The Man at the Airport…

…is an ominous figure.
Anyone who has travelled abroad knows that the wait in the queue, the inching closer to offer your passport and self for scrutiny is an uneasy one. It’s disquieting to be sized by a stony faced bureaucrat in white. He will judge your looks, the country of your origin, scrutinise the [...]

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The Importance of Being Wicked

The problem with contemporary Bollywood fare is its dedication to goodness. It’s a popular formula that serves up treacle and tripe to box office crescendo.
“Feel good cinema” has more loyalists in India than followers to the Vatican. Bollywood offers substance so subsumed in style that it loses its spirit; prettiness that leaves no scope for [...]

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