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. . . . . . . . I write... This is more than just my profession. Writing is my passion. I feel passion is important if one wants to be a writer, more so if one has a desire to be a journalist. What is journalism without feeling, nay, what is writing at all without this beautiful human emotion. I have been both a journalist and a writer, having worked in India's two best regarded newspapers: The Statesman, where I learnt the discipline of time, the value of space, the ethics of journalism and, above all, the greatness of humanity and humility. At The Hindu, I wrote on, among other issues, cinema. This assignment, when it was given to me over two decades ago, was at once novel and challenging -- to write on motion pictures with all the excitement that it deserves and with all the seriousness that behoves the daily newspaper. My task was to write on cinema in The Hindu in a manner that befitted its editorial poise. This is what I did for almost a quarter century and there was never a dull moment for me and hopefully for the reader. Today, I write for a variety of publications spread across the globe: The Dawn in Pakistan, The Lumiere Reader in New Zealand, The Seoul Times in South Korea, The Japan Times in Tokyo, The First Post in Britain and The Hollywood Reporter in LA. At the Reporter, I am the India Film Critic, covering cinema in all Indian languages. I also review movies for the Reporter from Venice, Marrakech and Deauville, where I write on cinema that can be Italian or French or Chinese or Spanish or Japanese or... I am now completing an authorised biography of Adoor Gopalakrishnan, India's only living auteur-director. To be published by Penguin International later in 2008, the research has been funded by Ford Foundation. And, I am enjoying every moment of penning.
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