In films, love story, comedy, porn and War never gets out of circulation. In India, we have a dearth of good war films. We had Haqeeqat in 1964 directed by Chetan Anand, 1972 was the Ramanand Sagar directed Lalkar, 1997 came J.P. Dutta directed Border, 2017 gave us Ghaazi Attack and now in 2019 the… Read More »
TODAY ONE NEEDS ‘CREATIVE SUPERPOWERS’. Creativity is an expected skillset in any profession today. We all want ‘Creative Superpowers’ to grow. Yet, there are very few recognised programmes on creativity taught as part of professional education at graduate or postgraduate level. Creativity is something one is expected to have or to learn on the job.… Read More »
The king of Reality Shows, my favourite show ‘Bigg Boss Season 12’ climaxed on December 30, 2018. In the end, there were three types of audiences. One who will never watch Bigg Boss. Two, people who watched Bigg Boss and loved it. Three, the set of people who watched Bigg Boss Season 12 and said… Read More »
SIMBA is a revelation of an actor. Not that Ranveer Singh needs an introduction or has to prove a point. In Simmba he gets the opportunity to play the shades, a range of emotions, expressions and stunts. He is Dabangg, Singham, Vijay all rolled into one. Ranveer mai tohra zabra Fan Ho gaya. It is… Read More »
I wasn’t expecting much from ‘The Storm in The Silence’ a novel by Nikhlesh Mathur. My very close friend Mr Ajay Lal has asked if I would want to read and maybe review a book by his cousin. And that’s how one beautiful day an autographed copy landed on my table. It remained there for… Read More »
Typically, I read 70 plus books every year. And, share my recommendation from the books published in that year. You may access the recommended list of 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 here. 2018 has been different. I managed to read only 30 odd books. This year I was concentrating on writing and working on my… Read More »
‘Green Brand Building’ is a thought in the inception stage. It is inspired by ‘My Green School’ an idea supporting education for ‘Gross National Happiness’ (GNH). It is an initiative by Thakur S Powdyel, former Education Minister of Bhutan. Bhutan believes in GNH as a measurement of Growth and prosperity. It believes- ‘The ultimate desire… Read More »
11th December was MILO KOTNALA birthday. That’s not the actual date. However, that the date Milo Kotnala came home in 2017. So who the hell is Milo Kotnala? MILO KOTNALA, a part of the family. The latest member of KOTNALA’s of Kandivali. My daughter Preetica has been after us to get a pet at home.… Read More »
big question that STATE ELECTIONS THROW A TWIST IN THE TAIL. The results of the five state elections are out. Many are surprised and many are iterating, they have predicted this resurgence of Congress. Meanwhile, the big question is; has the aura of Narendra Modi’s Brand-I taken a beating. It is a subject of debate… Read More »
The Nepali film ‘Chhakkka Punja 3′ makes a dominant statement on Nepal education system. I am in Kathmandu, attending ‘A Forum for Reflections and Action – Education for Public Good in South Asia’ organised by the Centre for Educational Policies and Practices’ Nepal and supported by Aid-et-Action. The schedule read, viewing of Nepali Film ‘Chhakka… Read More »
