As boring as Hrithik Roshan in “Koffee with Karan”. Really, the guy can have the fittest body in all of Bollywood, but is he witty ? NO. He tries, yes, he does. But does he succeed ? NO. In KWK he was so amazingly inane that he threatened to take the crown from the master […]
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Fair and Lovely and worth it ?
Courtesy Robert Burns (and the Web) , I get to hear this : . . .Fair and lovely as thou art,Thou hast stown my very heart;. . . Courtesy Salon.com I get to hear about the furor on the “Fair and Lovely” marketing campaign. Note that this is the very cream that was the reason […]
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With all the brouhaha in UP, there are also new ads on UP on NDTV. I say ads because there are a few, all very skillfully shot, featuring Amitabh Bachhan paying tribute to Uttar Pradesh. Along with making little of UP’s detractors, and pooh-poohing away the possibility of an increase in crime in UP, it […]
Read the rest of this entry »My Top Ten Songs of the week
And they are : 10. Kehta hai Baabul (the Amitabh-sung version from Baabul)9. Jaage hain (Guru)8. Tere bina (Guru)7. Karle karle (KBC Title Song)6. Halke Halke (Honeymoon Travels)5. Dil kya kare (Salaam-e-ishq)4. Dilli (Delhi Heights)3. Sach huyi (I see you)2. Sajnaji vaari vaari (Honeymoon travels)1. Tere bin (Delhi Heights) The #1 song, “Tere Bin” is […]
Read the rest of this entry »All I want . . .
Excess energy is one of those euphemistic oxymorons like enough money. Or spare time. Like what do you mean by spare ? Is there such a thing ? I hear bachelors (and bachelorettes) moan about not having enough time. And I’m thinking, honey wait till you have a spouse and kids, and a home and […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Sawal (and Jawab) of the week
Recently on KBC : SRK : Which of the following is not a type of coffee : A) CappucinoB) EspressoC) MochaD) Darjeeling Contestant : D) Darjeeling SRK : And D is correct because Darjeeling is . . . (waits for contestant to fill in) Contestant : A hill-station
Read the rest of this entry »Making Koffee without spilling the beans
Watching NDTV the other day, I come across this ad. for Koffee with Karan. Oooh, why is a rival channel (NDTV) advertising KWK which comes on Star ? Only it’s not exactly “Koffee with Karan” – it’s actually a preview for “Koffee with Karan”. A full-fledged program, by itself. On NDTV. How is Johar managing […]
Read the rest of this entry »Koffee with Karan : Same old same old
KWK returned yesterday, ie; Feb 11th, with Karan, and the usual junta. There was Sharukh, Kajol and Rani. Shahrukh was flanked on either side by the two second cousins, but that didn’t stop the man from letting loose his ad-libbing tongue. He said stuff to this effect : Karan : What would you do if […]
Read the rest of this entry »India the Superpower ?
CNN Money has an interesting article on India’s superpower status, and some eye-popping stats to go with it. Take for example : The adult literacy rate is 61 percent (behind Rwanda and barely ahead of Sudan)While I’m shocked to see it behind Rwanda, 61 sounds a high number; I thought it’s be less than that. […]
Read the rest of this entry »A different kind of hoo, hah !
Saw this via feministing.com , but here’s the link to the article. “A theatre in Florida has had to change the title of a charity production of The Vagina Monologues on its marquee, after a woman complained that it was offensive. The new name? They’ve decided on ‘The Hoohaa Monologues’.Atlantic Theatres in Atlantic Beach, Florida, […]
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