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Meenaxi: A tale of 3 cities I saw the movie last year and now a few days back again. I liked it. No, I didn’t like the movie, I like the thought it explored. Minaxi was not a story being told. It was the story of how a story begins….
My journey through the years traced in a different wish-list at each age – from childhood innocence to adult aspirations.
Now and then I am rather startled when one of my close girlfriends speaks her mind. Of course that is THE point of a ladies’ night out, girl talk, female bonding yada yada yada. Still, it comes as something straight between your eyes when Ms.Dignified-to-the-point-of-being-Bronze statue-ed-almost or ‘Sweet n’ giggly…
‘Kuch kuch hota hai’ was on TV yesterday. One of the early movies that made Karan Johar into a brand name. I was in college when I saw this movie. Of course I couldn’t say I liked it…it wasn’t cool to admit to liking this sort of popcorn-n-plastic fare! But…
I read an article in the Mumbai Mirror today titled “Find the missing comic”. It listed all the finalists of ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’ and surprise, surprise…they were all male! The article went on to ask people whether women had a sense of humour or not. Of course we…
My 14-year-old cousin thinks the Indian Idol, Abhijeet Sawant ‘has nice eyes’. She has his album carefully tucked away between her best clothes. And she thinks the contestants of Fame Gurukul are so lucky because one of them got to sing a duet with him. Ah….it is beginning! My kid…
Nostalgic memories of Diamond comics, forbidden yet intriguing. Chacha Chaudhary’s adventures, Tinkle, and Champak; a journey back to childhood joys.
A trip to the Oxford bookstore yields some cynical trends about readers and the publishing industry and ends in a befuddling find.
I love commercials. I hum jingles and quote taglines in conversations. The TV is on at full blast and the only time I yell “Don’t change the channel!” is when there’s a commercial on air. I hated school. I still do. I don’t reminisce about the good ol’ playground and…
