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- Jul 3, 2009
- Sarah Palin Resigns: Aims to Run for President in 2012
fours years can take an enormous toll on a candidate
- Jun 30, 2009
- Khuda kay Liye and Ramchand Pakistani: A ComparisonPast efforts to revive Pakistani cinema had been made in the previous decade but failed miserably to cut the mark.
- Watching An Indian Soap: Choti BahuAn entire world of make belief made "real"
- Khuda kay Liye and Ramchand Pakistani: A Comparison
- Jun 27, 2009
- Tracing Michael: Over the Years
My chronicles while growing up with Michael Jackson's music -- the years that were.
- Jun 26, 2009
- How Many Days of Your Life Do You Remember?Every day that we live, we live to want more time, more money, more girls, more sex, more this and more that.
- The Death Of A King: Michael Jackson Passes AwayDo you remember the time, when we were in love. We were young and innocent then
- How Many Days of Your Life Do You Remember?
- Jun 25, 2009
- Michael Jackson, King of Pop, Dies of Heart Attack
Behind the scenes, Michael Jackson was a tormented, confused man, yearning for a lost childhood and descending into a private morass of sadness.
- Jun 21, 2009
- Movie Review: Zibahkhana - Of Zombies and BabyThe greatest strength of Zibahkhana is that it follows an oft-used template for a genre-zombie horror film and then scrupulously molds it in an indigenous
- Movie Review: Zibahkhana - Of Zombies and Baby
- Jun 20, 2009
- Iran's New Revolution: A Cyber MovementWhat is happening in Iran is not happening to just Iranians. It is happening to the world.
- Iran's New Revolution: A Cyber Movement
- Jun 18, 2009
- Shiney Ahuja - Maid to Dishonor
The girl showed great courage, the police absolute initiative and the media its investigative power.
- Jun 17, 2009
- Movie Review: The Hangover - Don't You Dare Miss It!I don't seem to remember when I last enjoyed any movie so much.
- Movie Review: The Hangover - Don't You Dare Miss It!
- Jun 16, 2009
- Movie Review: Kal Kissne Dekha - Misses The BusInstead of making his son look into the future, Vashu should have looked into this film's future.
- Movie Review: Kal Kissne Dekha - Maine kal ko dekha!
How many times have we seen this happen, where star kids in the midst of all the fanfare have seen their dreams squashed by the
- Movie Review: Kal Kissne Dekha - Misses The Bus
- Jun 15, 2009
- Amicable End To Producer-Multiplex Strike in BollywoodMovies mean money and that should continue along with entertainment.
- Amicable End To Producer-Multiplex Strike in Bollywood
- Jun 14, 2009
- Kajol - The One and OnlyAs they say, for some there is only a beginning but no end. She will ever remain fresh in memory just like it is today.
- Kajol - The One and Only
- Jun 12, 2009
- The Palin-Letterman Skirmish & A "Biased" Media
The whole charade has made for some very interesting television and media moments.
- Jun 10, 2009
- Racially Motivated Shooting at US Holocaust MuseumA man armed with a shotgun entered the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C this afternoon
- Racially Motivated Shooting at US Holocaust Museum
- May 31, 2009
- A Media Check, Mate!It is no fun watching the same footage of an Indian being beaten up by Australians in a train.
- A Media Check, Mate!
- May 24, 2009
- North Korea Claims to Conduct Another Nuclear Test
Fresh out of the 100 day honeymoon, this will further test the foreign policy of President Obama.
- May 23, 2009
- Poetry: Oh! How Times Have Changed!there, you have the whole world / in a cliched nutshell
- Poetry: Oh! How Times Have Changed!
- May 19, 2009
- Tweaking Reality, MTV style - Part 3The Roadies 6.0 cast had an interesting set of characters.
- I'm a Blogger - Can I Has Money?
The phenomena of writing and garnering an audience is not entirely about writing as I quite naively imagined until recently
- Tweaking Reality, MTV style - Part 3
- May 18, 2009
- Election Result Coverage: 10 Hours of Relentless Viewing Everyone seems ready to applaud and bid a warm farewell to L.K.Advani. This is utter crap.
- Election Result Coverage: 10 Hours of Relentless Viewing
- May 17, 2009
- Movie Review: Angels and DemonsThe end is more 'Crime doesn't pay' than 'Good triumphs over Bad in the end' as in the book.
- Movie Review: Angels and Demons
- May 16, 2009
- Movie Review: Antaheen - Endless Courting on Internet
Pain is an eternal companion. In the end you start finding pleasure in pain.
- May 15, 2009
- Passing Through: Visiting Troy Davis’s Hometown with Martina CorreiaWe are being told in this country that it is not unconstitutional to execute somebody who is innocent.
- Movie Review: Akh Daleel Loolech - A Kashmiri Story About LoveThe least we can do is appreciating our own regional cinema.
- Passing Through: Visiting Troy Davis’s Hometown with Martina Correia
- May 14, 2009
- Tweaking Reality, MTV Syle - Part 2
MTV Roadies has become one of the most popular reality shows on Indian television, but is it losing it's shine ? - Movie Review: Bidai - Ravi Kishan's Bhojpuri HitIt is about time, Indian government awoke from its slumber and honoured the language and gave Bhojpuri movies the industry status.
- May 13, 2009
- Movie Review: Gallit Gondhal Dillit Mujra - Humorous Political ChutzpahThe movie is set around village politics.
- Movie Review: Star Trek - Trekkies On A New Trail
As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading the crew through unimaginable danger. - Exit Polls, Elections, and Media FrenzyThe media watchdogs are off the leash, and have a month's worth of psephology, pie charts, and debate to make up for.
- Movie Review: Gallit Gondhal Dillit Mujra - Humorous Political Chutzpah
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