A woman has 5 needs according to me:- 1. Conversational need 2. Financial need 3. Physical need 4. Emotional need 5. Mental need Not necessarily in that order, though. From the time she begins to utter the words `mom’ or `dad’ she wants them to hear what she’s saying. The response or the lack ofContinue reading “What women need…”
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Dil Dhadakne Do & its after effects
Thanks to the very generous Pinky Reddy, I was privileged to watch a preview of DDD at INOX, on Thursday, a day before its release. That Zoya Akhtar is a supremely talented writer – director has been accepted worldwide. However, I loved her earlier presentation Zindagi na milegi dobara for its brilliant music, perfect casting,Continue reading “Dil Dhadakne Do & its after effects”
Inspiration – A flash or a series?
For me, inspiration doesn’t come in a flash. So far, it’s been the culmination of observation and incidents around me. For my first book, my debut novel – butterflies and barbed wires – the seed was planted in my mind when I was 14. I had come across an advert in a local newspaper ofContinue reading “Inspiration – A flash or a series?”
Amma, my mother
I don’t understand how we can let go of the old to make way for the new. Agreed we need new beginnings, new people, new opportunities, but how do we just forget the old? Is it humanly possible? Right now, as I’m still trying to come to terms with the loss of my mother (it’sContinue reading “Amma, my mother”