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Senator with a heart for India

Senator Christopher Dodd impressed me the moment I met him. I was keen to meet him knowing he was the man to put the nuclear bill on the table. I was expecting to meet someone extremely busy and officious considering his designation and schedule.

Finding love after tragic loss

We saw her as one of the hockey teammates in the movie Chak De India, and recently in the movie Tum Mile. Her acting was applauded even though the movie did not do well. And so it should be, as she is not just another new actress trying to climb the high Bollywood wall but one who is loaded with talent with a tragic past, which she struggled out of into a new life. Despite her young years, Vidya Malawade has known sadness and heartbreak at the cruel hands of fate.

Modelling’s not all about drugs, booze

As I left the Indian Medical Association at Juhu where Viveka’s memorial was taking
place, I absorbed the strong sense of solidarity that exists in this industry. Like a family
everyone was there — hurt and broken at losing a member of the fraternity.
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Father’s Day and a familiar vacuum

How do I describe the relationship between my father and me? Father’s Day came and went and I felt the familiar vacuum that no one or nothing could fill for 10 years.
My memory of him goes back to when I was a little girl, when his lap was the safest and the most comfortable place in the world for me. Given any small chance I would g

Cut loose to save others, yourself

I was at a dinner hosted by the Italian consulate when I spotted her. I had not seen her in 10 years, and there she was looking the same, talking animatedly to someone. I walked towards her to say hello before she disappeared into thin air again like the Invisible Man!

Love saga of a pirate & a princess

This is the love story of a princess and a pirate. The princess; lovely and conventional, from European royalty, who hobnobbed with the crème de la crème of Swiss society, doing her princessly duties and staying within the confines of the dos and don’ts that go with it.

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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.