“You’re from India?” she asked. I looked up. Startled. Indians are used to bombshells from Pakistan. But this one, in party clothes, in her early 20s, was exceptionally stunning. Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:11 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Arnab Goswami, Barkha Dutt, Bollywood, General Ayub Khan, Hindus, India, Indian media, ISI, Javed Akhtar, Mayank Shekhar, Muslims, Pakistan, Partition, Rajdeep Sardesai, Shah Rukh Khan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
The past couple of days, everyone from the hotel gatekeeper to the cabbie on the road (and they’re all South Asians) have just asked one question: Is Shah Rukh Khan coming? Yes. He finally came. Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 10:47 am
Filed under IIFA · Tagged Aishwarya, Amitabh Bachchan, Anushka Sharma, Boman Irani, hindustan times, IIFA, Karan Johar, Kingdom Of Dreams, Kishore Kumar, Mayank Shekhar, news, Raj Kapoor, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Shashi Tharoor, show business, Sonu Nigam, SRK
The best of Bollywood in a year at the movies that rightly suggested, size really doesn’t matter. Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 1:14 am
Filed under cinema · Tagged Abhinav Kashyap, Abhishek Chaubey, Abhishek Sharma, Antardwand, Anusha Rizvi, Bollywood, Catcher In The Rye, Dabanng, Dibakar Bannerjee, Do Dooni Chaar, Guzaarish, Habib Faizal, Holden Caulfield, Hrithik Roshan, Ishqiya, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Karan Johar, Karthik Calling Karthik, Love, My Name Is Khan, Peepli Live, Phas Gaye Re Obama, Prakash Jha, Rajneeti, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sex Aur Dhokha, Shah Rukh Khan, Shyam Benegal, Striker, Subhash Kapoor, Tere Bin Laden, Udaan, Vikramaditya Motwane, Well Done Abba
Strolling on a quiet Sunday afternoon in Berlin, on my way to grab a bite, all I could hear from a distance is what sounded like a pack of wailing wolves, and scary many of them. Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Berlin, Berlinale, Bombay, Coke, Daniel Day Lewis, Dharmendra, GDP, Germans, Hollywood, Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham, Karan Johar, Leonardo, Madonna, McDonald's, Om Shanti Om, Oscars, Paris, Penelope Cruz, Raj Kapoor, Rajnikath, Rock 'n' Roll, Shah Rukh Khan, Slumdog Millionaire, Sridevi, the Rolling Stones, United States, Virgin store