Archive: Page 9
Bender’s Pride: Three Mock-tales that Missed Frontpages this Year
Two, one; and then there was none. No, even if you thought it sounded like a commentary on the state of affairs of the state under the statesmanship of Manmohan… Read more
Don 2: The King Returns with a Bang, but Movie Leaves Much to be Desired
To start with, I have a point to make. The makers of Don 2 should have taken a leaf out of The Lord of the Rings series, and called it… Read more
Didi Sees Red Over Rat-Bite at Hospital: Blames CPM of Playing the Pied Piper
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has done it yet again — let her fertile imagination run riot. She was at her asinine best when she recently accused her favourite… Read more
How Samsung Zoomed into Next Galaxy and How the Apple is Falling
About two months back I decided to gift my wife a high-end smartphone. The obvious choice for me was iPhone4 and I was just contemplating on whether to go for… Read more
Santiniketan: The land of Tagore and Maatir Bari
“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility” William Wordsworth Maatir Bari at Sarbanandapur in Santiniketan had been on my radar… Read more
Mumbai: Shorn of the Glitz and Glam, a City of Guts and Glory
Yeh hai Bombay meri jaan. It’s been 45-odd years since the film CID hit the screens and Johnny Walker crooned the life and times of Bombay. That’s a generation, and… Read more
Then the Moon Showed its Dark Side
A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth, while orbiting the sun, comes between the moon and sun. Thus, the moon is hidden by the earth’s shadow. A total lunar eclipse… Read more
Bat the Talk: Sehwag’s Journey to the Top of the World
On the eve of the 2004 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, preparing for his 91st ODI Virender Sehwag made a statement, which was then considered by many, and justly so, as… Read more
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn is Super Cool but Lacks Soul
For a person growing up on a steady diet of Tintin, and almost an overdose of it in adult life thanks to a now-growing child at home, The Adventures of Tintin:… Read more
Abhi na Jao Chhorke: A Fan’s Tribute to Dev Anand, Bollywood’s Gregory Peck
Hai Apna Dil toh Awara… these words were slightly inquisitive to me and I vividly remember listening to this in the tape recorder. My maternal aunt, who used to hum… Read more
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