Originally published in Lokvani in 2016 http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=12555 Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, 'Clint, you must remember, it's only a movie.’- Clint Eastwood I fully comprehended what Alfred and Clint meant when I met the National Award winner, renowned Indian actor Atul Kulkarni earlier this [...]

Teju with her hostel friends Nakamiyon ko dil se lagaya hee nahi Aisa jeena hame raas aaya hee nahi Meri raftaar ka andaza tumhe kya hoga Maine pairon ko zamin pe lagaya hee nahi From the balcony of the 2nd floor of my college hostel, I could clearly tell that she was fighting it out. [...]

Why do we like a song? There are a million reasons why we prefer a certain melancholic song over others, why a specific song connects with our emotions, why we give the space of our conscious memory to it, why we take the effort to memorize its lyrics? Why, is it that we play a [...]

Radha Sitting alone - Source Internet Ranjish hee sahi dil hee dukane ke liye aa… As Radha looked at the crescent moon the early morning breeze caressed her face. The dim moonlight reflecting on her face was making her look ethereal. Far away on the banks of Yamuna, she listened to what sounded like someone [...]