Mixed feelings about Osaka. Coming from a country where the elected leader of the nation has had one press conference in the last 7 years, but knowing as a journalist that peers often use these opportunities to ask inane questions (esp in Bollywood), it's tough to pick a side. At 'group interviews' I attended years ago, journalists would frequently pester female celebrities with questions about marriage, 'bold scenes' and their dream actors to work with (Dream roles? Wait, what's that?).

Mumbai Mirror is one of the cruelest casualties of 2020. As a journalist, it was the paper that I looked forward to and dreaded the most because of the stories they broke (and in turn, the explanations I'd have to give my editor for missing the scoop). Sharing some of my favourite Mirror features, that I hope will be preserved by the Times group for their seminal writing.