Whenever I have picked up the pen, figuratively speaking, it has been a response to something that has troubled or anguished me. Even writing Firaaq,...
‘Firaaq’ is an Urdu word which means both separation and quest. I chose to call my film on the aftermath of the Gujarat riots that,...
Yet another Woman’s Day! No, can’t afford to be cynical. I have consciously made sure that cynicism doesn’t seep into my life and have striven...
Firaaq is my directorial debut film, born out of my own anguish and helplessness about the growing divide in our society. The story is set...
The incident in Mangalore has yet again left us shaken. How many such incidents are needed before we stand up to these self-proclaimed custodians of...
It hadn’t hit me hard enough till Thursday morning. At a friend’s place the previous night, I did see some images of injured people being...
I have been hopping from one city to another for the launch of an audiobook adaptation of Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography, ‘The Story of My Experiments...
A friend of mine from Chicago visited me the other day, with her cute little daughter Varsha. She had first seen Varsha in Pune, at...
It has been a while since I blogged. Life in general, and being at home, took the better of me! For now, I would like...
I remember when I was very young, my father slapped me once in a fit of anger. Even before the sting of the slap could...
