Saturday, December 01, 2012

Life Of Pi - A Tiger's Tale & A Boy

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A young boy thrown in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a hyena, an orangutan and a tiger for company. For 227 days. Fight to be an...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Indian Hockey - Some Hope?

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The recent dismal performance of our national hockey team in the London Olympics has put all the hockey-lovers to great grief. I do not th...
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Friday, August 10, 2012

आओ जैम बनायें! (Or, The Great Indian Jam)

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मित्रों, हमारे भारत देश का हर प्रांत, हर राज्य अपने अलग स्वाद के लिये जाना जाता है. पर कुछ स्वाद ऐसे हैं जो पूरे देश में पाये जाते है...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Hit Morning with Sarthak

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I was recently at the Delhi studios of Hit 95FM radio to participate in a live game-show with their star RJ Sarthak. " Hit Mornings...
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Tailoring History

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Renaming of historical places is a pet peeve of mine. Every time some place is renamed, the liberal in me wakes up and is deeply offended. ...
Sunday, May 06, 2012

The Power to Question - Milan Kundera

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Its been almost 3 months since I last put up a post here. This unplanned interlude has not been entirely  unwelcome, because lately the bl...
Thursday, February 02, 2012

The new Agneepath - A Wasted Chance

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  As I hear about the stupendous box-office opening and success parties of the new Agneepath & read its 3-star reviews from critics...
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Friday, January 06, 2012

The Lucknow Boy by Vinod Mehta - A Delightful Read

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I was first introduced to Vinod Mehta and his writing in 1995 when the news-magazine Outlook was launched. I am not a hugely discerni...
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Sunday, December 25, 2011

डॉन-२ (Don-2; A Futile Chase)

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डॉन-२ देखने के बाद इस नतीजे पर पहुंचा हूं कि इस बार डॉन को पकड़ना फरहान के लिये नामुमकिन ही रहा है. फिल्म के बनते बनते वो नज़र-अंदाज ...
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

The Dirty Picture..Ladkee Tu Hai Badee Bumbaat

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Earlier this month, as I landed at Hyderabad and took the shuttle to the city, I noticed Vidya Balan sensuously positioned in a lily pond...
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Rockstar - The flight of an innocent bird

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Rock is not just any music, as my music-literate friends like Puneet and Rahul J tell me. More than being just another genre of music, it i...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011

Game Over: The Debacle of Ra-One

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Does only SFX a fine film make? I asked this myself when I was enduring the much-hyped, Rajni-starrer, Robot . And I have asked this again ...
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Thursday, November 03, 2011

Falling scrap - a cause of worry?

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Today's Indian Express Delhi Edition contains my letter to the editor about a news item yesterday, which lamented about the falling scra...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011

राग दरबारी - श्रीलाल शुक्ल जी की कालजयी रचना (Raag Darbari - Shreelal Shukla)

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हिंदी लेखकों में संभवत: सबसे करारे व्यंगकार श्रीलाल शुक्ल जी नहीं रहे | उन्हें मेरी विनम्र श्रद्धान्जलि|  शुक्ल जी के लेखन से मेरा परिचय उन...
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Saturday, September 24, 2011

RIP Tiger Pataudi

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I have dipped in to my old, school-time scrap book to pull out this extract from an old issue of Sportsworld, which in turn quotes from “Fac...
Monday, September 12, 2011

खजूर की गुलामी - शीबा असलम फहमी

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शीबा असलम फहमी स्त्री-विमर्श और मुस्लिम सरोकारों को शिद्दत से उठाने वालीं एक सशक्त युवा लेखिका हैं. प्रसिद्ध साहित्यिक मासिक "हंस...
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