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One significant disconnect between me and my History textbook was over the events of the third Battle of Panipat. Ask any Maratha above the age of seventy, educated or otherwise. The mere mention of Panipat brings out an uncanny sadness. The pain of a singular event is carried down by generations in their collective memory. …
Growing up in the ’90s has impacted my psyche to love TV series with limited episodes/seasons instead of the daily soap. Be it Karamchand, Circus, Mr. Yogi, Byomkesh Bakshi, and so on. I know they had one episode per week, but that exactly has made its roots in my outlook towards the series. I took …
If Lagaan is the Test match version, then Gold definitely aims to be the 20-20 version. In many ways Aamir Khan is the pioneer of the sports cum patriotic movie entertainers and his imprints are all over the movie ‘Gold’. The first imprint is with the movie poster, the two are just so similar, and …
