Most of what my Hindi teacher taught me, fifty years ago, I forgot along the way. But, now, Mrs Sashi Goela’s gentle insistence that I pay more attention to the language all those years ago, is paying rich dividends.

It is true that Deendayal Upadhyay, Nanaji Deshmukh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and now Narendra Modi had never donned Gandhi cap or expressly declared themselves followers of Gandhiji, but their work ethics leaned towards Gandhiji’s ideals

Trees which have willingly or unwillingly migrated to a foreign land, across the seas, several thousands of miles away from their home have a different vocabulary from the one back home, likely stemming from their isolation, grief, happiness, destitute, loneliness, friendships, or adoptions.

Director Sudhir Mishra comes from a family of politicians and academicians, but he is passionate about his craft.He has two sane advices for those from small towns who aspire to make it big in Bollywood -- if you have the talent, and if someone comes to you with an indecent proposal, you should slap the person very hard, and if you are good, people will take notice of you, sooner or later, so be patient