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- Archives: March 2006
- Movie Review: Aksar - Sar Pakad and Run
After watching Aksar, all movie fanatics need to find some other passion besides movies.
- Newsweek’s India Special
I absolutely loved the picture of three middle-aged ladies with balls.
- Ismail Merchant - A Requiem
An introduction and a tribute to the director Ismail Merchant.
- Big Love - Life Of A Polygamist On HBO
Cat fights, jealous rages and long sullen silences would probably be frequent causes of stress for the husband.
- Book Review: Once Upon a Furore: Lost Pages of Indian Cricket - Boria Majumdar
As we traverse these cricketing memories, we discern a few commonalties that recur through time.
- Abhishek Bachchan Blacked Out of Filmfare Awards?
Was it someone's idea of a prank?
- Throwing in The Towel - The English Cricket Team's Supporters
England will almost certainly lose in India but the way English supporters are giving up is most amusing
- Interview With Jack McNamara - Australian Under-19 Cricketer
Jack McNamara speaks about his experiences so far, on playing for Australia and many other aspects.
- The Face Of Afghanistan
If there is a reason for our armies to be in Afghanistan...Let it be to give that face something to smile about again.
- The Death of the Sari?
All I know is that the sari is a beautiful Indian outfit that I would love to see a lot more of.
- Ek Nanha Daanth (Translation of A Little Tooth by Thomas Lux)
A father comes to terms with letting his daughter go.
- India-England Series: Day 1: India (with a hint of England!)
England did not disgrace themselves on the first day of the first Test. But India still have the upper hand!
- Budget 2006: Mixed Results
Somewhere, in an election year, the Finance Minister seems to have lost focus.
- Book Review: Engaging India by Strobe Talbott
An absorbing account of Indo-US relations during 1990-2000 and beyond
- Movie Review: Transamerica
Felicity Huffman's remarkable performance carries this film about a transsexual's cross-country trip
- "Bring Your Own Film Festival"
BYOFF brings the same independent spirit to the movie world that has made the "Fringe Festival" movement so pervasive and successful in the theater world.
- Book Review: Engaging India - Engaging The Bomb
Being a pre-9/11 book, it might seem irrelevant except to those interested in the political dynamics of the sub-continent.
- Blogcritics Editors' Picks: February 22 through February 28
The music writers were clearly inspired this week; there's also some books, some politics, and a little bit of everything in between...
- President Bush Visits India: Media Roundup
A look at press editorials and op-ed pieces on the Indo-US relationship in general and President Bush’s visit in particular:
- Book Review: The World Is Flat
As Columbus discovered that the World is in fact round, Friedman came to the conclusion that the world is flat.
- am wary
am wary of lines that begin 'if truth be told...'
- Benefits of Yoga for Women
I lay flat on my back in corpse pose. My body lay still, but my mind was racing between memories and plans.
- Blog-a-thon 2006 - Challenge Street Harassment By Blogging
Blog your thoughts about street harassment on March 7th, and draw attention to the problem.
- Midga Power
Loose lips sink ships
- Should President Bush Visit Pakistan?
Despite security concerns, the growth rates of Pakistan have rarely been as promising as currently indicated.
- Eyes Wide Shut
However, no matter the respect I showed or laughed with the African-Americans I met in New Orleans for a brief moment - I failed.
- Where are the 'Wind'ies?
The continual decline of West Indian cricket could well end up with them relegated to a virtual IInd division.
- The Truth About Pets
Abusing trust so badly that an animal ends up dead makes you the worst sort of pond scum in my book.
- Book Review: Running Linux (5th Edition)
This book is very clearly meant for people who have acquired some basic end-user hands-on experience on Linux.
- India-England Series: Test 1, Day 2 - In The Balance
So who has the upper hand in the first Test? Hard to say, really...
- Crash - Could It Happen Here?
With plenty of on-going discrimination in our country, should we be happy that we don’t experience extensive racism as compared to western nations?
- Travel Report: Adventures in Queenstown, NZ
Even crazier than bungee jumping is jumping off a plane. I never dreamed I would do something like that
- Foolproof Plan to Bed Bollywood Starlets
CNN-IBN received an envelope containing conversations between Singh and Bollywood actress, Bipasha Basu.
- Do Indians Also Hate President Bush?
Why the protests in India? Americans, as confused as ever, are forced to wonder why would Indians protest.
- Hijacking of India
As a democracy all viewpoints should be allowed but if we don't respond we'll soon wake up under the crescent moon.
