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SR Turns A New Leaf-Part VI

14 Nov , 2015  

“We have no plans Mr. Turner. Each plan starts and ends with money. Right now we are trying to make our ends meet. Meanwhile we are working on some good plays. The money that we receive from the Trust keeps us afloat but for how long it will be able to do so, we are […]

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SR Turns A New Leaf-Part V

11 Nov , 2015  

Drops of perspiration appeared on Turner’s forehead and on SR’s too. “Mr. Turner are you ok? Disha please bring a glass of water for Mr. Turner. It must be the heat I guess. Sorry we don’t have an AC.” Disha ran towards the kitchen and brought a glass of water. “No no I am ok […]

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SR Turns A New Leaf-Part IV

10 Nov , 2015  

“We worked really hard…. we still do. Rangratna was at the top for many years to come…. but slowly… the advent of cinema…. then multiplexes and now Internet has taken a huge toll on people like us…. people and art like ours aren’t available at the click of a button. When you come and see […]

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SR Turns A New Leaf-Part III

8 Nov , 2015  

Then there came a day when we were rehearsing for one of our upcoming plays on the stage. Dhaara was playing the part of a poor woman who works day and night to take care of her ailing mother. I was directing the play. It was a dress rehearsal. She was wearing a tattered saree […]

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SR Turns A New Leaf-Part II

31 Oct , 2015  

“Ohh….. That’s great!” said Turner. Then he continued looking at Devkar: “Sir… Sorry to come knocking at your door without any appointment but you must have heard about our prestigious channel and the different shows it presents.” “No” came a simple reply. “Pardon” said Turner a little embarrassed. “I am sorry Mr. Turner. None of […]

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SR turns a new leaf-Part I

29 Oct , 2015  

SR entered his home… gave a nod to his domestic help Ramesh who had answered the doorbell. There were envelopes lying on the chest of drawers just next to the entry door. Three of them were marked “Confidential”. He knew what they were. He collected those three and asked Ramesh to take the other unmarked […]

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Is Dhara Happy With Ashvin?

23 Oct , 2015  

Dhara smiled at Ashvin as he stood patiently beside her when she heartily accepted the various congratulations and wishes coming her way. She was ecstatic. Here she was, exactly where she wanted to be in her career, with a good, respectful husband and two beautiful daughters. “Dhara, are you ready to go?” Ashvin asked. Lost in her reverie, Dhara […]

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SR Bose’s Den!

19 Oct , 2015  

Since Dhaara knew him well, he didn’t want to be the one doing this operation on Ashwin Devkar. In all these years, he had developed his own network of professionals who would do all kinds of jobs for him… arranging miniature cameras as per his demand, fixing them as and when and where he wanted […]

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SR Bose wants to settle scores

14 Oct , 2015   Video

The applause… the thunderous applause… reverberated in “The Shark’s” ears. What was this feeling? When Dhaara looked towards her husband sitting amongst the audience…….he felt a strange feeling…. and of course not a nice one! It had been more than thirty years but watching Dhaara look at somebody like that made his heart ache, hurt […]

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SR Bose walks down the memory lane (Part 3: The breakup)

8 Oct , 2015  

The term was about to end and so were their courses. Students excelling in their respective fields were getting job offers. Satya received his letters the same day Dhaara received hers. Three leading national dailies had offered him a job of reporter- two from Delhi and one from Mumbai (then Bombay) and one of the […]

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SR Bose walks down the memory lane (Part 2)

7 Oct , 2015  

After that debate competition, life became a fairy tale. Just as Satya was struck by Dhaara’s beauty and brains, Dhaara also admired Satya’s idealistic way of approach, his zest to change negative things, his optimism to do something good for the society and the people at large. Basically, it was their thoughts that fell in […]

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SR Bose walks down the memory lane (Part1)

5 Oct , 2015  

You can Win by Losing! “Dhaara….. Dhaara Pandit…. and you?” This is how they got introduced to each other more than thirty years ago. The eyes… yes the eyes were what caught his attention when Dhaara introduced herself. And then she smiled…. and he was like… No! It’s definitely the smile… how can some human […]

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