Ex-girlfriends, Ex-boyfriends, its complicated in Bollywood

Like many others, I like to follow Bollywood, the movies, stars, gossip, directors, songs, composers. There’s a lot of trash, but there’s plenty of creativity too. Off late I have been intrigued by the rising number of ex’s floating about. Everyone is someone’s ex. There is Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan’s ex and Ranbir Kapoor’s current…

The case of Durga Shakti Nagpal (IAS)

The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal as she dared to take on the sand mafia operating under her jurisdiction. Inspired by her, there  are going to be some doubly divinely named daughters born hereon, though I am not sure parents would encourage them to study hard for a career…

Enduring Indian Gossip

Some relationships seem to be forever under scrutiny. In politics, there is the one between Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. Despite the analysis and speculation, Manmohan-Sonia plane of operation is clear – do as she says or don’t do anything at all. Given such sound understanding that has stood the test of two uneventful tenures…