( Published in Indian Express on April 30th 2010 under title of Indian Tamasha League) By Sanjay Jha Dad, I know who is going to win the finals today, said my daughter , her countenance betraying some apparent hidden knowledge far beyond what her thirteen years could potentially possess. No you don’t , I said,… [Read more…]
I have begun writing a book, partially planned and partly triggered by the bizarre events that have unfolded in Mumbai in recent times. Albeit one will try and do justice to the complex conundrum that is India—an unfathomable mystery beyond normal human sensibilities, I am prepared for the long haul. Over the last week we… [Read more…]
SHASTRI JI PRANAM! “Breaking News: The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends office in North Block.” ” Shah Rukh Khan goes for a shoot.” If you read such pieces of atrociousness on TV, you would probably have a nonplussed expression. How is an individual’s prime responsibility of such great importance that his mere visit to his… [Read more…]
I have a little black mini-Daschund ( as if they could shrink further) who is got four feet just about three inches high, two ears that flap like good ole wooden flap-fans and eyes that have the soporific glazed look of Devdas under some serious alcohol abuse spell . He is called Louis, very French,… [Read more…]
The recent brouhaha over Shah Rukh Khan’s comments on the Prophet Mohammed has reached levels both alarming and amusing. Khan is usually remarkably savvy and a glib talker , and if you read carefully ( from whatever is printed in the newspapers) his statement has been completely distorted thanks to some terrible journalistic expression. In… [Read more…]
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