“North Country” is very “Erin Brokovich” like. Lone woman, with kids needs to feed her family. But will not back down in the face of hardship. Nice. And effective. It is ofcoure great that both these charcters of strong women are based on real life characters. Charlize Theron is Josie Aimes, who leaves her abusive […]
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Yoga and marketing
I have a new found appreciation for Yoga. And it’s all due to marketing, here in the US. People do it, people take classes, and understand it as a means of achieving their physical fitness goals. You have Yoga aids, like the strap, the block. You can use a Yoga mat. You can wear “Yoga” […]
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In her column for the Indian Express, journalist Tavleen Singh writes about the “India Everywhere” campaign in Davos : “It was such a seductive mix of magic and modernity that many of my foreign friends promised they would come to India this year, no matter what. When I landed at Mumbai airport I thought of […]
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In this blog Uma writes about dowry. Plain and simple, it’s not hard to understand. What is abundantly clear from the various links she has, and from the horror stories you have head from family/friends (as I have) , that in the face of weak laws and an even weaker justice system, and a “culture” […]
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I head homeTo be engufed in what I call, affectionatelythe Royal (C)rushCars, everywhere, a swamp.So, what else is new ? Categories : _poetry
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I don’t know. Why do people blog ? Hmmm – it’s a Friday afternoon, so I really don’t have time to ponder over vague philosophical questions. But they are similar questions, don’t you think ? This guy though does have some idea, and he puts it pretty succintly too : “Why do people blog? You […]
Read the rest of this entry »A could-have-been-review : Kalyug
Saw Kalyug recently or should I say, saw it partially. Had to leave midway, because the film degenerated into sordidness. Checked out the reviews online and apparently I hadn’t even gotten very far. Had no idea of the film but as it started I saw that it was from the Bhatt camp, and down went […]
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