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The Kader Khan School of Dialogue Writing
One would not imagine that a boy coming to India as the son of Afghani refugees and then being brought up in the Kamathipura district…
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Obituary: Sridevi
A Star Dims. Sridevi: 13th August 1963-25th February 2018 This is, without a doubt, one of the saddest obituaries I have written; the heart is…
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Obituary: Vinod Khanna
Obituary: Vinod Khanna. 6th October 1946 – 27th April 2017 Bollywood has bidden adieu to one of its most charismatic – and maverick – actors….
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Obituary: Om Puri
Obituary: OM PURI. 18th October 1950 – 6th January 2017 The world will remember him as one of the most naturally gifted actors ever. Many…
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The Fault In Our Stars
It seems I’m picking up right where I left off; I thought the Aamir Khan outrageously intolerant statement would have been debated to death by…
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Aamir Khan and the Incredibly Intolerant Indian
Shoot the messenger (for f***s sake, that’s a figurative statement; don’t get your knickers in a twist!) by all means, but the message still remains….
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Pretty Woman
Hurrying thither and yon along the corridors of the university where I teach, I happened to notice this tall girl who had a lot of…
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Love in the Closet
Well, the year ending has hardly been gay in certain quarters of the world, ehh. First, India goes back into the closet (if there can…
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Footloose And Fancy Free
About the one thing you’ve gotta keep uppermost in mind as a single lady traveller through Thailand is the all-important S. Huh? Tsk, tsk, sunscreen…
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Controversy’s Child
My name is Punam, and I am not a Muslim. Paraphrasing Shahrukh’s Khan’s popular film dialogue: “My name is Khan, and I am not a…
