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No right, no wrong. No destiny, no karma, no kismat. It’s all there, the tide of circumstances, events and results. That impels him to know more about his history if there was one of a cindered family tree. His father, somewhere on the other side of the border, Pakistan, didn’t arouse his interest. Never never never. The two mothers do. Abba, father, was instructed by ma with steely resolve, never ever to see the boy. He attempted to; it would have been abnormal if he hadn’t. He was humiliated. Like those countless treaties between India and Pakistan—ineffectual. Maybe abba is dead now, maybe he’s a lech with a merry-go-round of a family and mistresses in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Whereverabad. Who cares.’

Bravely personal with quantum leaps into the imagination, Two Mothers and Other Stories by film critic, scriptwriter, playwright and director, Khalid Mohamed, explores a variety of themes ranging from familial bonds, the lingering Indian royalty, and media stratagems to Mumbai’s fast-vanishing Zoroastrian Irani cafés and the bold new world of website sexual relationships. Unfailingly entertaining, his first collection of stories presents what it is like to be immersed in life with its inexhaustible twists, shocks and surprises.

Khalid Mohamed started as reviewer and co-editor, during his teenage years for Close-Up, a film society magazine. He then covered crime, politics and the arts for The Times of India, Mumbai, from the mid-1970s on, engaged in daily reporting and film criticism.

Appointed Media Editor of the paper, he was next Editor of Filmfare while continuing as the daily’s film critic for 27 years. He reviewed television for The Economic Times besides contributing articles to The Illustrated Weekly of India and Femina. His writing has also featured in India Today, The Indian Express, The Telegraph, the international film weekly Variety and in Sunday Observer, London.
He was film critic for Mid-day, Senior Editor of DNA newspaper, and National Culture Editor and film critic for Hindustan Times. Currently, he is Consulting Editor to the Deccan Chronicle media group.

He has translated eminent painter MF Husain’s autobiography—Where Art Thou?—from Hindustani to English.

He has written the original stories and screenplays for three Shyam Benegal films: Mammo, Sardari Begum and Zubeida. He wrote the original stories and screenplays and also directed the films Fiza, Tehzeeb and Silsilaay. He debuted recently as a playwright and director of the stageplay Kennedy Bridge.

His documentary The Last Irani Chai has been screened widely. His second documentary Smiles and Tears on Mumbai’s street children is under post-production. Presently, he is writing his second stageplay and his first novel.

No right, no wrong. No destiny, no karma, no kismat. It’s all there, the tide of circumstances, events and results. That impels him to know more about his history if there was one of a cindered family tree. His father, somewhere on the other side of the border, Pakistan, didn’t arouse his interest. Never never never. The two mothers do. Abba, father, was instructed by ma with steely resolve, never ever to see the boy. He attempted to; it would have been abnormal if he hadn’t. He was humiliated. Like those countless treaties between India and Pakistan—ineffectual. Maybe abba is dead now, maybe he’s a lech with a merry-go-round of a family and mistresses in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Whereverabad. Who cares.’Bravely personal with quantum leaps into the imagination, Two Mothers and Other Stories by film critic, scriptwriter, playwright and director, Khalid Mohamed, explores a variety of themes ranging from familial bonds, the lingering Indian royalty, and media stratagems to Mumbai’s fast-vanishing Zoroastrian Irani cafés and the bold new world of website sexual relationships. Unfailingly entertaining, his first collection of stories presents what it is like to be immersed in life with its inexhaustible twists, shocks and surprises.Khalid Mohamed started as reviewer and co-editor, during his teenage years for Close-Up, a film society magazine. He then covered crime, politics and the arts for The Times of India, Mumbai, from the mid-1970s on, engaged in daily reporting and film criticism.Appointed Media Editor of the paper, he was next Editor of Filmfare while continuing as the daily’s film critic for 27 years. He reviewed television for The Economic Times besides contributing articles to The Illustrated Weekly of India and Femina. His writing has also featured in India Today, The Indian Express, The Telegraph, the international film weekly Variety and in Sunday Observer, London.He was film critic for Mid-day, Senior Editor of DNA newspaper, and National Culture Editor and film critic for Hindustan Times. Currently, he is Consulting Editor to the Deccan Chronicle media group.He has translated eminent painter MF Husain’s autobiography—Where Art Thou?—from Hindustani to English.He has written the original stories and screenplays for three Shyam Benegal films: Mammo, Sardari Begum and Zubeida. He wrote the original stories and screenplays and also directed the films Fiza, Tehzeeb and Silsilaay. He debuted recently as a playwright and director of the stageplay Kennedy Bridge.His documentary The Last Irani Chai has been screened widely. His second documentary Smiles and Tears on Mumbai’s street children is under post-production. Presently, he is writing his second stageplay and his first novel.

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Title : Two Mothers And Other Stories
Author : Khalid Mohamed
Publisher : Om Books International
EAN : 9789381607091
Binding : Hardcover
Number Of Pages : 264
Language : English

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