Best cure for Swine Flu - Laughter
Swine Flu is like Susan Boyle. It hasn’t really done much, but anyone with an internet connection has heard of it. – Read somewhere on the internet [Not heard of Susan Boyle?]
Read more »The Unputdownables
Jaswant Singh’s book Jinnah: India, Partition-Independence becomes a best seller this week, based on its re-interpretation of history, yet another scholarly book being lapped up by a country that prides itself on being receptive to different kinds of ideas.
Read more »Kissa Kissi Ka
There is something about cricketers, something about “ball misses bat bat misses ball howazzat” that just make those lips go out of control.
The Power Of History Part 2
[Please read Part 1 of this post before reading this. It has the context for this post as well as links on the basis of which I have based my assessment of Jaswant Singh’s book.]
Two questions naturally arise from all this.
The first one: Why did Jaswant Singh write this book?
The Power Of History
[This blog turns five today. Long post]
Read more »The Wrath of Khan
“Aise waison ko diya hai kaise kaison ko diya hai”
Kaminey—the Review
In the 70s and early 80s, directors like Manmohan Desai perfected what came to be known as the Hindi movie formula—–big-multicasters with larger-than-life heroes, chawanni-flinging dialogs, black-and-white linear stories with strong moral messages, elaborate expositions that allowed one to miss thirty minutes of the movie at any time and still be able to follow it once he came back,
Read more »How to manipulate a woman
A few weeks back I had written an article titled ‘How to manipulate a man’. That was darn easy…just give him sex, I had advised. But today when I sit down to write on how to manipulate a woman, I know it will be difficult task. I might fail to deliver (expected, isn’t it?
Read more »Agyaat—the Review
Ram Gopal Varma’s “Agyaat” is yet another masterpiece from the misunderstood genius, a celluloid circle of Hell that realizes a devilish vision of terror for anyone who dares sit through it.
Wowzio
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