by SI Blog Reader AC The wife and I just got back from an exhilarating 10 day trip to Ireland. Unlike our previous holidays together, we decided to not stay in any place for too long and to just drive around the island. Moving in a clockwise direction, we visited Dublin, Waterford, Dingle, Galway, Belfast […]
It is worth being shot at to see how much one is loved. – Queen Victoria after surviving another assassination attempt ( in 1882). Source: How Not To Kill a Queen by John Sutherland, New York Times, July 29, 2012 Victoria survived eight assassination attempts on her life. Surviving great danger or coming through fine […]
No marriage is happy after it happens. It’s only before, thinking of it, that it’s happy. – Manju’s drunkard father in Behind the Beautiful Forevers p.183 I can’t swear it’s all non-fiction. But Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo is a devastating indictment of what is […]
Dark Knight Rises’ director Christopher Nolan may know a thing or two about the technique of making movies but he’s has always been a less than inspiring figure when it comes to the artistic elements, the magical amalgam that delivers a soul-stirring movie. I don’t know about you schmucks but when the lights go out […]
For long, I thought these Gujjus were a law abiding people, content to work in Dunkin Donuts, motels and newsstands, make their weekly trips to the Swaminarayan Mandir and excitedly yell Jai Shri Ram upon seeing another Indian. Hell, shows how little I know. Lately, some Patels have been up to all sorts of mischief […]
Dark Knight Rises Review – Disappointing It’s not every day that a movie earns a 97%* rating (* keeps fluctuating) on the world’s most second most popular movie review site. Yes, the early reviews for The Dark Knight Rises are out on Rotten Tomatoes. And they’re mostly gushing, overflowing with praise. Unless a meteor strikes […]