Bachna Ae Haseeno

  So I’m back in the motherland, home of jovial cabbies (be they from eastern Nigeria or Cavan) and three-point plugs for all outlets (common currency my foot, when will Europe have a common plug??). I decided to flee for a few hours from the choices of floral arrangements (hmmm, one that spells out “Mam”? […]

A death in the family

Dear friends, fillum fans, occasional visitors, My blogging has slowed to a trickle in recent weeks due to the sudden illness and now passing of my mother. She was an incredibly strong woman who emigrated to the US in search of better career options.    Thanks to  her work in the travel industry,  she showed […]

Being Santosh Sivan

  This is a story that  I did that ran in the June 20, 2008 issue of India Abroad.   “I’m from Kerala, I live in Chennai and work in Bombay, also a bit in London, and I often come to the United States, but I am basically a backwater boy from Kerala.”   Given […]

Kooking with Kamna

  Sorry, sorry, still feeling the after effects of Kismat Konnection…… Here’s an interesting blogpost that I stumbled across about a week ago…… in it, Janet Miller, a woman out in California, tells about a recent cooking experience with Kamna Chandra, the Hindi movie screenwriter who scripted 1942: A Love Story, among others.   Mrs. […]