Tag Archives: Entertainment/Culture
Is Modern Day Rap a Diluted Version of the Yesteryears?
When it comes to fans of rap, there’s one surefire way to get a debate started — claim that today’s hip hop is better than those of the previous decades…. Read more
Artists You May Have Heard of, but Have not Heard
This is a guest post by Mike Lamardo. Mike is based out of Raleigh, North Carolina and often contributes to various music industry and tech blogs, as well as dx3.net… Read more
Music and Words of the Genius Called Salil Chowdhury
“Pagol hawa…ki amar moton tumio haariye gele…” Lyrics of human protest and social consciousness came in as an awakening in the pre-Independence era of the 1940s. The architect? Salil Chowdhury…. Read more
In Didi’s Wonderland, where Words Come Out from the Depth of Truth
Our honourable chief minister Ms Mamata Banerjee has, without a doubt, done a great service to the cartoonist tribe. Can you think of another time when so much newsprint was… Read more
Greatest Graphic Novels and Stories Never Told
All graphic novels are basically novels that were never written. Perhaps the authors were too tired or not too eager to go to the lengths of writing a novel and… Read more
Oh Kolkata: Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani Does Justice to the City of Joy
Reaching the hall slightly late, I missed the opening but what followed for the next 100 minutes, or slightly more, left me gasping for more. Yes, Kahaani is a film… Read more
Kahaani: A Gritty Tale Well Told by Vidya, Sujoy
What do you look for in a Hindi film when you have paid about Rs 200 for a ticket? While many would echo the famed words of the pouting Vidya… Read more
Carrying the Lens through the Lanes and Veins of Kolkata
“Of course it’s all luck,” Henri Cartier-Bresson, the Frenchman considered the father of modern photojournalism, once quipped about his profession, which he raised to the level of art. Of course… Read more
House-Foolish: Sajid Worried about Critics, ‘Critics’ Worried Sick of Sajid
“Hindi films are not made for critics; it is made for Hindi film watching audience worldwide.” I love the Khan siblings — Farah and Sajid. Motor-mouthed both of them, rarely… Read more
Agneepath: Remake Lacks Fire and Vijay Still Needs More Work to be Done
Okay, so the K-Jo take on the chronicles of the iconic Vijay Dinanath Chauhan (pura naam, mind you) is out and is raking up big bucks at the box office… Read more
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