(For SI blog reader Guruprasad) Remind us never ever to heed the requests of these old fogies from Mysore. At the insistent request of one such individual with antediluvian tastes, we watched the old Amol Palekar starrer Gol Maal the other day. Our principal takeaway from the film – Whatever you do in life, make […]
For the last few days, we’ve had the restless itch to watch a good Hollywood movie. Voila, our wish was granted this afternoon with The Town. Featuring Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner and Rebecca Hall, The Town is a lovely tension-filled crime thriller set in Boston. A crime thriller set in Boston? Aha, reminds you schmucks […]
Boy, it sure looks like our current country the United States of America is going the way of our former country India. The US Census released the poverty numbers today. And they are real UGLY. So bad that they are the highest since poverty estimates started 51 years back. There were 43.6 million people living […]
We are distraught beyond words. 🙁 CNN has just projected the Tea Party supported candidate Christine O’Donnell as the winner of the Republican Primaries for the Senate seat previously held by our Vice President Joe Biden. It seems O’Donnell got 53.2% of the votes while Castle managed only 46.8%. Endorsed by Sarah ‘Nut Case’ Palin, […]
Dabangg Box Office – Fails to Sizzle at U.S. BO Too much hype has been created around the 26/11 attacks because elite people were targetted. Attacks have happened in trains and small towns too, but no one talked about it so much…..Everybody knows that the Pakistani government was not behind it and it was a […]
I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. – Mahatma Gandhi, Young India, August 11, 1920 At this pivotal moment in human history when hundreds of millions are struggling in the dark shadows, it’s the right occasion to reflect on whether Democracy is the best […]