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Poetry in Bollywood: Sili Hawa Choo Gayi
I don’t have the video for this song, because the movie in which it appears, Libaas, has not been released in India and there are no Youtube versions of it. Therefore, I can’t be sure about the...
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Poetry in Bollywood: Tum ko Dekha toh Yeh Khayal Aaya
This is another famous number from the 1982 movie, Saath Saath. That was an era in which Jagjit Singh was in his pomp, writing ghazals for mainstream Bollywood and making a good fist of it. Along with...
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Flash Fiction: A Curious Find
Back in 2008, Livejournal conducted a flash fiction contest where 500-word-stories had to be written on the theme: journal. They gave us a sop saying that all selected stories ‘might’ go into a...
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Flash Fiction: Dripping Red
Back in 2008, Livejournal conducted a flash fiction contest where 500-word-stories had to be written on the theme: journal. They gave us a sop saying that all selected stories ‘might’ go into a...
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Poetry in Bollywood: Neela Aasmaan So Gaya (Male)
Poetry in Bollywood is a series of posts in which I attempt poetry-style, ‘in spirit’ translations of classic Bollywood songs. I refrain from doing literal translations because I think the magic and...
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Bandhani – The Ties That Bind Us: A Word and Picture Story
Early this year, Piah Diance Studio produced a folk-dance drama called Bandhani – The Ties That Bind Us. They employed me to write the script and treatment. Recently I was talking to Priya Kumar...
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Flash Fiction: Earth Waits
Back in 2008, Livejournal conducted a flash fiction contest where 500-word-stories had to be written on the theme: journal. They gave us a sop saying that all selected stories ‘might’ go into a...
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Flash Fiction: The Transferer
Back in 2008, Livejournal conducted a flash fiction contest where 500-word-stories had to be written on the theme: journal. They gave us a sop saying that all selected stories ‘might’ go into a...
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Flash Fiction: An Unfinished Story
Back in 2008, Livejournal conducted a flash fiction contest where 500-word-stories had to be written on the theme: journal. They gave us a sop saying that all selected stories ‘might’ go into a...
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Novel Excerpt: Man on a Bike
Some scenes have a way of sticking in the head, like signposts. This one, taken out of Banquet on the Dead, is one that is close to my heart. My father, after having read the novel fully, said, ‘This...
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Stories of 2017
My writing resolution for 2017 is simple: Write and publish a brand new short story every Monday. The plan is as follows: At the end of every month, I will bundle all that month’s stories into a Kindle...
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