The Unheard Voices Of Tehran

\”Iran good?\” I\’m abruptly distracted from my increasingly ravenous glances at Tajrish square by the mangled and rather limited English of my reticent companion. He i- actually never mind about him just yet, as his time will come near the end of this piece. In retrospect, I take immense satisfaction with my retort since theseContinue reading “The Unheard Voices Of Tehran”

The Best & Worst of Koffee With Karan S05S04: Ranbir Kapoor & Ranveer Singh

As always, you can catch the previous B&W of KWK here, ft. \”fallaley\”. Best: Ranbir & Ranveer Know KWK Better Than KWK Knows KWKThanks for bringing back the real and only intro Koffee With Karan should ever have, albeit for just five seconds. #BringBackIAmBack #NeverGiveUp Worst: The Best Of BollywoodLet\’s forget for a moment thatContinue reading “The Best & Worst of Koffee With Karan S05S04: Ranbir Kapoor & Ranveer Singh”

The Best & Worst of Koffee With Karan S05S03: Arjun Kapoor & Varun Dhawan

We\’re settling into a comfortable routine here, aren\’t we? As always, you can check out last week\’s B&W here, ft. lots of twinklin\’, sprinklin\’ and KJ\’s trademark uha uha\’ing. Worst: #BringBackIAmBackSeems like KJ didn\’t get my admonitory memo, so we\’ll keep at the immensely popular \’yo intro so pointless\’ joke for the second week inContinue reading “The Best & Worst of Koffee With Karan S05S03: Arjun Kapoor & Varun Dhawan”

The Best & Worst of Koffee With Karan S05E02: Akshay Kumar & Twinkle Khanna

We\’re going to do this as long as it\’s cool, and then we\’re going to drag it on to the point where people can say, \’man, it went on too long\’. You can catch the Best & Worst of Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt here ft. SRK having a mock orgasm and Karan Johar aContinue reading “The Best & Worst of Koffee With Karan S05E02: Akshay Kumar & Twinkle Khanna”

The Best & Worst of Koffee With Karan S05E01: Shah Rukh Khan & Alia Bhatt

Note: I\’m in experimental commercial sell-out territory here, because in the archaic words of Shah Rukh Khan, \”You need to do the bad stuff to know how hard it is.\” Also, Note: Donald Trump may have won, but at least we still got Koffee With Karan. Best: Koffee With Self-Awareness I\’ve seen enough KWK toContinue reading “The Best & Worst of Koffee With Karan S05E01: Shah Rukh Khan & Alia Bhatt”

Everything Right, Wrong & Bhai About The Salman Khan Hit-And-Run Controversy

At what point do we really tread past the grounds of morality? For sabki aan, sabki shaan, sabka bhaijaan to be sentenced to a jail term is fair. No matter how much Bhai love is harboured by any of us, we would be the first to lob \’corruption\’ as India\’s biggest vice at any givenContinue reading “Everything Right, Wrong & Bhai About The Salman Khan Hit-And-Run Controversy”

Everything Wrong & Right About The AIB Roast Controversy

If ten years down the line someone would ask me how I felt as an Indian youth and how it affected the way I think, feel, live and perceive, I honestly think ‘it’s complicated’ would be my unfortunate response. We belong to a developing nation stuck for eternity in development, teeming with unbound, untapped potentialContinue reading “Everything Wrong & Right About The AIB Roast Controversy”