Rohit's Space

Wake Up, Pune !

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:22:34 +0530

Terror attacks have become so common in this country that to identify and refer to each one of these attacks, we have started giving them numbers as if they are

Entertained at any cost

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:57:16 +0530

Our chief entertainment correspondent just sent me a message saying 3 idiots has grossed Rs.175 crores ! A movie with an investment of Rs 50 crores makes this amount in

Everybody wants to be Raj Thackeray!

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:44:49 +0530

In times when male popular music singers are not taken seriously unless they wear a long and flashy sherwani and someone like the legendary Lata Mangeshkar would have been rejected

Sons, Daughters and Rebels

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:23:00 +0530

The politicians in Maharashtra are now stopping at nothing, having overtaken Bollywood stars when it comes to promoting their own children in their profession. So many of them, at the

A 'scared state' goes to polls

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:44:01 +0530

First came the terror attacks. Then recession hit the financial and the IT capitals of the country, followed by the Swine Flu scare. Now the spectre of drought looms large.

Monumental Dream!

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:07:10 +0530

Sorry to spoil the party friends and I hate to sound skeptical but a lot of sensible Mumbai motorists like myself who have been driving almost everyday in the city

The roar that has become a whimper!

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:59:33 +0530

Many of us are wildlife lovers and a number of my friends and myself spend many enjoyable hours watching Discovery and National Geographic channel. The sight of predators on the

The 'Ghashiram Kotwal' tale!

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:51:58 +0530

Late author Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal many think is a masterpiece. It is the political version of the Frankenstein's monster story which we see unfolding repeatedly in various parts

The Great Escape!

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:09:19 +0530

In the wake of horrific serial blasts in Gujarat as the talk of security step-up makes headlines all over, security agencies and politicians are all the time making claims about

Mayday, Mayday, Maharashtra sinking!

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:47:40 +0530

Another anniversary, one more opportunity for the politicians to blow their trumpets, wave at the crowds and say Jai Maharashtra! What does 1st May, Maharashtra Day mean for the ordinary

The Great Sena Circus

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:36:01 +0530

When Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray suddenly spoke last week about reservation for Maharashrians in Mumbai's housing market, it raised a storm!. Is Thackeray returning back to Shiv Sena's original

Politics of Entertainment

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:29:23 +0530

Director Sayeed Mirza's film from late 70s "Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon ata hai" could have been reshot on the streets of Siliguri last week as angry fans of Indian

Mr Pawar will you allow Mr. Bachchan to save Maharashtra farmers?

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:59:53 +0530

At a convention of farmers in a small town located in Western Maharashtra, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's advice to farmers, created a minor controversy last week. Mr. Pawar advised

Caste Your Vote or Vote Your Caste

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 15 May 2007 04:52:50 +0530

Mayawati has won the elections in Uttar Pradesh with a thumping majority and once again analysts say it's the caste factor and maybe the 'Tilak Tarazu Talwar' equation that has