Recently caught an episode of the “Miss America Reality Check” on TLC. The show started Jan 4th. and according to TLC, does the following : “TLC has announced Miss America: Reality Check, a four-part reality special that will follow 52 beauty queens as they prepare to compete in the 2008 Miss America Pageant, will premiere […]
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Subtle images of disempowerment
NDTV has been advertising the advent of it’s new channel NDTV Imagine, which starts Jan 21st. One of the advertisements is for the soap “Radha ki betyaan kuch kar dikhayengi”. From the web “Radha Ki Betiyaan is the story of a proud mother who instils the right values in her daughters and believes in their […]
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Have you heard ? Muslim fundies have been offended yet again ! From Mid-day : “The All India Ulema Council (AIUC), an umbrella organisation of Muslims, is ‘shocked’ that the Godrejs gave a warm welcome to Salman Rushdie in Mumbai last week.” . . . . “The AIUC has demanded an apology from Godrej chairman […]
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Anyone see this ? CNN reports : “When Mark Malkoff thought about where he could stay while his New York City apartment was being fumigated for cockroaches, he quickly ruled out friends’ places (too small) and hotels (too expensive). Instead, the comedian and filmmaker decided to move into an Ikea store in suburban New Jersey, […]
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One of my friends is going on a no alcohol and no meat diet from this year. It’s apparently already started. I’m not sure how long it’ll last. Also, more and more of the folks I know are getting pretty sociable. And that’s not relative to me, since I’m not the most sociable cat in […]
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I’ve picked the best films of the year – THE TOP 10 COUNTDOWN 2007, and they are at my blog, here, and also at Planet Bollywood , here. Also see the picks of the other Planet Bollywood critics in the Spotlight Section. And then I couldn’t help it – there were so many of them […]
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You hear reports of assault, and you hear them, and you hear them again. And your ears burn. It’s the oft-repeated story. Last New Year. Last year. This year. Next year. Every day of every year. Every second of every minute of every day of every year. Minor things, they say. Harmless. After all, boys […]
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