Gulzar
Film-maker, lyricist and writer Gulzar celebrates Holi at his residence in Mumbai.
Gulzar, poet, lyricist and film director at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2017, in Jaipur.
Poet and lyricist Gulzar speaks during the 10th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) at Diggi Palace, in Jaipur.
Poet and lyricist Gulzar with a school girl during a book launch event in Thane, Maharashtra
Lyricist Gulzar and Jaya Bachchan during the music launch of 'Shamitabh' in Mumbai.
Lyricist Gulzar is honoured by Vice Chancellor of University of Hyderabad Ramakrishna Ramaswamy in Hyderabad.
Speak As You Write How prominently does Bollywood feature in the Mumbai litfest, one asks inevitably. Going by photos of worthies like Pawan Verma, Shobha De and Gulzar, the a...
Poet, lyricist, writer and filmmaker Gulzar
Multi-talented film personality Gulzar wins the Phalke award. The veteran poet, filmmaker, screenwriter etc started his career in 1956. Directed films include Angoor, Aandhi, Ijaa...
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi with lyricist and author Gulzar during a World environment day function in Patna.
Pranab Mukherjee presents the Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Gulzaar at the 61st National Film Award ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Gulzar during the 61st National Film Awards 2013 function in New Delhi.
Gulzar with Tripurari Sharan, DG Doordarshan at the release of DVDs of Godan and Nirmala serials in New Delhi.
Gulzar and his daughter display their inked fingers after casting their votes in Mumbai.
Gulzar at the inauguration of the painting exhibition 'Epic on Rock Shelters' by artist Ashok Bhowmick in Mumbai.
File photo of renowned lyricist, poet, author and filmmaker Gulzar who was chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award, the highest official recognition for film personaliti...
Lyricist Gulzar with actress Rekha during an awards function in Mumbai.
Actor Ranbir Kapoor who was in Hyderabad to inaugurate the Children’s Film Festival, is seen here with lyricist, poet and film-maker Gulzar
Form left, Film makers Gulzar, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Vishal Bharadwaj and National Award winning actress Usha Jadhav during the inauguration of the Second Edition of the Ladakh ...
Vir Sanghvi in the Hindustan Times:
Few things annoy me as much as the claim often advanced by well-meaning but woolly- headed (and usually Punjabi) liberals to the effect that when it comes to India and Pakistan, "We’re all the same people, yaar."
This may have been true once upon a time. Before 1947, Pakistan was part of undivided India and you could claim that Punjabis from West Punjab (what is now Pakistan) were as Indian as, say, Tamils from Madras.
But time has a way of moving on. And while the gap between our Punjabis (from east Punjab which is now the only Punjab left in India) and our Tamils may actually have narrowed, thanks to improved communications, shared popular culture and greater physical mobility, the gap between Indians and Pakistanis has now widened to the extent that we are no longer the same people in any significant sense.
This was brought home to me most clearly by two major events over the last few weeks.
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Without taking anything away from his broader point, the "fear of attracting religious prejudice" was not really the reason why Yusuf Khan changed his name to Dilip Kumar (and it was not in the "In the early days of independent India" but at least 3-4 years before that -- and the story is better told in Lord Meghnath Desai's biography)
