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Mami Mia! The return of film festivals

Do correct me if I’m wrong. The primary purpose of any international film festival is to create awareness about “alternate cinema”.

Mami Mia! The return of film festivals

Do correct me if I’m wrong. The primary purpose of any international film festival is to create awareness about “alternate cinema”.

Kala Ghoda, home to Mumbai’s art and soul

Unarguably, Kala Ghoda is the city’s art precinct. And Jehangir Art Gallery, its epicentre, has survived 60 years to become its very heart and soul.

When search for curtains in the city draws to a close

A sub-category called “Home Stores” has been booming all over the city; quite a few of them are expensive beyond means (mine at least), and others, try to cater to the average wallet.

Malls: Here today, gone tomorrow?

She yelped dramatically, “Oh no, I can’t bear the loss”.

Forecasters as erratic as the weather

It was, and maybe still is, one of the most mechanical, and yet compulsory duty of a news reporter on night shift.

Oceanfront love lane now distant memory

Okay, so I resolved to go literally down memory lane. Meaning I wanted to check out if it still exists. My fears were answered. It doesn’t.

Mighty fall: Once a regalia, soon to be rubble

Bishop’s Gate, it was called. One of the most elegant residences, occupied mostly by expatriates and corporate honchos, it stood above the fruit stalls of Breach Candy.

All is well with music maestro

The maestro vanishes. Or so I thought till I hopped over to his apartment in the old-worldly Rungta House in a lane snaking through Petit Hall.

A trip down the rarest of the rare video libraries of Mumbai

Like book stores, video library outlets are perfect for a browse trip.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.