Ajay Mankotia

THE BRAVE CARIBOUS IN THE DARK

The writer remembers his father Group Captain VC Mankotia, flying a transport plane turned into a bomber, the valiant Armed…

2 years ago

When Rafi sang for Kishore Kumar

It is indeed strange when other singers have sung for highly popular actor-singers in Bombay cinema. So why did that…

3 years ago

Tax raid at Sonu Sood-Why for Rs.20 crore evasion? Need more zeros in crores.

In the context of tax raids in India, the bugle call of “Charge” is invariably accompanied bymassive publicity. The bugle…

3 years ago

Singing errors in tune- glaring mistakes in Indian film songs. Does it matter?

Some of the finest old songs in Bollywood had glaring errors which went noticed. Surely, these ‘mistakes’ are a precious…

3 years ago

Mukesh: The brown blues’ singer who touched many hearts

On his 98th birth anniversary we remember a singer who left an indelible imprint on the national consciousness by his…

3 years ago

Boy-man Biggles and our childhood memories

One of the most memorable characters of English children fiction, Biggles, would have been 122 years old in May this…

3 years ago

50 years of Bangladesh: A musical birth of a violated nation

George Harrison, Ravi Shankar and many more musicians got together to highlight the violence that Bangladesh was subjected to by…

3 years ago

OH! WHAT A SCAM IT WAS!

Of course, we lost some issues in appeal, we won some, but that is normal in the tax eco-system. The…

3 years ago

Landlord’s dilemma

Most of the owners realize the dire circumstances of the tenants. Many are on good terms with them. Most do…

4 years ago