I have grown up watching the X-files show. I found it extremely fascinating and at times scary even, to say the least. I mean if you watch an episode now, it won’t seem that great but when I was about ten our twelve it seemed like the greatest television show ever. It’s like a generational […]
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MLTR – LIVE!
Last month, I bought a CD of MLTR for Rs. 200. It was on sale at 50% off. A big steal for a die hard MLTR fan! The music album is a live recording of their show in Shillong which happened about 2 years back. Listening to a live recording is a bit […]
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Since the title of this post is self-explanatory, I don’t think there is a need for me to get into any description of what I am talking about! Following the series of bomb-blasts in the country, the Indian Mujahiddin has struck Delhi once again in a fortnight. This time they attacked Mehrauli. The news reports […]
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I love all music, especially Hindi film music and I find it extremely hard to judge my favorites in this genre but I am still doing it. At some point of time I have loved all these and many more and so listing my ten favorite albums is daunting task, but we persevere.
I present the […]
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Memoirs of a Geisha was an Oscar winning movie that I wanted to watch but I never got the chance. Actually I didn’t even know this was a novel which had been adapted into a movie. Then one day my sister told me that she had read this book and loved it. So I said […]
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Every once in a while you come across a book which has the power to change your outlook and make you truly feel blessed for being born in an age where concepts of freedom, equality and above all justice are a universal phenomenon. About a month ago, my mom brought me a copy of Elie […]
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He is called the perfectionist in the Hindi film industry. He has been constantly setting bench marks over the last two decades in Bollywood. He has a thing for the Oscars as this is his third nomination in the last seven years. He is Aamir Khan and he has done it again. After Lagaan (2001) […]
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I had been waiting since September 4 to catch this one, which was when I saw its ad for the first time. It had released a couple of weeks back but I didn’t get a chance until now. I wasn’t the only one waiting for it. This was one of the most eagerly awaited films […]
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Shyam Benegal is the only reason that drew me to PVR Naraina to watch his latest offering Welcome to Sajjanpur. I did not go with any preconceived notion of how the movie would be, neither did I read any reviews. Last time I had watched a Shyam Benegal film was in circa 2005, when Netaji […]
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I love lazy Sunday mornings, like many of you. The best part for me is that there are no alarm bells to wake you up, and you get up from the bed when lying down feels like the worst activity in the world, and your body yearns to move and your limbs are tired of […]
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