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Eklavya has been chosen to fly the tricolour at the Academy Awards' ceremony and DCs Steve Baker, Sakshi Juneja and Deepti Lamba air their views. Hope the Awards Committee is taking note!
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- Jul 19, 2008
- Movie Review: Kismet Konnection
Those of you who went to watch the movie expecting another Jab We Met would have been left severely disappointed
- Jul 18, 2008
- Movie Review: Kung Fu Panda - Awesomeness - For KidsLegend tells of a legendary warrior whose kung fu skills were the stuff of legend.
- Interview: Straight Talk With Onir, Director of My Brother Nikhil"Unfortunately the current trend involves audience watching comedies and idiotic comedies."
- Pappu Learns To Dance
Dream sequence: song and dance, with at least a hundred youngsters on the floor, and a DJ wearing psychedelic colors
- Movie Review: Kung Fu Panda - Awesomeness - For Kids
- Jul 16, 2008
- Movie Review: Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na - Same Same But DifferentThe film handles the same issue handled in Mani Ratnam’s successful flick Alaipayuthey, but gives a totally urban look to the concept.
- Movie Review: Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na - Same Same But Different
- Jul 14, 2008
- Amit Singh, 7/11 Bomb Blasts VictimAmit is languishing in a hospital in Mumbai in a semi-comatose state for the last two years.
- Rastafarians, Talibans and Hijabis: Charsis, Afeemis and Purdah-nashins
We love Bob Marley. And Jamaica has beautiful beaches also in Negril and Ocho Rios. About Hijabis and Talibans we know less. - Aarushi Talwar Murder Case: The Truth Locked InAfter months of capturing the media headlines, the Aarushi murder case has finally seen some answers.
- Amit Singh, 7/11 Bomb Blasts Victim
- Jul 7, 2008
- Bomb Blasts, Social Responsibility, and BaazigarsTo talk about the concept of social responsibility of our icons is perhaps totally insane and useless as they have not heard and/or understood it.
- Bomb Blasts, Social Responsibility, and Baazigars
- Jul 5, 2008
- Movie Review: Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
Its only when they see each other with their partners do they realize that they actually feel far more than friendship for the other.
- Jul 4, 2008
- Born Confused: Hi Dad…er...MomSo to the All India Eunuch Association Chairperson and the Von Siffers: hold your peace. We are not there yet.
- Born Confused: Hi Dad…er...Mom
- Jul 1, 2008
- Swingtown, Dexter & The Sopranos - Questioning Absolute TruthsThere are no absolute truths in life; when shades of Gray are delved into, some are accepted and some are denied fervently.
- Book Review: One Night @ The Call Center
Bhagat warns the reader very early not to expect a work of Naipaul or Rushdie.
- Swingtown, Dexter & The Sopranos - Questioning Absolute Truths
- Jun 30, 2008
- Movie Review: The RuinsShyamalan could take a few lessons from Carter Smith.
- Movie Review: Laaga Chunari Mein Daag - The Figurative WombAs unlikely as it may seem, this movie made me think about a mother's lifelong responsibility towards her children.
- Movie Review: The Ruins
- Jun 29, 2008
- Movie Review: The Happening
The shock value of the film plays on both usual disaster movie themes and classic American Paranoid styles.
- Jun 26, 2008
- Book Review: The Art of Black and White PhotographyA well-documented book covering the whole gamut of black and white photography
- Book Review: The Art of Black and White Photography
- Jun 17, 2008
- The Insignificance of Breaking NewsOur media is deciding a case, opinionating the public and literally handing out the verdict for one and all even while investigations are on.
- Movie Review: Aamir
In such a realist movie, there are no good guys. And that's the scary part.
- The Insignificance of Breaking News
- Jun 9, 2008
- Sexing Up DisastersSmugglers from the Bay of Bengal smuggled what they could into the area as the Junta frustrated Official Relief Ships
- Sexing Up Disasters
- Jun 8, 2008
- Deccan Chronicle And The Naked Art of Selling NewsYoungsters like to see naked truth in newspapers, not naked women.
- Deccan Chronicle And The Naked Art of Selling News
- Jun 7, 2008
- Film Review: Kung Fu Panda
A wonderful summer entertainer for the entire family
- Jun 4, 2008
- The Onion Jokes About Indian Call Centers And MalariaAt what point does a joke stops being funny?
- The Onion Jokes About Indian Call Centers And Malaria
- Jun 2, 2008
- Manguide 5: Bollywood Pin-upswhat you can tell about a man by his favorite Bollywood pin-up.
- Manguide 5: Bollywood Pin-ups
- Jun 1, 2008
- Jeffrey Archer's Blogging Mistake
Jeffrey Archer confesses in his blog how he's surprised to find out that Bombay and Madras got their names changed.
- May 31, 2008
- Movie Review: Sex And The CityLight-hearted movie with oodles of glamour. But the obsession with clothes, shoes and frivolity grates a bit.
- Movie Review: Sex And The City
- May 29, 2008
- Justice Delivered in Nitish Katara MurderA mother's long battle finally comes to an end
- Justice Delivered in Nitish Katara Murder
- May 28, 2008
- Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
It is inspired slapstick, and while I cringed, my kids laughed at the silliness.
- May 27, 2008
- The Bangalore International Airport - The Day One ExperienceIt was a nice experience to be there on Day 1, far better than what most newspapers make it out to be.
- Bigotry, Mental Illness, & Doubting the American Dream"Mental Illness" vs" Prejudice
- The Bangalore International Airport - The Day One Experience
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