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Sunday, January 23, 2011

The ten commandments of telecasting film industry award shows

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The awards season is here. Let’s get one thing straight. Very few of the top stars remain at the awards venue throughout the evening. They c...
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Sunday, January 09, 2011

The Bigg Boss tapes you didn't see on TV

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Now that Bigg Boss is over, I thought it would be appropriate to provide transcripts from edited footage. Here's one between Hashmit P...
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Review: No One Killed Jessica

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It is difficult to give No One Killed Jessica less than a 'good' rating. Yet, if you look at a broader picture, it is a challenging...
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Review: Paranormal Activity 2

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Paranormal Activity 2 is not a great horror film, but it still packs in good thrills that commands mandatory viewing only in cinemas. Those...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Baby, you're a rich man

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Just as David Fincher's masterpiece The Social Network is about to end, Jesse Eisenberg who plays Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, ...
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

How to get your dad to buy you laptop

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I pore over the screen of my netbook. My dad, the only other person in the room, realizes what a terrible mistake he's made by buying me...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

#barkhagate: Protests in 140 characters leave no space for grey areas

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Barkha Dutt, one of the icons of Indian news television, has spent a generous part of the last few days, patiently replying to tweets, many ...
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Monday, November 15, 2010

Ever tasted Izzat Ka Falooda?

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There are certain terms in Hindi language that continue to amaze me. Mere expressions have been converted into delicacies, recipes that we w...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

We were such fashion disasters

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'' Kya umar thi, kya samaa tha, kya zamaana tha '' Nostalgia can be a great leveler. For example, when you meet up with frie...
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Friday, June 11, 2010

Tea and biscuits, anyone?

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Whatever happened to the ritual of friends coming over home to an evening of tea, biscuits, farsan and good conversation? Our daddies and m...
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Friday, March 05, 2010

Bombay's greatest asset

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It's been almost a week that I'm back to commuting 4 hours daily from Ambarnath to my office in Lower Parel. The purpose is two pron...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

In defence of the Shiv Sena

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You have to give it to the Shiv Sena. All along, when they created all this hoo-haa over My Name is Khan ’s release, we thought they were fu...
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Saturday, February 13, 2010

The perfectly outrageous motion picture

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I've had the most fantastic past two hours watching Sidney Lumet 's 1976 film Network . I don't intend to write a review of the ...
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Notes from the Strand Book Festival

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I’m absolutely delighted with the collection of books I picked up at the Strand Book Festival. I went there on the Festival's second day...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Of Chetan Bhagat and unlimited parking in our brain

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There’s a scene in Wake Up Sid where the editor of a magazine (Rahul Khanna) smiles mockingly, almost in disbelief when his colleague (Ko...
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Monday, September 28, 2009

An interview with Allah

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With Eid festivities reaching their peak, I made my first visit to Mohammad Ali Road – the melting pot for majority of Mumbai’s ‘minority’. ...
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Arcopol Chaudhuri
New Delhi, India
I'm 25, without HIV, and I read books for a living. When I'm bored, I grab a meal or two. Or maybe a cup of tea.
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