Cross Connections

Now that it has got the final go-ahead, strange noises have started yet again: Why a mosque, why not a tikka masala joint? Oh, ok, but some...

My most memorable loo story is at Madame Tussaud’s. A Canadian woman accosted me after I came out of the facility with, “Are you Indian?” “Y...

Sometimes, one gets the weirdest feedback. This one does not deserve to be reproduced, but I feel like a bit of pop psychology. "Sheesh...

This is fun. Jaswant Singh has come out of the closet to tell us that Jinnah is great. No problem. When L.K.Advani did it, they said he was ...

There is a good deal of out-of-context statements of mine that have been repeated here. Of particular importance is the one on Kashmir. The ...

I find our obsession with all things Western quite disgusting. We have begun to look at life through their vision. This is not to lessen the...

Will there be trouble in Mumbai? That was the query being asked around. I did not know. I can only recall moments that are trouble-free… ...

Jaya Bachchan, as expected, said, “I don’t know who Raj Thackeray is.” She emphasised that she only knows Bal Thackeray and his son Udhhav....

Betty Friedan, bless her soul, sometimes confounded me. She wrote The Feminine Mystique , she was among the earliest voices of the women’s l...

Long years ago, on a particular day, I was wearing black. I did not realise it was Muharram till I saw an acquaintance dressed in the same c...

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...

Heard firecrackers. Which means the moon has been sighted. Tomorrow will be Eid. I wonder whether I have any right to celebrate at all....