MF Husain in Exile

Shoma Chaudhury of Tehelka takes a look at MF Husain at 93 and his extravagant life in exile in Dubai.

Sipping tea later that night in the Malabar restaurant, Husain says reflectively, thinking of events back home, “Ghalib once said in utter frustration, ‘Change the understanding of my listeners, or else, change my voice’.”

Taare Zameen Par made my eyes moist

Admitting to having cried in a multiplex isn’t the most macho thing you can do on a blog, but I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t blinking back tears when I sat through TZP. First, a quick intro to me before we proceed further - Bollywood, for me, is another world in itself, a world in which I nearly live in, a world I constantly jump into and jump out of. I don’t discard what happens on-screen as “it’s just a film, yaar” - no - I like to understand it, and if it makes sense, believe in it.