strain too obvious No, I didn’t want to be in the same room With someone so cheap… To think of a woman as a … Read more

An amazing birthday !

Before I could mope about the fact that we didn’t go out somewhere for a trek or a safari or just sight seeing for my birthday, I was super thrilled with the way my 43rd year was ushered in. My soul sister Vidya came in the morning from the UK and we got lunch with … Read more

ShikshaDaan

Maths has always been a special subject for me – whatever I added was a little more than what was right and whatever I subtracted sometimes was less and so on … And then I fell in love with a person who calculated most things in his head and really quick and always got the … Read more