Hindustan Times
The car suddenly swerved to the right at the precise moment. If it hadn’t, my wheels would have licked a little speed-breaker which had suddenly appeared by the footpath. Read more
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Alistair Perreira, Bandra, Carter Road, Chembur Golf Club, drunken driving, fad for thought, hindustan times, Mayank Shekhar, Mumbai, news, Toyota Corolla
How comfortable you make others feel in your company reflects class. How comfortable you feel in your own skin determines style. Is style then more a measure of comfort, than clothes? It depends. You just know it, when you see it. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Filed under cinema · Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Atul Kasbekar, Clark Gable, fad for thought, fashion, hindustantimes, Jinnah, Levi Strauss, Mahatma Gandhi, Mayank Shekhar, Mickey Contractor, Mumbai, Mumbai's Most Stylish, Nehru, Pradeep Hirani, Queenie Dhody, Rochelle Pinto, Rocky S, Salman Khan
I have only met them, sorry her, once. As if almost on cue, within 15 minutes Mallika whispered in her pretty thick Haryanvi twang to me, “Men only talk to my breasts.” Read more
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Filed under cinema · Tagged Bachke Rehne Re Baba, Bollywood, drugs, entertainment, Haryana, Hiss, internet, Jackie Chan, Kis Kiski Kismat, Mahesh Bhatt, Mallika Sherawat, Mamta Kulkarni, media, Mumbai, Murder, Myth, ournalism, Rock 'n' Roll, sex, television
The city celebrates No TV Day on January 29. Only in Mumbai would you need to be told to go out there, know where you live! Read more
(10 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Filed under India, cinema · Tagged Bollywood, Bombay, fad for thought, film, hindustantimes, HT blogs, Jeremy Piven, Mayank Shekhar, Mumbai, news
Do you know the most loved Bollywood film of Germany in 2009? It’s a Yashraj picture called Dil Bole Hadippa. Why? Well… Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2009, Bollywood, box-office, cinema, cricket, films, germany, Indian film, movies, multiplex, Mumbai, Yashraj pictures
One 2004 Bhojpuri film can probably best explain North India’s post-independence Partition! Read more
(18 votes, average: 4.28 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 2:22 am
Filed under India · Tagged Bho-llywood, Bhojpuri film, Bollywood, cinema, films, India, Mumbai, North India, post-independence Partition, Regional language, Sasura Bada Paisewala
Looking at Deshdrohi as young Thackeray blames North Indian migrants for malaria in Mumbai! Read more
(16 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bhaiya, Bihar, Deshdrohi, Kamal Rashid Khan, KRK, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Maharashtrians, malaria, MNS, Mumbai, non-Maharashtrians, North Indian migrants, Raj comics, super-stud Raja, Thackeray, UP
