Gym Jam: Notes from a sweaty corner

This is my column for Femina Magazine dated Oct 15th. Do pick up a copy! It’s so easy to hate people at gyms. Because we live in a world where everyone is supposed to be polished, perfect and presentable at all times. You want to look hot but the impression to be given is that […]

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Death of the character

All I’ve seen of television in the last few weeks has been from hoardings while I wait around in traffic. Every red light means the opportunity to stare into the eyes of another woman with an ambiguous expression gazing into the horizon of a 9 p.m. prime-time spot on Colors. I come home nearly every […]

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Kites ki Uddi (Here be spoilers)

When I mentioned to someone that I was going to watch Kites I got a guffaw as a response. “Didn’t you hear? It sucks.” And reviewers haven’t been good to it either. ‘Kites’ cuts its own strings by a weak story, zero chemistry, no melody, no romance, and tries to fly with the winds of […]

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Lady Crush: Priyanka Chopra

I’ve been meaning to say this for a long time, so here goes. I love Priyanka Chopra. Sure she won the Ms. World title after a wrong answer in her question-answer round.  She was asked by Jerry Springer, American T.V show host, who she thought was the most successful woman living and she answered Mother […]

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Just haven’t met you yet.

Michael Buble is unnecessarily cute and talented. To protest this, I have had “Just Haven’t Met You Yet” by him on loop for the past few weeks. Promise you kid, to give so much more than I get I just haven’t met you yet Ashley, my college roommate, introduced me to Michael Buble (pron:Boob-lay, I […]

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PAA-r Excellence (Here Be Spoilers)

I am normally gripped by the fancy to watch a movie once every month. This is crazy because I grew up watching first-day-first-shows of almost every Hindi movie ever made. It had translated in to being a long line outside Lowe’s theater on 31st and 2nd every Thursday night to watch the first-night-first-show of every […]

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