Igas

सभ्यूं ते ईगास बग्वाले बहोत बहोत बधेय। Igas, also known as Budhi Diwali or Igas Bagwal is a traditional folk festival of Uttarakhand region in India. It is celebrated in the Himalayan state 11 days after Diwali is celebrated in the rest of the country. It is believed that when Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya […]

Story of Sadashiv From Khambhat

Khambhat, also known as Cambay, is a city and the surrounding urban agglomeration in Anand district of Gujarat, India. Sadashiv Seth was a respected businessman from the port town of Khambhat in Gujarat. He had a beautiful haveli built. For its inauguration he went to Vadodara to invite Gopalanand Swami. Swami asked him to stay with him […]

Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro

Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (Don’t Cry for Salim, the Lame) A discourse set in the urban slum of then Bombay. This masterpiece directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, tells the story of Salim, a small-time ruffian and aspiring gangster and the circumstances that follows him. With an ensemble cast consisting of legendary theatre actors Pawan […]

सतह

ये बात तब की हैं जब हम सुबह हगने सरदार के खेतों में जाते थे। घर में पैखाना नहीं था, घर में कुछ भी नहीं था, एक कमरा था, एक छोटा सा किचन, नहाने के लिए माँ हमें हैंडपंप के नीचे रखी एक सिल्ली पर बैठाकर नहलाती थी, खुद उन्हें किचन में नहाना पड़ता था, […]

On relationships

I don’t believe in friends. But I believe in friendship. I don’t believe in relations. But I believe in relationship. I think relationships are like transactions we make with each other or with our own selves. Remember the wailing wall where Jews go and write down their prayers and problems on a paper note and […]