An Indian brick in the Great China Wall

Aseem Chhabra travels to China, where he is delighted to find, that there is a little bit of India, almost everywhere he goes. I was in the massive Forbidden City complex in Beijing last Friday......

Indian history in Tokyo temple

The Renkoji Temple is a lot smaller than other grand Buddhist shrines in Japan. In front of the gate, in a very serene setting, is the bust of Netaji. Aseem Chhabra reports from Tokyo. On all my......

New York summer, Bollywood and an Indian American

Aseem Chhabra, a Bollywood lover who has lived in New York for over 30 years, narrates how he overcame his summer woes to watch Nikhil Advani’s gangster flick D-Day in a theatre across the......

Akshay Kumar. DOMA. And falafels.

Aseem Chhabra glances at the week gone by in New York The United States supreme court's June 26 ruling that declared the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional was welcomed by people around......

The Best 10 Films Ever!

The countdown to the World's Best 100 Movies finally ends here! Do read Aseem Chhabra's list of must watch films, many classics, some relatively new and several personal favourites. Don't Miss:......

'I am bored of this obsession with Tagore and Ray'

'So much so we don't feel the need to create anything, but just bask in that glory.''It's time to move on.''How much burden can you put on a person or the legacy of the person?' IMAGE: Aditya......

When will the SRK of Chak De and Swades return?

Fan gives Shah Rukh Khan space to exploit the actor in him, with a nod to his creepy characters in Baazigar and Darr, says Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan in and as Fan. What a great idea......

'Making a film is like being married'

'There are too many things that haven't gone out of you. So even though the years may have gone by, you are still close to the films in terms of the making.' Mani Ratnam, whose Roja, Bombay and Dil......