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The Nomad

Maddy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:38:00 +0000

And so here I am, in yet another place, after yet another move. Most people balk at moving from one house to another, let alone one state to the next. But our journey has been across vast distances, taking us to cultures differing widely and forcing our entire thought process and life style to be…

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Review: Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani / Jail

brangan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:43:00 +0000

LAUGHTERGLOW
The unlikely team of Raj Kumar Santoshi and Ranbir Kapoor serves up a comedy that casts a spell (well, at least for a while). Plus, the latest Madhur Bhandarkar exposé.
NOV 8, 2009 – I THINK I STARTED WARMING UP TO Rajkumar Santoshi’s Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani the moment an…

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Between Reviews: Diwali Lessons: The Sequel

brangan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:42:45 +0000

DIWALI LESSONS: THE SEQUEL
Last week, we picked on “Blue” to bemoan wannabe-Hollywood narratives. But as “Main Aur Mrs. Khanna” demonstrates, the pure-Bollywood narrative isn’t doing any better.
NOV 8, 2009 – THIS COLUMN, LAST WEEK, TURNED OUT to be a bit of an elegy, a soapbox lament about…

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A matter of Life and er… Matter

The Scientific Indian — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:38:45 +0000

As I was stuffing my face today, I wondered if the Universe cared. The short answer is no. The slightly longer and more depressing answer is: my existence is more marginal than a speck of stray DNA on a grain of sand staring at vast oceans (that’s literally true, oh the irony…). Clearly, there’s…

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The Gustavus Adolphus theory of Viking Conquest

Kunal — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:31:00 +0000

Today is, as we all know Gustavus Adolphus Day. It is a day of solemn celebration of this great man, of marzipan medallions eaten on no other day (thanks for the factoid Betsy!) and of general Gustavus Adolphusness all around. But it is also an occasion to consider Gustavus Adolphus’s greatest…

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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Movie Review : Laugh’s like that

Khalid Mohamed — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:25:12 +0000

Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan (for a minute!)

Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi

Rating: Two and a half stars
The kid’s brilliant. So watch it Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor and all the big and small Khans. At the rate he’s going – by sheer evidence of his…

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The god of large things

prempanicker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:49:38 +0000

I intended, once the personal rush had subsided, to come back here and do a piece on thoughts during, and in the wake of, Sachin Tendulkar’s solo show yesterday.
I ended up having to write a full-fledged piece for India Abroad, the paper I help edit and produce, and for Rediff.com [text…

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Part Of The Picture: Birds of a Feather

brangan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:34:18 +0000

BIRDS OF A FEATHER
NOV 7, 2009 – IN A DIMLY LIT KITCHEN, Ingeri (Gunnel Lindblom) – a wild creature sometimes referred to as servant girl and sometimes as half-sister to Karin (Birgitta Pettersson) – crouches in front of a fireplace. She puffs her cheeks and blows. A faint crackle is heard….

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How far and no further?

Usha — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:27:00 +0000

Is it true that Indian film actors are victims of a slowly evolving paparazzi culture? Is it unfair that they are not allowed to have any privacy just because they are public figures? Is it a terrible breach of privacy of these actor couples when journalists clamor to know what goes on in their…

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Review – Jail: you sense the claustrophobia

meetu — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:24:35 +0000

Hindi Movies,

Social,

Drama,

Crime

| 2 comments

Running time: 135 minutes

Quick Review

Rating:
Watch for sure, preferably in theatre

The word spells gloom, the vision it creates makes a shiver…

Visit www.wogma.com for the full story.

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The Mystery Woman

Anil P — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:19:00 +0000

I have no idea how long she’s been there, nor how she came to be there and I know even little of why she’s there, sitting on a platform by the road, surprising travelers as they round the bend on their way elsewhere.The red of her blouse accentuates the sky blue of her sari, and on cheerful days…

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Friday Photo of the Week #78

Patrix — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +0000

A Fine Neighborhood

Some neighbourhoods breathe life even when empty.

[click on image to enlarge] Selected by Anil and Arun. Join the DesiPundit India through Flickr group to see your photos here. This group is administered by Akshay Mahajan. Other notables are:

Speaking with Moves

It’s worn from use, yet the battlefield invigorates its soldiers for one more battle each day.

Meandering Moments

In the quiet of a setting Sun, many memories rise from the stillness of ripples real or imagined from long ago.

Out to Sea

Eventually each morning becomes a habit, as much a ritual as breathing in each awakening day.

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You’ll Understand Homeopathy If You Understand Einstein

Suvrat Kher — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:57:00 +0000

….Homeopathy – can it get more stupid than this…?

Warning: Advanced degree in physics and chemistry required to follow this discussion:

Now you know why those white pills pack so much punch! They are literally powder kegs of energy.

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Faithcare Bill?

The Rational Fool — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:33:00 +0000

After having been relentlessly bombarded by the politicians and the media with facts and fiction about the bane of pre-existent conditions, it would take a lot of faith for anyone to spend their hard-earned dollars on health insurance. If faith is the engine driving the demand for health insurance,…

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H4 Visa – Perils of Being a Dependent

Brijesh Nair — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:38:00 +0000

Email This PostThis post is by my friend who is in US for the last three years in H4 visa. Lot of people who are in the H4 visa in US can easily relate to her tale. This post will be useful for those who plan to come to US in a H4 visa as a dependent of their spouse who is in H1B visa. On her…

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Review – Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani: : Not unusual or amazing, just a few sparks

meetu — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:45:41 +0000

Hindi Movies,

Romance,

Comedy

| 4 comments

Running time: 150 minutes

Quick Review

Rating:
Movie buffs – rent a DVD

A rom-com that is half-baked comedy and a quarter-baked romance. Does that make it a…

Visit www.wogma.com for the full story.

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The best birthday ever!

The Purple Foodie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0000

So I got the most awesome things for my birthday today (I turn 23!). Celebrations got an early start yesterday morning when I got two packages in the mail. One was the Ottolenghi cookbook that Hilda sent me (for the giveaway I won a few days ago) and the bigger surprise was a pack three books I’ve…

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Jail Movie Review : What a jail bin machhli!

Khalid Mohamed — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:10:21 +0000

Jail

Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Manoj Bajpai and Ram Gopal Varma movie-type of clowns-`n’-clones

Director: Madhur Bhandarkar out of form

Rating: Two stars (there’s nothing here that you don’t know or haven’t seen already)
Egg tu Bhandarkar! His angry young prisoner is thrown right into…

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Corbett and I (Pt.2)

tiger — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:21:55 +0000

…By now it was already the 27th of October and getting cold and then word came from the headman of Thak that a man from their village was missing…

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Teaching Human Evolution In Pakistan Can Be Dangerous

Suvrat Kher — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:19:00 +0000

Kenneth Chang of New York Times has written an interesting summary on the teaching and acceptance of evolution across Muslim countries and among Muslim immigrants in many western nations.

Atomic physicist Pervez. A Hoodbhoy went through a dramatic moment while lecturing at a university in…

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