Being born and raised in the heart of North India in the era of no internet meant many things — most of all, it meant that your exposure to the world was limited. That doesn’t necessarily mean that one is ignorant of the cultures and...
It’s a fact that men’s shaving essentials have grown at a much faster rate than women’s menstrual care products. After all, sanitary pads are the only options that line supermarket shelves — this is decidedly a step-up from cloth napkins which were used in the...
Anuradha Kishore was a practising paediatrician — for six years in England and thirteen years in India. It was her dad’s illness that brought her back to India. By then, she had had three children and life was hectic. “During my practice, I realised that...
I’ve realised that the trick to growing up is nurturing unconditional relationships, and appreciating someone despite their flaws, mistakes and stupid ideas. Judging people solely based on how they treat me, not based on how I benefit from them. Seeing them as an end within...
You had a very humble beginning, having conceptualized your design career while working at your father’s saree store. Tell us about your journey and what made you become a designer. AS an 8-year-old boy, sitting in my father’s small store which sold sarees, I thought...
IN the 21st century, if you blink you might miss it! In this era of shortened attention spans, where audiences are constantly looking for something new to excite them, engross them and entertain them, artistes have it hard. The struggles of independent musicians have long...
One does not realise how good-looking Allu Sirish is till you meet him in person. Often unfairly compared to his brother Allu Arjun, Sirish oozes charm and has a wonderfully playful personality that puts everyone around him at ease. Speaking to him while we shot...
When I was in school, I remember watching the Telugu film Mayuri (1985). It confused me a little bit. Firstly, as Sudha Chandran plays herself in the film, I had a difficult time in separating facts from fiction. It also wowed me, because here was...
CINEMA, MY FIRST LOVE: What is love? TO me anything that you invest your soul energy in is love. It is the energy that you derive from within. The more you invest it in something, the more it will develop. Cinema undoubtedly then is something...
Some of my earliest memories of great Tamil cinema revolve around the films made by this maestro. Be it the characters of Sowmya or Meenakshi from Kandukondain Kandukondain (both of whom I strangely and paradoxically identify with) or the bubbly Priya Amal Raj from Minsara...
