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Vinod Mehta

The newspaper that Behram Contractor aka Busybee started has closed down. His writings remain alive

‘The Afternoon Despatch and Courier,’ the Mumbai afternoon newspaper launched by Contractor in 1985, announced its closure on July 20, 2019.

Farzana Contractor
,
Busybee
,
Dom Moraes
,
Vinod Mehta
&
Salil Tripathi
· Jul 21, 2019 · 08:30 am
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his Achilles heel: Excerpts from Vinod Mehta’s memoirs

The poetry no one would review, the unusual family life, and the three powerful men who controlled the bachelor prime minister’s office.

Vinod Mehta
· Aug 17, 2018 · 06:30 am
Kamal Amrohi made only four films. Fortunately for us, one of them was ‘Pakeezah’

An excerpt from a biography on Meena Kumari revisits the film’s troubled production.

Vinod Mehta
· Jan 17, 2017 · 01:30 pm