- War Made Easy: A Guide to Attacking Iran
The world is one step closer to an attack on Iran either by the US or by Israel
- Taking Care - Pakistani Protests and Ordinary Pakistanis
Who cares about ordinary Pakistanis anyway?
- Tier II Offshoring Players May Get Acquired
Announcement of intent by Cap Gemini and Atos Origin of plans to acquire India-based service providers.
- An Exercise in Anger - Anti-Bush Protests
One hundred and fifty thousand people cannot be wrong.
- Pseudo-Democracy - The Jessica Lal Case
Democracy cannot be implanted in a society just like a heart transplant or a kidney transplant - stinging examples are Afghanistan and Iraq.
- Most Effective One-Day Batsmen
What is more important for a One-Day batsman - average or strike rate? How about a combination of both!
- Lyrical Limerical
marijuana keeps your pain at bay, medical of course, didn't I say?
- the other side of burning hell
sky crystal clear/cold piercing body and soul we recall whispers nor heart aches
- Live-blogging The India-England First Test
Tell us your thoughts on the first test between India and England in progress.
- Movie Review: Fun With Dick and Jane (2006)
Fun With Dick and Jane is filled with cliched scenes, marked only by Carrey's unbounded energy to fill it with a laughterless mirth.
- Justice for Jessica - The Play
This Mumbai play seeks to raise awareness of the Jessica Lal murder trial. Entry is free.
- Book Review: Bridge Of Rama - Ashok K. Banker
With Bridge Of Rama, Ashok Banker confirms himself to be one of the best storytellers of our time.
- A Hair Raising Story
Not too bothered by these little irritations, I kept quiet. He now picked the scissors. I shuddered, but controlled myself.
- Theater Review: 9 Parts of Desire
'9 Parts of Desire' explores the longing of Iraqi women for love, sex, voice, safety, and representation.
- Just One
Dark Naked Beauty ran across the wild greens As her tresses flowed in the gentle breeze. She came up to me and...
- Sheep Leading Sheep: Blind Faith In Democracy
It is easy to criticize politicians but what minimum personal skills do we demand of them?
- Budget 2006: A TamBram's Dilemma
Now for his nashta, should he have idli or pasta?
- The Other Side Of Blank Noise
The Blank Noise Project: Too Much Noise?
- We, The Living
Have you ever pondered the fact that we often value the people who have made immeasurable contributions to our life only after they've left us?
- A New Bananafish - Business Letter Writing, circa 1910
Sir, I read your letter with the utmost astonishment. I consider it a gross impertinence. Please do not address me again.
- Job Interviews: An Opportunity To Build A Brand
Few interviewees make up as employees, but every interviewee is a potential brand ambassador!
- OzCAR 2005 [Hindi, Filmfare Nite]
Every Movie fanatic cries when his/her list doesn't match with any major Bollywood Awards final list. Not anymore.
- Blogspot Censored in Pakistan
DONT BLOCK THE BLOG
- DVD Review: Bluffmaster (2006)
Bluffmaster showcases Abhishek Bachchan's return to Amitabh-type roles and marks an entry point for Priyanka Chopra as a serious actress.
- With a Grain of Salt: My Hero! Your Hero! Our Hero! Whose Hero?
Afghanistan vociferously complained to Pakistan that all of Afghanistan’s old heroes were used to name various Pakistani missiles.
- Movie Review: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe - The Chronicles of Narnia
Four children discover Narnia hidden in a wardrobe, where the land is banished to an everlasting winter by the White Witch who is battling Aslan.
- Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Mutually Beneficial?
For the US and the larger Nuclear Suppliers Group this agreement opens a huge market. But what about India?
- Soderbergh's Bubble - Piracy's Silver Bullet?
... Or Is It Pure Bull Instead?
- milestones / sang e meel
journey never ending, destination ever elusive
- Thoda logic De Basanti
An unpatriotic take on a movie creeping with jingoistic patrotism.
- Canadian Politics: Prime Minister Defies Ethics Commissioner
Just because Mr. Harper is Prime Minister and wants to change the law, does not mean he can ignore it.
- Vaiko - Playing His Cards Right
This first essay on Vaiko goes behind the TN polls and the media scene to unravel what is happening in the state ahead of D-Day
- Mobile Computing - Could We Do Without It?
At times, I wonder, is a laptop around one’s neck an anthropological reminder of the “millstones-around-neck” punishment of medieval ages?
