Corbett can be one of the most exciting weekend getaways for you if you are a Delhiite. With woods around you, chilly breeze, sprawling forests, luxury resorts, and vacation-like atmosphere, Corbett qualifies to be a perfect haven for travelers and non-travelers alike. I made my first trip to Corbett last weekend, after being sick and […]
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With the new year just a few days away, we are looking at a cracker of a movie season early next year. These are a few prospective must-watch movies lined-up for you. Yes, Hollywood Movies. Desi stuff will come later…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – The Brad Pitt-starrer is based on a novel by […]
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There’s something about entrepreneurship. It is I guess one of those plunges in life which are laced with risk and if turn about to be successful make you a millionaire at least – and most entrepreneurs are not driven by the millions (or billions) but by something else which is hard to explain.
Today, I happened […]
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Now, that’s what you call a president. Charismatic, dynamic, intelligent, intellectual and bloody fit, with less than an inch of flab. Barack Obama (Just when I am typing his name I realized that it is just a matter of time that Microsoft adds his name to the Word dictionary) has done well to flaunt his […]
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As rough as it may sound, but there is something unusual about unusual films, and Memento certainly qualifies to be one. For the uninitiated, Memento is the film on which the soon-to-be-released Ghajini is based, which is further a remake of a Tamil film of the same name. Coming back to Memento, it is a […]
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The Modern Folk Hero
In these times of global meltdown, there is no dearth of news that keeps you amused. The infamous shoe-thrower is already being idolized in anti-American countries and worshipped by anti-western sects. That comes as no surprise, but in a true Middle East style of paying tribute to a hero, a large […]
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I am no big fan of Chinese cuisine and rarely do I like going for Chinese restaurants. Given a choice, I’d prefer Oriental or Indian or may be Italian (I have made innumerable trips to The Big Chill). Moreover, Chinese food is so high on sodium and therefore unhealthy. However, for the first time I […]
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The Shoe-Thrower
For two days, the Bush video has been doing the rounds in which an Iraqi journalist hurls his shoes at him. If you have missed the video, I heavily and emphatically encourage you to view it. It is just funny to see how Bush manages to duck at the last moment and evades the […]
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Café Brio at Shopper’s Stop
This is a small note of appreciation on Café Brio – a coffee shop owned by Shoppers Stop. I happened to be at Shoppers Stop two days back, and after quite fruitlessly spending about an hour, I decided to grab a bite at Café Brio. The coffee shop is a refreshing […]
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Merriam Webster declared a few days back that “Bailout” is their word of the year. That doesn’t come as a surprise for many because at least I heard about this term for the first time when the global meltdown hit the US and then infected the whole of world. A few days back I also […]
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