Akhilesh Yadav, scion of Yadav dynasty, finally became the people’s choice for the highest job in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Netaji, as Mulayam Singh Yadav is called by his well-wishers, was the party head but the young and vibrant Akhilesh was the architect behind the clean victory of the Samajwadi Party. His engineering degree from University [...]

This was no way to die. This was not the age to die. Sadly, everyone knew the gravity of his situation and so stood on the fringe of hope, wringing their hands in helplessness, praying that a miracle happened. But alas, it wasn’t meant to be. Young Ishan had to leave, but he left the [...]

This should’ve come up when Sachin retires, but the voices of people calling for his head has risen so loud  that my sorrow of bearing witness to it, needs to be vented which would of-course fall pathetically short of describing the one who immortalized a game of mortals . An awfully simple tribute to someone, [...]

‘Shala’ is a very impressive Marathi movie released in January 2012 based on a Marathi best-selling novel ‘shala’ which means school. Movie is directed by Sujay Dahake who says it is about ‘the Emergency period, in the Indian democracy through the eyes of a teenager.’ This movie won hearts and awards too. It has also [...]

It’s funny how pleasant evenings pursue you at the most unassuming. It was one such evening where, taken over by a state of non-doing, I  came across the invite for the french movie Intouchables. The screening was organised by Alliance Francais, Manipal in the MCES(Manipal Centre for European Studies, near the Police station) building at [...]