September 29, 2025 (Yes Punjab News)
Filmmaker and storyteller Shekhar Kapur has always had a way of looking at the world through unexpected lenses. In a recent reflection, he explored a fascinating question: “They’re tribal ! They’re different ! They are a tourist attraction! Completely unlike us … Really ?”
Shekhar Kapur recalls his early years in London, studying to be a chartered accountant, and how he was struck by the uniformity of men in the financial districts. He observed,” I was fascinated by the men in the financial districts , that all walked the same way, and in bowler hats and black suits .. obsessed by their ‘brollys’ tightly wrapped.
Not a little flap out of place. No one looked at each other .. and in the commuter trains .. they even turned the pages of the Financial Ti