Went out of town for a few days to visit some friends, and succumbed to an infection on coming home. (Welcome back, say the bacteria) Made mush of my voice, and effectively prevented me from eating and drinking. And swallowing. It’s not like I pay that much attention to the act of swallowing, but being […]
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Still a girl (at heart)
A couple of weeks back, self and hubby are listening to this desi radio station on the weekend, and the RJ announces a desi dance party. Well, nice I think. He follows it up by a proclamation that the young folks had better be nicely dressed. Then he says something to this effect “If you’re […]
Read the rest of this entry »Best Sci-fi movies
I’m trying to think of really good sci-fi films, but can (surprisingly) come up with only a handful, the best being “The Matrix” . Then there are the “Alien” and the “Terminator” films ofcourse. There’s Asimov’s “I, Robot” which turned into a fairly interesting film. And H.G.Wells “The war of the world’s” was OK. “Sphere” […]
Read the rest of this entry »Cooking (mis)demeanors
Cooking is not in my blood. I mean, I cook decently enough, but if Sanjeev Kapoor ever looked for an assistant, I don’t think he’d pick me. Philosophically speaking, what’s one to do ? You gotta eat. And you can’t eat philosophically. Unless it’s like eating your own words (which isn’t much fun). And while […]
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The pleasure of a city is in it’s transportation system. Ease of use, the ability to travel where you want to go, unfettered, is uplifting, empowering. So, I love Bombay, although I’ve been crushed to pieces (like the others) in the ladies compartment of the local trains, and had a horrific time, once, when I […]
Read the rest of this entry »Hai, that love of euphemisms ! (For Blank Noise Project Blog-a-thon)
Wikipedia defines “eve-teasing” as a euphemism. And what a euphemism ! It’s actually a nice word for molestation – hear, hear ! And we need nice words for serious problems like sexual harassment, because how would we, otherwise decent people, live in sanity in our “high-moralled cultural” society, where on one hand we revere the […]
Read the rest of this entry »A difference of opinion, and a matter of spirit
Some days back I saw “Rang de basanti”. And I thought it a fantastic film. I reviewed in my Movie Review Blog, here. I like it and I said so. Unlike many others apparently. Some criticised it on their blogs, some in their comments and Vijay pointed me to a an article which castigated the […]
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Blank Noise Project is hosting a “Blog-A-Thon” on the issue of street harassment. It will happen on March 7th, on various blogs, as many, many bloggers, vent, rage, speak from the heart or just give you plain old information. Check out their site for an update of the blogs participating. And if you feel strongly […]
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