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- Jan 7, 2009
- Film Review: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Will not be surprised if the DVD gets gifted around for wedding anniversaries.
- Jan 3, 2009
- The Facebook Breast Feeding ControversyWhere does the freedom end and the violation begin?
- The Facebook Breast Feeding Controversy
- Dec 30, 2008
- Movie Review: Gh-aaa-jini - The Tale in 15 MinutesAnd then he goes on a killing spree to get to bad guy, rebooting every 15 minutes like an old laptop with an irritating virus.
- Movie Review: Gh-aaa-jini - The Tale in 15 Minutes
- Dec 29, 2008
- TV Review: Ridiculous Roadies
I will say without any doubts, it was the moment when I was most ashamed to be an Indian.
- Dec 27, 2008
- Arnab Goswami on Times Now Arnab goes overboard with Pakistani guests, unnecessarily
- Arnab Goswami on Times Now
- Dec 25, 2008
- The Trap Terrorists Have Laid For India and PakistanIndia and Pakistan have fallen in the trap laid by the terrorists
- The Trap Terrorists Have Laid For India and Pakistan
- Dec 24, 2008
- Movie Review: Ghajini
Directors remaking their own films is not a new phenomenon.
- Dec 18, 2008
- Movie Review: Rab Ne Bana Di JodiAditya Chopra tries to balance two worlds and loses the balance.
- Movie Review: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
- Dec 11, 2008
- Slumdog Millionaire Nominated for Best Picture at Golden GlobesBrilliant does not always translate into easy to stomach
- Mumbai - Does the Media Decide our Response?
While people were searching for their dead ones at the CST, the media continued its focus on Taj.
- Slumdog Millionaire Nominated for Best Picture at Golden Globes
- Dec 8, 2008
- There Is No Sun Shining ThroughGrowth slowed, banks failed and then disaster struck Uncle Sam -- It certainly seemed like there was no sun shining through...
- There Is No Sun Shining Through
- Dec 3, 2008
- Mumbai Stands United!What will it take to wake up the Government and get them to swing into action?
- Indian Television Media: Things going wrong?
The advantage of an active media is that other elements of society are very careful about how they conduct themselves.
- Mumbai Stands United!
- Dec 1, 2008
- Mumbai Terror: Basic Security IssuesAre these not just some of the points that are part of the over-simplified and hence underestimated internal security concerns?
- Mumbai Terror: Basic Security Issues
- Nov 28, 2008
- Disjointed Questions on the Bombay Blasts and Its AftermathQuestions and musings in my mind over the past 48 hours.Kim
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The memories that this will leave behind will make us shudder from the pain, the helplessness and the fact that many of the dead were
- Disjointed Questions on the Bombay Blasts and Its Aftermath
- Nov 24, 2008
- Movie Review: Rachel Getting MarriedA point of interest in the film, for me, is that Rachel’s wedding has an Indian theme.
- Movie Review: Rachel Getting Married
- Nov 23, 2008
- TV Review: ApparitionsThe series has started promisingly and the concept of exorcist gunslingers defending the modern world against ancient monsters is an interesting one.
- TV Review: Apparitions
- Nov 22, 2008
- Ashutosh the Big Boss 2 Final Winner
A riveting drama - P. Sainath and Farmers' Suicides in IndiaGood reporting is lost in the blind rhetoric of anti-globalization.
- Nov 19, 2008
- Do Locals Hold 90% of The Jobs in Mumbai?Be careful of what you read these days. Validation is critical as everybody is driven by their own agenda
- Do Locals Hold 90% of The Jobs in Mumbai?
- Nov 14, 2008
- Book Review: The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers
Derrick’s book offers a true companionship for Photographers.
- Nov 1, 2008
- Humility And Lack Of ItSimple acts of modesty, respect, gratitude are inculcated during adolescent years and not in adulthood. Some things are just khandani, a few of my friends
- Humility And Lack Of It
- Oct 27, 2008
- Book Review: The Art of Black and White PhotographyThe Art of Black and White Photography is the first serious book I have read on photography.
- Book Review: The Art of Black and White Photography
- Oct 23, 2008
- A Reviewer's Dilemma
Roger Ebert's 1 star review of Tru Loved would have become a controversy, but for his exemplary behavior. - Movie Review: KarzzzzI wish Himesh would stop acting and concentrate only on his music.
- Oct 20, 2008
- Movie Review: DronaDrona is supposed to be a fantasy-film, but was nothing short of a nightmare!
- Movie Review: Drona
- Oct 12, 2008
- Movie Review: Happy Days - Romanticizing College Life
Can't college lives in movies have themes other than romance and politics?
- Oct 5, 2008
- Movie Review: Drona - Derivative and PointlessThe actors deliver a mostly superlative performance, unfortunately wasted.
- Movie Review: Drona - Derivative and Pointless
- Oct 3, 2008
- Media and PoliticsI may sound fundamentalist but still I will take the liberty and ask the ‘Softists’ how will they react if one of their kin
- Media and Politics
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