RIFLE RANGE BOY

In the late 1970s, as my future laid bare before me, I found no time in anything but my books. I looked  at watching movies as three hours o...

@AryamanBodh One of the regular feature during my childhood days was the visits by lonely housewives to engage in a prolonged banter wi...

Back home in RRF, money was always hard to come by. Many a times we, as children, wished that those frequent squabbles of our parents over ...

16 Vayathinilae   ( 16 வயதினிலே ,  At the Age of 16, Tamil, 1977) This movie is considered a watershed in the Tamil film industry. It ma...

HIP, HIP, HIPetizer!  “Roti Benggali or “Benggali bread”, despite popular belief, does not get its name from the Bengali people group, bu...

Scenes like this was common around Block G. The blended spice makers would be balancing their merchandise (masala) on their he...

1927-2012 After living a full life to a ripe age of 80 something, Amachee slumbered off to the land hereafter. It is funny that when...

1981 was a good year. It was also a watershed year for the country. It was the beginning of the reign of DrM with the loss of independence o...

Masala Vadai Most treasured memories in life are usually associated with food - whether at a wedding, a family reunion, or even when smoking...

This one goes out to CC and all those who are undecided about certain things in life and decide to ass around with other peoples' pro...

16.3.2010 Indra Shan and RRF Every time the Shans and the Shans meet up, we will invariably be talking about our escapades in RRF. Ju...