Thursday, May 03, 2007

Coffee?

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“Ta Ra Rum Pum”, which I watched last Sunday, reminded me of the “espresso coffee” one is served in wedding pandals – high on froth but when...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

The Last King of Scotland

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I would be lying if I said that I was looking forward to watching the movie – The Last King of Scotland. I mean, tyrannical dictators & ...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Paincho!!

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I remember, in my child-hood, swear & curse words being referred to as “helping verbs”. At that time, the reason for this nomenclature e...
Friday, January 19, 2007

Yuhin

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This is one advantage of having a virtual absence of visitors on your blog – you can come and go as you please. This posting comes after a l...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Brake Fail

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What’s with the song-remixes these days, I cannot quite understand. Not very long ago, remixes were basically fast-paced versions of old hit...
Sunday, August 13, 2006

Ramayana

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(Image Courtesy: www.bl.uk) I am definitely not making a revelation when I say that Ramayana is a timeless epic, such which is penned only...
Sunday, July 09, 2006

Billboards

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Remember the outdoor advertising a few years back? For the sarkari or sarkari type ads designed for plebian tastes, you had a wall painted w...
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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Taxi Wallah

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At the end of yet another outstation tour last week, I plonked myself in the back seat of the taxi I had hired for the day. A whole 200 kms ...
Saturday, April 08, 2006

Veebhatsa-Rasa

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Somebody please wake me up!! Seemingly, I am in a time warp, some 2 thousand years ago, with my old-world sense of aesthetics still intact (...
Saturday, April 01, 2006

Feluda

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Let me confess it – till a month back, I had never read any of Satyajit Ray’s books or watched his movies. From whatever little I knew, he w...
Sunday, March 26, 2006

Times of India

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There is an interesting quote in the The Speaking Tree column in Sunday Times of India (March 24'06), which set me thinking and I though...
Sunday, January 29, 2006

Wardi

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A few weeks back, as I was walking at a very busy cross-road in Delhi during the morning rush-hour, I saw two rowdies on a motorcycle jumpin...
Sunday, November 13, 2005

Laugh, we?

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I generally am not very much enthusiastic about watching TV. When I am back from work, I just catch whatever is on at dinner-time The surfei...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Festivals - Diwali

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A very Happy " Diwali " to all of you! Last 3 days have been really hectic - crackers, eating, lights - lots of them, shopping, vi...
Monday, September 26, 2005

Raag Darbari

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I have just finished reading "Raag Darbaari" by Shrilal Shukla. Third time, that is. With my limited reading, I have yet to come a...
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Sunday, May 29, 2005

Graffiti

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Hi all! I am back after a brief, inadvertent gap. This is a season of weddings and vacations and I was a bit tied up. One of these days, I w...
Monday, May 02, 2005

Horny Indians

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I have just returned home after an excruciating drive through the notorious city traffic and have realized yet again how horny we Indians ar...
Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Reserved for Ladies

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On account of this outburst, I could well be termed a certified MCP but here goes. It seems to me that the ladies (notice how I have not use...
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Sunday, April 03, 2005

History

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Last Sunday, at an old friend’s house, I picked up a book by the celebrated writer-activist-politician Arun Shourie – “Worshipping False God...
Sunday, March 13, 2005

Delhi

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In spite of living near & working in Delhi for quite some time now, Delhi never ceases to find newer means and ways to amaze me. Today, ...