Farrukh Dhondy

If I could speak to the late Farokh Balsara, it would be to ask him, “What’s a nice Parsi boy like you doing in a biography like this?”

A nostalgic compendium chronicles the febrile energy of Parsi natak and its maestros, its encores and last acts.

Zoroastrian joie de vivre adds to the zest

The former Channel Four commissioning editor is writing Mahabharat and venturing into a commercial Bollywood thriller as well

Sledging reflects current geopolitical realities, but belies its epic roots

On how Akbar Ahmed asked him to script Jinnah and keep quiet about it

Or is it willy nilly? In any case, William Dalrymple's political project, his vaunted correction of V.S. Naipaul, is one within continuing Nehru 'secularism

The encounter at the exit got the headlines, but not what transpired at the meeting ... Did he still condemn the killings in Gujarat? Was it an endorsement of the BJP? Does he approve of the attempt to demolish the Babri Masjid? Can a person of forei