I’ve been meaning to say this for a long time, so here goes. I love Priyanka Chopra. Sure she won the Ms. World title after a wrong answer in her question-answer round. She was asked by Jerry Springer, American T.V show host, who she thought was the most successful woman living and she answered Mother […]
Tiger Tiger. burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye. Could frame thy fearful symmetry? William Blake’s rich imagery and sheer awe for his subject left a serious impression on me when I first read the poem as a 12-year-old. The image of a tiger at the edge of a […]
EDIT: Back to having problems with linking stuff in my posts. I’ve listed all links at then end of the post. The Maharashtra (the state in which Mumbai is located) court recently announced that from now on, they would only hand out taxi permits to people who could speak, read and write Marathi fluently. I’m […]
In the wake of one of the worst natural disasters in history Pat Robertson, televangalist, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, 1988 US Presidential hopeful, host of the 700 Club (we even have ourselves an Indian version of the show ‘Ek Nayi Zindagi’ (a new life) on Star Plus), and sociopath dropped the following pearls […]
It’s a scientifically established fact that T.V is awesome. But to be very honest, except for the spate of reality shows that I only watch because metaphorical train wrecks are more watchable than actual train wrecks (A not-so-subtle nod to you Ms. Sawant!) there’s nothing that can keep me watching T.V for more than a […]
EDIT EDIT SUPER AWESOME EDIT: I’m so glad that deep down inside I’m a metrosexual dude and therefore spend an obnoxious amount of time on Esquire.com becasue John Richardson just wrote THIS. “WHADDYA MEAN OBAMA HASN’T DONE ANYTHING?” (http://www.esquire.com/print-this/obama-timeline-110309) I was one of the people feverishly wielding a debit card by my computer, donating to […]
I saw “What’s Your Rashee?” last night, and save for the bazillion songs and very forgettable music, I really enjoyed it. The script was kind of funny and Gujrati theatre veteran Dilip Joshi is always a pleasure to watch. Priyanka Chopra was surprisingly competent in her 12 avtaars and the art direction was quiet stylish […]
I am normally gripped by the fancy to watch a movie once every month. This is crazy because I grew up watching first-day-first-shows of almost every Hindi movie ever made. It had translated in to being a long line outside Lowe’s theater on 31st and 2nd every Thursday night to watch the first-night-first-show of every […]
November has been, pretty much the most eventful year of 2009 so far. Well, there were other eventful months to be honest, but none of them that I would think of as eventful in a good way. The play that I had been working on I am an Emotional Creature with Mahabanoo and Kaizaad Mody […]
So as it turns out, there is no one better to comment about an Indian being detained at Newark airport, than an American. Our newscasters were too buy calling what is only a routine security measure “a deep, deep shame,”an “utter humiliation” and a “Sharukh bites a quivering lip and holds back tears while big, […]