For the past one and a half months, there has been a rise of the Rip Van Winkles of India. They have woken up and suddenly realized that India has become intolerant. Without...

This morning as I logged into my microblogging site account, I expected the top trend to be ‘Happy International Men’s Day’. But no. There was a no mention of the same. And even...

I hate this intolerant body of mine. It doesn’t allow me to take out my brain and rinse it thoroughly. If not that, at least I should have the right to unlearn all...

I earn my bread and butter through my pen and words. I also romance them; share my deepest fears and thoughts with them. Sometimes I feel no lover or friend is closer to...

India and Pakistan are not the best of friends because the latter hasn’t made an effort to reform itself. Rather Pakistan is busy in anti India activities and spewing venom at the international...

The Dadri incident is shameful and barbaric. Or maybe these words are not enough to even sum it up. But what is equally horrific is the systematic polarization in popular discourse. The scaremongering...

Dear Mahesh Sharma Ji,   A Padabali Kirtan made sure I woke early this morning, feeling rejuvenated. And as I have more hours to myself today, I take this opportunity to share some...

Before I get to the crux of this piece, I would like to say that I am a non-vegetarian myself and unless it is a health compulsion, I intend to be one all...

  They say Gods dwell within little kids. That morning when someone shared the image of Aylan Kurdi’s lifeless body, it had taken my peace away. What was his crime? He was uprooted...

And every time there is a ban, our social media timelines are full of ‘I will leave this country’ or ‘this government will sure chase the youth out of the nation’.  When a...

Over the past couple of years the portrayal of women in Bollywood has been changing. She is essentially not just hanging on her hero’s arm or singing around the trees. As more and...

Years back one of the channels was telecasting Prem Pujaari and I being an ardent fan of Dev Anand, had watched the entire film for the umpteenth time. It was obviously full of...