I guess everyone is super excited about the new year! We’re at the beginning of a new decade. There’s much to be hopeful for. I mean, yes, the nation ended up protesting through the last month of the year — but hey, we’ve got an...
How did movies happen? I remember meeting an RJ who told me that I should be on radio because of my voice. He was also doing a TV show at the time and tested me for television, too. Strangely, I had visualized myself in this...
How would you define yourself? I would define myself as fun, friendly and frank. First thing you do when you wake up? Look at my phone like everybody does and I drink a litre of water after I brush my teeth. Your perfect holiday destination?...
Romal Laisram caught up with Rohini Divakar at her residence in Chennai for a long conversation about her inspiring story — one that we were really keen to discover. Here are excerpts from that conversation… What prompted you to join the IRS? I was always...
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE YOURSELF? I’m an everyday woman. Basically a fun, straightforward person. THE FIRST THING YOU DO WHEN YOU WAKE UP? Search for my misplaced phone on my bed. LAST THING YOU DO BEFORE YOU SLEEP? Unfortunately I do the same morning routine...
How would you define yourself? I’m a fiercely ambitious guy who’s trying to be the best version of myself; a cinema fanatic; love travelling, riding and driving; a guy driven by integrity and a sane presence of mind; I’m always positive; I am a nature...
What got you into designing? I am a business graduate. My family and friends including myself never thought I’d get into designing, but I always was inclined towards the arts since I was a kid. My mother accidently introduced me to interior designing and I...
Jigar Pala could have coasted along, doing what he already did: he could run his little Brahmin Udupi eatery in a small suburb of Mumbai, making a decent living, serving food he has served for decades, food his father served for decades before him. On...
These days nationalism seems to be the ‘in’ thing. What with current trends and the way the world around us abounds with deshbhakti for all the wrong things — India seems to be suffering from a sense of amnesia, or at least a part of...
What is Ashika Rangnath like off the camera? Actually, the only difference is that I’m extremely talkative off camera. When I’m on the set, I usually keep to myself and don’t talk much. But when I’m in my comfort zone with friends and family off...