- AmBUSHed! The Media On The Bush Visit
What do mere mortals like me know about things like body language, diplomacy and that all important word in our vocab. as of now -
- New Age Fuel - Age Old Cow Dung
What is next, flying carpets
- The Rise Of The New Stream : Indian Entrepreneur(s)
Some investors believe India's own high-tech startups are finally ripe to produce explosive returns.
- DVD Review: The Magnificent Ambersons, Time and Regret
Much like we ourselves find our world buffetted by unceasing change, those fin-de-siecle times had a tumultuous zeitgeist.
- The Birth of Vande Mataram
Vande Mataram had become the national anthem during the struggle for freedom.
- Houses Of Horror
Can houses be evil?
- The Divorced Woman as Easy Prey
A personal insight into how sections of Indian society continue to perceive divorced/separated women.
- The First India-England Test - Well, Blimey!
Interesting how India's actions are never tactics, rather only negative play, eh?
- Greg vs. Ganguly: The Saga Continues
Ganguly could well go to court!
- Book Review: Purity Of Blood Arturo Perez-Reverte
To read this book is to listen with your eyes and enjoy the play of the words in your ear.
- N-Agreement: Putting The Cards On The Table
The price India paid for coming late to the party was to offer much more reactors to be open to international safeguards by 2014
- CNN-IBN Wants To Hear From You On Your Broadband Access Experiences
Limiting internet to 256k broadband might kill the concept before it has reached it's logical conclusion.
- Fear in the Society
Be it America or Afghanistan, each society has to deal with its fears.
- Bush Yatra: We Want Full Disclosure!
What did President Bush eat for lunch when he was in Hyderabad?
- Of Old Memories and Sickening Feelings
At that moment, I felt more miserable than I probably had ever felt in my life.
- The Oscars Are Here - Liveblogging The 78th Annual Academy Awards
The Oscars are here - chip in with your opinions and votes as they proceed, and later.
- Guns and 'Romance' - My Vote For The Best Picture Oscar
...the fact that I have seen enough closeted men up-close that I look at most of them with a clinical detachment.
- Sack The BCCI Selection Panel!
Looking at the track record of the past few months, I call for the sack of the selection panel. Is any one listening?
- postcards
one from a long lost friend had two words admonishing me get lost
- A Man Without His Rightful Harem
Is it okay for married men to gawk at women in front of their wives?
- Vintage Sachin
The cameo at the end of Nagpur test gives the impression that Tendulkar's best is yet to come.
- Writer's Notes: What Every Writer Needs
Everyone may be creative, but to be any type of artist requires a certain mixture of characteristics that not everybody possesses.
- Bangladesh nabs 'Bangla Bhai', JMB Leader
To put this in perspective, it is as if the elusive Osama Bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahiri were both in custody.
- Why India Does Not Win Oscars
The difference between a nite of stars and a starry night...
- The Rhetoric of Labels
The rhetoric of labels is a great way to end conversations or annul the nuances of different positions.
- Ahimsa of a Fish
What is violent in our meat eating today is that an entire world of organisms has no Being except to be reared for eating.
- Sabeer Bhatia, The Hot Male, Launches BlogEverywhere
Sabeer Bhatia is back on the tech scene with another bloggy dotcom.
- India Does Not Need Oscar Recognition
The Oscars are the epitome of blatant back rubs. It is a North American game. You rub mine, I’ll….
- Movie Review: The War Within
Caballero Oscura find the film a well-balanced study of the effects of terrorism on the individual and the community.
- Little Hands of Today, But What Will They Be Tomorrow?
Every day I am made aware of the frightening reality of young people becoming prey to misguided propaganda.
- When Is It Time To Stand Up and Scream?
What would you do if you saw a woman being assaulted in broad daylight?
- Dr. J.C. Kumarappa - Out Of Suit, Into Khadi - Gandhian Economics
The man behind Gandhian Economics
- Fiction : Desi Souls : American Mall
Meera would never understand why there was an unstoppable flood of sad tears flowing down her eyes throughout that day…
- Has Hindi Lost its Significance?
Considering the fact that Hindi is our national language, one would assume that Hindi Literature should be available everywhere in India.
- A Lesson in Letting Go
When is the right time to let children do what they want?
- A Toast to India
It is only the voice of civil society that can strike the hammer that will call all institutions to order.
- Eve Teasing: A Three-Pronged Approach to Slaying the Monster
It is not so much about how these men view us. It is more about how they view themselves.
- Book Review: The Great Western Divide John Spivey
A journey into our own heart of darkness, with an experienced guide.
- Indian Doctors: Vilified at Home and Unwelcome Abroad
Why do we screw our doctors? Their profession saves lives, right?
