Let’s face it – SRK’s not a real handsome man. Sure, he has charisma oozing from every possible pore, but handsome – no I don’t think so. Now, with all the hype from OSO comes his 6-pack chest, which Farah reveals at every possible opportunity in the film. I mean 6 packs are good and […]
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The last bastion
The New York Times has a pretty interesting article talking about a survey on happiness. It’s titled “He’s happier, she’s less so” and says : “. . .there appears to be a growing happiness gap between men and women. Two new research papers, using very different methods, have both come to this conclusion. Betsey Stevenson […]
Read the rest of this entry »MTV (for Desis) is back
MTV Desi is back in Amrikan land. Only it’s not called MTV Desi anymore – it’s plain old MTV and me thinks being beamed straight from India. Which is fantastic because the songs are chronologically right and not from 1700 B.J. (Before Jeetendra) times. And there are plenty of them – Chitrahar forever ! The […]
Read the rest of this entry »Remembering 9/11 and other dates
September 11th is marked on my kid’s school planner with a ribbon. A little printed red and blue ribbon near the date. And looking at it this past Tuesday I realize that it is that day, once again. We remember, and the world remembers with us. Memorial services are held, one of which I see […]
Read the rest of this entry »Of ghar-jamai jokes and their side-effects
My cousin Ashish is getting married. A love marriage to his non-Punjabi colleague . Both Ashish and Manisha are MBA grads. Working for MNCs in Delhi. Manisha’s family is very well-educated and progressive. Her Dad is no more and she and her Mom live in Delhi. Her married brother lives in Bangalore. Since Ashish is […]
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[amazon_link id=”B0020PKTAE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’ve had guests from India in large numbers recently; I had mattresses down in every corner of the house. Kith-and-kin and friends of kith-and-kin. Living here for a while now, makes you aware of how high-maintenance desi guests are. The kind that I encounter at least . Here, there are […]
Read the rest of this entry »Koffee with Karan : All Gere’d up
After the Shipa-Gere hullaballoo, Richard Gere seemed a natural choice to come on Koffee with Karan. He appeared much the same as he did in “Pretty Woman”, maybe frailer and with glasses. Charm flowed in a direct stream from Gere to me, the viewer, the TV screen and the thousands of miles being not a […]
Read the rest of this entry »KWK with the best looking couple in B’wood
Koffee with Karan this time had Karan, Bipasha Basu and John Abraham. Karan was his usual gossipy self (“tell me more darling”). Bipasha and John come across as a sweet couple, very easy-going and as down-to-earth as a gorgeous couple like them can be. They apparently don’t agree on anything, says Bipasha. And while she […]
Read the rest of this entry »The I in VIP
Shekhar Gupta has an excellent article in the IE. Gupta who also anchors the program “Walk the Talk” for NDTV, sounds much better in the written word than the spoken. Here he presents an effective case against the pervading VIP culture : And, of these, nothing is more important than our rapidly proliferating VIP culture. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bachchan TV : Are you bored yet ?
On the TV I see big, solid GATES. A few moments pass by, but the picture is unwavering. Still the same GATES. GATES which open and close, leaving me with glimpses of a few, well-dressed people, gathered inside. The camera slowly pans over the large GATES, searching for some orifice, through which to peer. A […]
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