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Jerry Pinto

Pinto is a Mumbai-based writer

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Manraj Grewal Sharma

Mahender Singh Manral

Harikishan Sharma

Abhinaya Harigovind

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Dancing Queen: Why the magic of Helen in ‘Mehbooba, mehbooba’ hasn’t faded with the yearsSubscriber Only

August 08,2025 22:06:06 PM

'Mehbooba, mehbooba' is a song of misdirection; here the dance is a screen for other activity that moves the story forward.

Sun, Aug 10, 2025

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Winter travel special: Jerry Pinto sees life in the white and quiet world of WellesleySubscriber Only

December 29,2024 06:30:18 AM

When I walked through the campus designed by the same man who landscaped Central Park, New York, I could enjoy a host of young women acting winter: they stamped their shoes, they flicked snowflakes off their hair, they wrapped and unwrapped themselves with the care that we would give birthday gifts back home.

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Jerry Pinto on the two Dev AnandsSubscriber Only

September 23,2023 14:13:20 PM

There was the black-and-white Dev Anand – debonair, elegant, at ease in the world – and then there was him in colour.

Tue, Sep 26, 2023

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The spirit of Christmas: A writer mulls on food, family and compassionSubscriber Only

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This season, in the pleasures of the plenty, spare a thought for those less fortunate

Sun, Dec 25, 2022

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November 14,2021 06:05:05 AM

Jerry Pinto writes about hunting with the lions and flying with the bees

Wed, Nov 17, 2021

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Dilip Kumar brought extraordinary characters to life with the ordinary magic of empathySubscriber Only

July 09,2021 03:00:46 AM

Jerry Pinto writes: Dilip Kumar taught us the power of suggestion and left spaces in his characters for us to write in our victories and defeats.

Fri, Jul 09, 2021

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Bollywood is only a reflection of the society around itSubscriber Only

October 22,2020 03:00:34 AM

We would like to believe that Bollywood is a filthy place because we are really not sure how clean we are. And this dichotomy has turned to hate.

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

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A strand of nucleic acid in a shell of protein is forcing us to confront myths about ourselvesSubscriber Only

April 02,2020 00:50:05 AM

It goes without saying that we love our families. And we do. But our love is as fractured as the love of any other nation’s; it is as exhausted love.

Thu, Apr 02, 2020

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Come again another day: How the Bombay rains planted social consciousnessSubscriber Only

July 09,2017 00:01:12 AM

Now is the time of the squelch of growth and the anarchy of life. The dead order of summer is done. Let it rain.

Sun, Jul 09, 2017

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The hyphen offers you very little space but poets have never needed much. They make do. The space they demand is internal.

Sat, Jun 17, 2017

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A rewarding book on Hrishikesh Mukherjee which will convince you to regard his films with admiration.

Sat, Oct 24, 2015

The Song of ParielSubscriber Only

August 31,2013 00:01:22 AM

How to live with the reproachful ghost of Sylvia Plath.

Sat, Aug 31, 2013

Dons Half DoneSubscriber Only

June 16,2012 03:40:18 AM

This has informal details about the underworld that will keep you in cocktail conversation for years,but no big picture

Sat, Jun 16, 2012