What was meant to be a social media joke has exploded big time!!! Storm Area 51 was a Facebook event dated June 27, created by US college student and Game-streamer Matty Roberts, planned for September 20, 2019. That’s about one week from now. The idea is – to mass-invade a…
Every writer of every genre I can think of has something in common; we all need readers. What’s the use of writing if there’s no one to read them? I have been to a couple of shoots for Room to Read, an international NGO that works in the area of…
Personally, I am not a big fan of adventure shows; they are too realistic for my comfort. But then, when a show featuring a superstar anchor and a super-busy guest breaks all previous records, and it’s shot in India, one has to sit up and take notice. Ever since I…
Sometimes you feel so good that you want to break things; resolutions, for instance!!! Like me, I promised myself that I won’t do more than one blog post a week. But what to do? When I spotted these films made by ‘special’ young adult filmmakers at the FTII Pune Facebook…
I always thought Naseeruddin Shah looks like my father; it’s just that he looks about 10 years younger, which is understandable, as he happens to be ten years younger. I have never seen Naseer sahab in person. So when I heard his play ‘Einstein’ is coming to Delhi NCR for…
Aviva Field is true to her words. She took my question rather seriously, and has shared a response, which could probably be called the first step to a long journey. Now, by storytelling, one is normally inclined to think fiction; more specifically, feature films. Syd’s books, whatever I have read,…
This day of freedom, feel free to write. Make your voices heard; about anything that does, or doesn’t excite you. For them who write for their rights are always right, and those who write the right things are never left out. Balderdash!! Why am I fencing with words… Let me…
I have never been to Kashmir. The only Kashmiri’s I knew were the smiling shawl sellers who used to come with the advent of winter, even 10 years back. At least in my Delhi neighborhood, I don’t see them anymore. They too have disappeared. I also don’t get to…
When I first heard about the Film and Television Institute of India conducting a smart-phone film making course for young adults with special needs, I was pleasantly excited; and somewhat frustrated. Not because they are doing something kick-ass, which they often do; but because I wanted to be the person…
I wanted to ask screenwriting guru Syd Field a question when I first read his book, two decades back. It remained unanswered, mainly because I never asked it. After starting this blog, and browsing through his books again, the question returned. Since Syd wasn’t there any more, I thought of…
