Aug3

Courting the Indian paryatak

The new ‘resurgence’ of India and the burgeoning of the ‘great Indian middle class’ are phenomena that are written about ad nauseum. The gushing ‘India-is-so-cool’ and the alarmist ‘beware-India-is-arriving’ sections of the media, have both written about how the Indian consumer is fast becoming a force to reckon with. The more outlandish of these […]

Jul5

A fun new show and a troubling thought

A while ago, I watched the first two episodes of NDTV Imagine’s new show, Junoon Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka. I must confess to have really liked them. Perhaps it’s because I’m partial to both Ustad Rahat Fateh Khan and Ila Arun. I had, quite uncharitably, slotted Annu Kapoor as an over-excitable anchor prone […]

Apr13

A long-overdue intervention

It was with some interest that I had been following the litigation between the Roshan family (Hrithik, Rakesh and Rajesh) and music director, Ram Sampat (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1159449, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/My_conscience_is_clear_Rakesh_Roshan/articleshow/2947403.cms). Sampat filed a case against the Roshans, alleging that the music in the title song of the movie Krazzy4 was plagiarised from the tune he had penned for […]