- Movie Review: Mixed Doubles
A little mixed up, but worth a dekko.
- Myths about BSNL Broadband Affordabilty
It's a Public Sector Undertaking that's making false, libellious claims.
- Movie Review: Memoirs of a Geisha - The Secret World of a Geisha
The movie is in a way the female version of Gladiator. In the Ridley Scott movie, the Gladiator dares to...
- Movie Review: Brokeback Mountain
A not-so-perfect love and other problems with a good film.
- Bomb Blasts in Varanasi
At least four people killed and over a dozen wounded in two separate explosions.
- The Plight Of The Woman Sportsperson
There are far more barriers a woman has to overcome than just those in the sporting arena.
- Why Do Some Men Think It's All Right to Harass Women and Girls?
We have to curb this lewd behavior and hope our children will inherit a kinder, gentler society.
- Apprehend Hit and Run Drivers
Tomorrow if you see someone getting away with murder, don’t just sit there immobile, do something about it.
- A Letter From Coke And a Response
Coke goes on PR path vis-a-vis allegations of unethical policies and agitation against water use.
- Script Debugging - Nikhil Advani Style
Nikhil Advani's next movie is inspired by a movie which has not yet been made.
- Terror Strikes Varanasi: Handling Terrorism - Plus ça change, Plus c' est la męme
Terror strikes the city of Varanasi, India just after President Bush's visit to India and Pakistan
- Barcelona Advance To Champions League Quarters, Take Revenge For Last Year's Loss
Barcelona draw second leg 1-1 versus Chelsea to advance to the quarters of Champions League 3-2 on aggregate.
- Sabeer Bhatia: Too Much, Too Fast?
Who is Sabeer Bhatia? One of India's greatest achievers, or just a flash in the pan?
- tiger striped aunties
she was with a short, overweight aunty nursing a perpetually pregnant posture in a black and yellow tiger striped shalwar kameez
- Sambandam: Women as Utility?
What made Indian society change from one that respects women to one that uses them?
- Desicritics Quiz Time 1
Prizes are up for grabs, are you up to the mark?
- Blog-a-thon 2006: Desicritics on Sexual/Street Harassment
Desicritics examine the many facets of street/sexual harassment of women.
- Canadian Politics: The Kelowna Accord On Life Support
Phil Fontaine and his people have to wait and see how long the grass will be green and the water will run on these treaties.
- Culture: Inviting Restaurant Reviews, Theater Reviews and Travel Essays
We would love to see restaurant reviews, reviews of plays and essays about travel.
- Blogcritics Editors' Picks: March 1 Through March 7
A veritable smorgasbord of treats from our writers - take a break from all that Oscar hoopla and dig in to the best from Blogcritics
- LeT it Be - The Lashkar-e-Toiba And It's Role in Global Terrorism
Know your enemies, and then beat them.
- Varanasi Attacks: Indian and International Media Reactions
"The face is an index of the mind"
- Women's Day: A Celebration of Womanhood
I’d like to think every day in the calendar year should be a celebration of womanhood.
- A Bombay Breakfast - Epitome of the City
Everybody knows what is an English or a Continental Breakfast, but what is a Bombay Breakfast?
- Love, Sweet Love
Let's show the terrorists some love.
- Restaurant Review: Chipotle, The Burrito Of Suburbia
Chipotle: Eat cheap, eat healthy
- Preview: The Second India-England Test
After the draw at Nagpur, every one’s eyes are set on Mohali. One should expect lots of runs for the batsmen and toil for bowlers
- Film Review: Capote
Bennett Miller’s film on Truman Capote is a superb portrayal of humanity being eroded in the pursuit of art
- Wrong Number - Number Portability And Local Calls
Keep your number. Discard your operator. Chaos begins.
- Pebble
I sit here, like a pebble...come...kick me around
- Comment: The LokParitran Public Meeting at Chennai
For the audience, the hopes given by the sprightly young men seemed too good to be believed.
- DVD Review: My Big Fat Independent Movie
Watching Pauly Shore getting his head blown off and Jason Mewes as a sex-starved answering machine are added bonuses to this delightfully intelligent, stupid movie.
- Travel Essay: On the Road - Coorg
When emerald green rice paddies roll out in front of you as far as the eye can see, you know you are in India.
- Completing Partition - Theory and Practice
In our haste to make peace, we forgot that we must make the peace of the brave.
- India Rising - The Big Scare
Did I say the underlying theme is fear mongering?
