If you've had quite enough of the Maharashtra civic polls, take a break and go back in time with the engaging piece of a woman's reminiscences of Rangoon in the swinging sixties.


Monica Sindhwani's family lived in Myanmar for generations but left Rangoon for India, when she was just 20. Married to a retired Indian Army officer, she relives her memories of the pagodas, the greenery and the home she left nearly 40 years ago, with Rediff.com's Archana Masih, on the eve of the release of Vishal Bhardwaj's epic film, which is set in Rangoon of the 1940s.  Do read