He has been honoured with several awards, kudos, and other praises. For good reason. Personally, I do not consider Naseeruddin Shah to be an actor par excellence, at least going by all the media hype that surrounds him. I guess the media has some inexplicable fetish for theatre/stage actors who become successful in cinema. Look [...]
It is both curious and ironical how a single defeat can overturn the fortunes of a person or organization. When things seem to be going the way the current victor wants, there seems little chance of “cruel fate” intervening. The same can be said of the one who is “licking wounds,” clueless and looking for [...]
Readers familiar with this weblog must suffer from nausea thanks to the countless digs I’ve taken at the pervasive corruption that affects India. The story is the same this time around. Another year, another report, yet nothing happens.
The latest report however, says that one in four (sitting) MPs (have been) charged in criminal cases. [...]
The deed was done 2 days ago, and almost the entire country is relieved. Veerappan was gunned down, shot at point blank range: in the head.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. He deserved the manner in which he died.
You certainly feel sorry for his wife, but that’s that. The media has got new fodder [...]
With the Congress-led UPA in power, this should come as no surprise to anybody. Banning books, banning films, trying to suppress truth… the good ol’ days are back but not with the same ruthlessness, thank God for small mercies. The realities are certainly different today than it was back [...]
This news vindicates the byline of my weblog. For one, I was–and still am–never a great admirer of people who win the Nobel prize. Increasingly, the award ceremony seems to me an elaborate show of buffoonery. I say “buffoonery” with a reason: people all over the world know the rigging, lobbying, and an assortment of [...]
Over to Alan Sullivan at Fresh Bilge, who makes very perceptive observations about Sectarians with Nukes aka a Nuclear Pakistan in response to a comment I had left on his blog. He says:
Although Pakistan supplies manpower to the international jihad, it is also a victim of Saudi subversion…
I beg to differ slightly. Pakistan is not [...]
Don’t be fooled by the title of this entry. A certain Cartel member who has a penchant for dropping PJs on his blog adds insult to injury in three ways:
Drops PJs routinely: that it is an insult to injury is self-evident
Forces us to laugh: it’d be easier if he had just said, “go on laugh, [...]
Anybody who has seen the Vidhana Soudha cannot possibly miss the grossly vulgar line that shouts at you:
GOVERNMENT’S WORK IS GOD’S WORK. Yes, all in caps, using the boldest of bold Type.
This line, simple as it looks, contains an enormous, almost sinister, implication. If government’s work is God’s work, can we reasonably conclude that [...]
I’ve been debating whether I really had to write a review on The Da Vinci Code, but what the hell! Here goes.
I bought it impulsively at a book exhibition I recently visited, more out of curiosity than the hype that surrounded it. And finished it in one sitting; never mind that it cost me a [...]