- Immigrant Dreams - Desis Everywhere Searching For Identity
Indian Americans have the highest median household income of any ethnic group in the country--but the figures are misleading.
- As Light Leads Us From The Earth to The Sun
How did we deduce what the sun is made of?
- Varanasi Bomb Blasts and Causes
A large proportion of Muslim societies have fallen victim to a fallacy that for some reason their salvation is through "traditional Islamic values"
- Collective Selective Amnesia - Indians and Cross Border Terrorism
Why Indians have no right to complain about cross-border terrorism.
- Film Review: Chingari : Self Indulgence B-Mar-E
If anyone has Ms. Kalpana Lajmi’s contact number, please be kind enough to pass it on to me.
- Web 2.0 Strikes India: The MyToday RSS Aggregator
Rajesh Jain is back with his new offering, MyToday, an RSS Aggregator. Will it work?
- Failure Is an Option
Why competition in schools is not such a bad thing.
- Maelstrom
The first time he hit me, I refused to believe it.
- Avijit Chakroborty: Cycling the World, Talking About Sustainability
You can avoid bad people, he says, but you cannot avoid good people.
- Let's Keep File Sharing Safe and Legal
Sixty million Americans use peer-to-peer applications to trade files. That's more people than voted for George Bush.
- Holding Her Hostage
I do not want to hold her hostage. But do I have any other choice?
- Reminiscing Pune
Where's my street? I wanna go home.
- Raj Thackeray's Navnirman Sena - Old Wine, New Bottle?
Raj Thackeray's launch of the Navnirman Sena opens up interesting alliance possibilities in Maharashtra
- Al-Jazeera: Press Or Propaganda?
You and I want to know what our political bosses have to say... why shouldn't the people of Jordan have the same right?
- Varanasi Bomb Blasts: The Message and the Media
Trying to uncover the reality behind the Varanasi bomb blasts: an act of terrorism or communalism?
- The Reactions of a Young Israeli to Terror
Twice, I have been faced with the insouciance with which our younger child deals with terror in this country.
- How to Increase GDP: Learning from Indian Budget
One would do well to refrain from creative acounting pratices.
- Mumbai Food: The Punjabi Connection
No city in India can represent an approximate microcosm of India as well as Mumbai can.
- Film Review: Water : Widows of India
This may not be an earth shattering story, but nevertheless a simple one with a sensitive touch.
- The Desi Network Rocks
The desis come through to help a stranded lady
- Subliminal Branding - Mind Your Manners
'There’s no difference between our rich and poor. They both spit generously on the roads.'
- Interview: Makrand Deshpande on Theatre, Bollywood, Art Films and Life in General
Sitting on tree-shaded granite seating at Prithvi's, it's a delight listening to Makrand Deshpande talk about theatre, Bollywood, art films and life in general.
- Civil Society - The Road Ahead
Civil society should not only act as a remedial instrument but also become aware of its preventive role.
- DVD Review: Traffic
If you love film and don't own the DVD, you don't really love film.
- Kofi Annan and the United Nations Reforms
Today the world needs more than ever a powerful and effective world body. Or it will go the way of the League of Nations.
- Satire: From the Desk of Sheikh Mo, CEO - DP World
Sheikh Mo, CEO of DP World writes to President Bush about his descision to back off from the American Ports Deal in an informal letter.
- My Favorite Dead (Fictional) Characters
Some characters become part of our lives while we experience their virtual lives, and live on after their fictive universe is snuffed.
- Danish Cartoon Controversy: A Muslim's Perspective
In September 2005, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a series of highly provocative caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad...
- Lessons from Jammu and Lucknow
It's time LGBT communities everywhere became more proactive instead of reacting to crises.
- Secular Vs. Communal Terrorist Attacks
Just like we have a nuclear doctrine, we should develop a coherent, long-term counter-terror doctrine which has to be followed by EVERY government in power.
- DVD Review: Syriana
Carlito de Corea recommends the film with reservations that its multiple, often obscured, storylines might be too taxing for many viewers.
- Indian Cricket: The Forgotten Men
A Selection Of Eleven Unsung Cricketers
- Formula 1: A Season Of Changes
The 2006 Formula 1 season begins today at Bahrain.
- DVD Review: Deserted Station
If you like your stories spoon-fed and the epiphanies pointed out, then this isn't the film for you.
- CD Review: Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Richard Wagner
If you've always wanted to own the complete Ring Cycle then you may just want to pick this up. You'll be more than satisfied.
