Monthly Archives: January 2013

“Life is Life, I Am Because of You” by Amin Sheikh

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

Putting names and histories to the homeless, poor, begging children you see on the streets is not something you do. The scores of nomadic tribes, five year olds carrying babies, seven year olds beating three year olds, ten year olds … Continue reading →

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Because Sophiya introduced me to Thorton’s Fudge

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

(Part of a series on international restaurants for the Asian Age, this is one of my favourite memories of Sophiya Haque who I worked with as producer and writer in Channel V. Much more beautiful in real life than on … Continue reading →

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This is also India

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

It was probably around now, the season, classes had thin attendance and the New Year had not yet guilt-kicked-in with its resolutions. We were 20 and quite drunk. It was the middle of the day, the four of us girls … Continue reading →

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