Passing of an era
The passing away of HM Sultan Qaboos has not only saddened the citizens and the large expatriate community in Oman depriving them of the blessings of his benevolence that they have blissfully basked...
Chasing a New Year resolution
Bimal Saigal - bimalsaigal@hotmail.com - Last Sunday we welcomed another new year. A New Year always brings in new hopes as we learn from the mistakes of the past year and while repenting over...
Warming up to winter
For us in the family, winters have always been welcome. May be since we all have been born in and wedded in the winter. I and my wife were born in November; our two daughters in December and...
Prescribing patriotism
Cinema halls are perceived purely as places of entertainment and with allowance to them on increasingly compromised contents conforming to the socio-cultural evolutions of decades, the sensuous...
Together in life and death
MGR was a highly popular film star of the South. She acted in 136 films during 1936 to 1977 before joining politics. Leveraged by her immense popularity with the masses like her mentor, Jayalalithaa...
Shah Jahans of our times
By Bimal Saigal — Mughal King Shah Jahan is immortalised in the history as he has given to the posterity one of the wonders of the world — Taj Mahal. Recognized universally as the symbol of...