Shekhar Kapur

It's time to be nice.  Loosen those grumpy pants.  No need for them right now.  You can put them back on after January 1st. It's time to be jolly, a friend jokingly says to me.  "I love this time of the year.  You know why?  Because everyone is happy, finally!  They're finally out of their [...]

LOVE: It's that time of the year when everyone remembers their so-called "loved ones." They equip them with mementos, gifts, christmas parties - all in celebration of their love for one another. But, it's only fleeting. Just a few weeks of joy, mirth, and gaiety. But isn't love a bit more? Love is to let [...]

Can we imagine a world that is not dictated by money? Money makes the world go 'round, that's what we're told repeatedly. Every story I find myself covering, I find the root cause goes back to money. Follow the money trail, I've been taught, and the picture will become clearer. For a company to become [...]

So what does Gandhi mean to the world, to India and specially to us, who are born in India and brought up to almost worship him. We tagged him with the prefix 'Mahatma' with has mythic and religious symbolism. And there lies the problem. We have such a wonderful way to consign a life to [...]

So many of us revel when it rains so we can enjoy the scent of the earth.  So many of us like to rest our soles on wet blades of grass.  So many of us enjoy the beauty of the morning fog.  So many of us like to shop from the earth, not from fluorescent- [...]

Everyone who wishes to find out the truth about the movie now known as the Innocence of Muslims, please read the letter below. I, Anna Gurji, as one of the supporting actresses in the film will share with you what really happened. A year ago, in the summer of 2011, I submitted my materials to [...]

I saw my fisherwoman (machchiwali)  first 25 years ago. Early in the morning she was running on the Juhu beach in Mumbai, sari and all, balancing the basket of fresh fish on her head that was tilted at a slightly awkward angle – probably the best way to balance the uncertain load on her head. [...]

I am just so middle class. Middle class is not always is a monetary judgement. Middle class is  how you think, feel and make judgements about other people, but mostly about yourself.  Middle class in India is a mindset. A mindset that looks for stability over enterprise. Continuity over change. A fear of that which [...]

You dont have to read this one, but I had to record it as I felt it. On my twitter someone directed me to pics that churned my senses, but also caused me to question myself. I was going to retweet them. But stopped myself. Why am I damming others to spend a night awake [...]