I am a tea-drinker. Not too much. But when I do, its got to be that simmered, boiled, golden brown, extremely sweet concoction, which will wake the dead (if needed). So, when at home, will actually go to the pains of boiling this stuff on the fire, for my cuppa tea. This doesn’t actually work […]
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You are what you sing
Been listening to Raghav’s debut album “Storyteller”. Out of the 16 tracks, I only actually like and listen to 4 over and over again : #1 – Let’s work it out#10 – Can’t get enough#11 – Angel eyes#16 – Teri baaton ne The other 12 tracks are interesting and pretty experimental, but not neccesarily earth […]
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Just finished reading Bharati Kirchener’s “Sharmila’s book”, and its OK, just OK. The story is off-beat in that an American born Desi female goes back to India for an arranged marriage, and steps right into our patriarchial Bharat, complete with cliched (although true – you really meet people like that) characters. The main reason I […]
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Ah, the eternal question ! What to watch, you know, filmwise ? I know which movies are on DVD, but I don’t know whether I’ll like them, hence end up seeing some real stinkers. I mean, the premise looks good, but whaddya know, the movie isn’t. So on my random movie-pick up sojourns, I recently […]
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Recently saw the film “Open Water”. Its inspired by a real-life incident, and is about this married diving couple, marooned in open water. And I mean really open water, not a hint of land, or any other creature around (oh, except for the sharks, and other marine life). They don’t have a boat, or supplies, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Straight from the horse’s mouth
Or rather mare. Which mare ? The mare that has read the book, seen the film, spent the weekend … doing sundry things, and experienced stuff – some good and some bad, and some which can only be classified as “yuck”. So, what now ? Whither goes this ? Down the random review road … […]
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