Reading Outlook I am amazed at the differences between the columns of 2 Muslim women . The first, Yvonne Ridley who converted to Islam writes on “How I came to love the veil” and the second, activist Asra Nomani writes on “Beyond the veil”. It seems to me that while Ridley defends her adopted religion, […]
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My Don Review on Rediff
The review appears on Rediff here. The original (and more expansive) review appears on my Movie Blog here. Categories : _films , _film_reviews
Read the rest of this entry »Desi Pundit going down in 5 .. 4 .. 3 . .
Desi Pundit is going off the Web. Oh crap ! Just when I’m starting to get hits through them 🙂 . Ah well (philosophizing) All good things come to an end. DP is my daily read. My link to posts I would never have heard of before. There is such a dearth of sensible and […]
Read the rest of this entry »An Ode to Twitching Eyebrows (or the new Don)
Hmm, guess who’s eyebrows ? Shahrukh Khan’s ofcourse ! I didn’t think much of them in KANK , and I don’t think the twitch will help with the upcoming Don. I don’t condone the actual twitching. After all one must have one’s personal signature style; Rajesh Khanna had his immensely annoying mannerisms and we must […]
Read the rest of this entry »Old is as old does
There’s a Chinese fast-food restaurant near my place of work. It’s yummy (read spicy food with lot’s of chili paste), reasonably priced, and the service is quick. So I frequent it often. I see quite a few older folk in there usually. Older couples mostly. Like the one I saw yesterday. In their 70’s or […]
Read the rest of this entry »Gandhi : now uber-cool
ct. 2nd comes with a bang this time. Yes, it’s Gandhi’s Birthday allright, and all the netas are still doing the media rounds garlanding all Gandhi statues in the vicinity, so nothing’s changed there. But this time there’s a fervor sweeping the nation (or maybe just the media ?). Watching TV and all the stuff […]
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