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Translating the below word by word is beyond my ability; if someone believes that he/she can do it, please do. A couple of these were thrown inside the autorickshaw I…Continue Reading →
Khuda Kay Liye – Welcome Face of Pakistani Cinema
For someone like me whose exposure to Pakistani films was limited to the sub-standard fare aired on PTV, complete with…
Moods Please!
The old ‘Moods please’ ad definitely did change the way in which Indian men asked their chemist for condoms. Then…
Posting Gandhi
A couple of vintage postcards in honour of Mahatma Gandhi: [Gandhiji’s love for children (1944)] [Bapu (Gandhiji) and Ba (Kasturba Gandhi) – 1942] And a stamp for Shastriji: Lal Bahadur…Continue Reading →
Crazy for Cricket
Last night’s India-Australia ODI at Bangalore was washed out, but what cannot be easily washed away is India’s zeal for…
Tehelka reincarnated: A review
It was the dawn of the new millennium, and a website added another word (though presently much maligned) to the…
Yoohoo!
Watta match! It did live up to the tag of an Indo-Pak encounter. And India winning it made it even better. It was a thriller with all the twists and…Continue Reading →
It Doesn't Get Bigger than This
India versus Pakistan. World Cup Finals. What more can you ask for? Well, India to win in that encounter. Prior…
Indian Idol 3 – A City Turns Loony
The assembly elections in the state are quite a few months away, but from the look of the narrow and…
Taking a Break
The news is that I have quit my present job (don’t say not again!) and am taking (a well deserved) break at home in Shillong. The national news media didn’t…Continue Reading →
Caught in a Time Warp?
Pehle tha Rock n RollPhir aaya TwistPhir aaya DiscoAb Break Dance, Break Dance… (First there was Rock n RollThen came…
Better than RGV Ki Aag?
I was afraid, very afraid. Given the abusive reviews that friends and colleagues who had watched the movie, I couldn’t…
