Cross Connections

"A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end… but not necessarily in that order." - Jean-Luc Godard The battle between...

"You know nothing about the business of writing," he told me. Then came the details. How to get off. Get it off. Take off. Take ...

"Hello, my Internet connection has not been working for hours," I tell the service provider hotline guy, after being warned by a c...

What started as protest against the grabbing of ten acres of land has become a sinister plot that includes accusations of blasphemy. I got ...

I was on the other side, being interviewed. It wasn’t the first time but I constantly found myself asking the questions inside my head. It’s...

It really seemed as much of a big deal as any sort of feedback. Or as small as any pesky spam. So, when one fine day I got an email from the...

I had been delayed, or so I thought. Spent too much time at the counter buying chocolates; I had gone to pick up a packet of face tissues. I...

A few days ago I called up the chemist. They do home delivery. I asked for Xylocaine. “Ma’am, gel?” “Hmm…yes, yes, not tablets.” “Okay. Anyt...

...oh, okay, that's stretching it.... You have all read about script reading sessions. Let me relate one. A debutant film director, who ...

“Ma’am, we would like to do an interview.” “About?” “Just you, y’know, stuff.” “Have you read the book?” “Nooo…” “S...

I was meeting this Pakistani diplomat in a high-ceilinged room; he sat behind a large desk. Very suave. He said he would be visiting Mumbai ...

Why the Need to Spread the Message of Allah in an Islamic Society? The Tablighi Jamaat Movement By FARZANA VERSEY Counterpunch, June 4, 2008...

They say people in Mumbai like to say, “You don’t know who I am?” Am wondering whether I should try it with my internet guy…would go somet...

Not on… One kid dies in India every 15 seconds 25% of children dying worldwide before the 20th day after their birth are from India 33...

It had been a few months of what one may refer to, with some underplaying, as bad times. I was falling ill and feeling drained in every way....

While I am completely besotted by 'my area', the stretch between Chowpatty and Marine Drive is great fun. I was at the Catholi...

Despite having travelled overseas quite extensively, I find some American aspects truly hard to digest. You enter a restaurant and just wh...

Sometimes, I need to just hold the reins, my horses and the whole stable…the following are mild oops situations. There are far worse ones… ...

I avoid using foul language in personal communication. ( Voice in background : Such a nutcase. Does it mean she uses it in official communic...