Just when we were resigned to the prospect of drawing a blank yet again in our Odyssean quest for fine Hindi movies, comes along a delightful Bollywood aberration called Taare Zameen Par. With its offbeat and gripping story supported by fine performances from the key players, Taare Zameen Par is an easy movie to love. Taare Zameen […]
The party of Ram Bhaktas – BJP – notched up a decent victory in the Legislative Assembly elections in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Lord Ram flanked by brother Lakshman & wife Sita with Hanuman kneeling before him Here’s the latest Gujarat Election tally: Party Seats Won BJP 117 Congress 59 Others 6 […]
The word smell is part of several English phrases. Here are some of them: Smell blood -discern weakness in an opponent. Smell a rat – suspect treachery or deception. Smell the roses – enjoy or appreciate the small things of life.
Movie: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Sacha Baron Cohen (of Borat fame) Director: Tim Burton Music: Stephen Sondheim Release Date: Dec. 21, 2007 in the U.S. ********** By God, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a bloody gorgeous movie. Very bloody […]
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s gutsy daughter Amrit Singh, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union in New York City, is needling the Bush administration again on the torture issue. This time, Amrit Singh, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s Immigrants Rights Project, attacked the Bush administration the other day on the CIA tape […]
After eight months of review for possible antitrust violations, the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday approved Google’s $3.1 billion acquisition of Internet ad server DoubleClick. But the European Commission has yet to sign off on the deal. In a 4-1 vote to close its investigation of the transaction, the FTC wrote in its majority statement: After carefully […]