- Web 2.0 Applications & Indian Startups
You are setting an example to the several hundred thousand IT wannabe entrepreneurs out in India to take the plunge.
- Oye Russell! "Somebody Gonna Get Hurt Real Bad!"
A rollicking stream of consciousness ride - all the way from stamping a girl's foot to a rant against inhumane humans.
- Barefoot In The Park
I was surprised to discover how little it is that we actually need. Life was suddenly, uncomplicated, simple and peaceful.
- With a Grain of Salt: What Do I Have to Do Around Here to Be a Citizen?
How to become a citizen in various countries around the world.
- Malamaal: Bad Movie, But Money Maker?
What should bad movies do to make money?
- Petals, Toil and Business on Dadar’s Phulgalli
Dadar's Phulgalli (flower-lane) takes your traditional Bombay smells of sweat, toil, paint, iron and turns them into the smell of marigolds.
- Educating Orphans And Ending Up With Talibans
Allegedly the most (in)famous of the Afghan students of Binnori Town is one on the run today: Mullah Omar.
- What Goes Around Comes Around - Waziristan and Pakistan's Karma
The chickens have come home to roost for Pakistan and they have brought Kalashnikovs and IEDs with them.
- The State of Today's Muslims: Reasoning
Hasty generalizations and faltered logic are the reason behind today’s misinterpretation of Islam and its message.
- The Flipper: The English Cricket Fan Edition
The English Cricket Fan is unique. Find out more in the inaugural edition of The Flipper.
- DVD Review: In This World
A poignant tale presented in such an honest and unobtrusive way that I couldn't remember if I was watching a documentary or a work of
- Pucker Up!
Grab a tube of your favorite lip balm--the origins of the kiss can be traced back to ancient India.
- Of Cocktail Names and What Goes in the Glass
Do people buy these drinks because they like the mixes in them or just because the names sound saucy & funny?
- Food Of The Gods
Hankering for a rich dessert? Or in the mood for a filling homemade sandwich? Stroll over to Theobroma in Colaba.
- New Zealand Cricket: Stephen Fleming Snaps At Mark Richardson
Stephen Fleming had a lot to say to Mark Richardson after an interview. Unfortunately for him, it was all caught on camera.
- Pakistan Googled by a Texan
George W. Bush's two-day trip to Pakistan can now sadly be looked back upon more as a state sponsored relaxation trip.
- Coffee Shop Artists
"This table is for artists only, not for published authors. Please leave, you are no longer welcome here."
- My Favorite Movies of 2005
Headwreckers are adored. Intelligent action is expected. Anything that plays with Time or History is enshrined.
- When Will We Wake Up and Say Enough is Enough?
How many...? How many will it take to say enough!
- Law and Justice: When Will These Atrocities Against Women End?
We have to condemn without reservation or feel unworthy of being called humans.
- Cafe Bolero - A Little Cuba in Chicago
If you like your Tapas hot, your Mojitos cold and music boisterous then Cafe Bolero is the place to be.
- DVD Review: Ran (Criterion Collection)
Akira Kurasawa is one of the few artists who could improve upon the work of Shakespeare, which he did with Ran, his interpretation of King
- Non-Verbal Communication 101
Veteran partners learn to read these signals. Or they pay…correction…one of them pays. No prizes for correct guesses.
- An Evening with Balaji
The former India bowler is hungry for a piece of the action again.
- Movie Review: Chingari
Chingari is a true Mithun classic.
- Weekends From Another Life
Sunday mornings were not for getting up late, whiling away time in front of the TV or for lazy breakfasts.
- The View From Chittor, Pune
Post-prandial reflections on a dinner at the Chittor restaurant in Pune.
- The Day Sporting History Was Made
After today, International Cricket will never be the same again. Thank you Aussies and Proteas.
- Non Verbal Communication 102
Am yawning!...Happens every time I read, write, think or see a yawn....how many of you are yawning now?
- Islam Doesn’t Condone Killing Innocent People
As and when more people acquire the balls to accept and openly state that there are major issues with taking religion seriously, and explicitly identify
- Big Love on HBO
One man, three wives and us.
- The Art of Sucking Up
There are many people who happen to excel in the ‘art of sucking up’. It wouldn’t be wrong to assume that, we ‘either suck up’
- Superlative Sunday: An Exhilarating Day of Cricket
Super cricket on Super Sunday as three stars shone in to the lime light!
- Himesh Reshammiya - Get Off The TV Screen
Himesh the singer and a model will die a quick death. He should stick to what he is good at - composing music.
- Movie Review: Aksar - Sar Pakad and Run