Rachana

I saw Rachana a long way back. Certain nuances of the movie totally escaped me, as I was a kid when I saw it.  But even so, the movie about a writer and his...Read more

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Nothing is impossible...

When I saw the promos of Chak De India first on TV, I wasn’t impressed. Another SRK flick from Yash Raj films no less. Then my cousin, an unabashed SRK fan,...Read more

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Kazcha - a feast for the eyes indeed

I read and was touched by movie Zombie's review on Parzania. It reminded me of a movie by a debutante director- Blessy, in Mollywood. The same subject, trea...Read more

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The Old Man and The Sea

Palolem Beach- Goa. I have never been to that beach, but the picture uploaded on the review reminded me of a movie I once saw- Moonnam Pakkam- of a sea like...Read more

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Slurplicious

In a family of 4, with two adults out for the last week, with just me and my baby and my maid to ccok for, I was definitely feeling lazy- to get up, to go t...Read more

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For want of a Montessori school

I haven't the foggiest idea of where, or how good a school Mahajana School is! My sincere apologies to the school authorities and all others concerned with ...Read more

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A mixed blessing

Last week there was an auto strike in B'lore. Which meant that all of us professionals who work half in and half out of office, had to perforce stay put ...Read more

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The scent of a man

The whiff of sandal wood.... From my childhood days, what it brings most to my mind is the scent of my father.As early as I can remember, he used to bathe w...Read more

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On lok and loka, not Lok Sabha

Read on and reflect folks- for a change this is a bit of phiilosopshical writing This weekend, while rolling out chappatties, I was idly reading an artic...Read more

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Old and new

Let's see... I think one of the most talented actresses in Malayalam cinema is  Urvashi. She can assume any role with perfect ease. Be it childish, roman...Read more

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Step by step

Very difficult indeed to list out 5 favourite books.  There are so many books, on so many subjects, in so many styles, by so many authors. how do you play f...Read more

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My Souten

Well, as you can garner from the title, this isn't exactly about broken relationships, but it is about the souten -  who is so fundamentally the reason for ...Read more

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Whodunit?

This Diwali, when my sister insisted that we go watch Classmates as it was supposed to be a good movie, none of us wanted to really watch the movie, however...Read more

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Black is beautiful

By vrtue of sheer size, a large gold embossed image, on a red background, of Lord Venateshwara dominated our small prayer room. However the Lord still didn'...Read more

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A booklover's corner

Blossom at Church Street, Bangalore has quite become my favourite place to wait for my husband.(any married person -female -will appreciate what I mean) We ...Read more

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Where Angels Dare to Tread

This was back in my teens- when it was the INnest thing to be reading a Sidney Sheldon...I just wanted to see what was so great about him and so started off...Read more

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