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One Line Review – The Day the Naxals won !
summary – on a planet far far away, computer generated ancient people – who live as one with nature – face off against wicked humans who want to mine a rare metal ! And, of course, with bows and arrows, other primitive weaponary, a wing and [...]

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I have been, for long, a huge fan of Alan Moore -the British Comic writer – who has shaped the form that comics have taken since the 1980’s.
The 1960’s and 1970’s were the time when comics in general, and super hero comics in particular were bright and cheesy – and mostly for teenage boys. People [...]

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Irena Salina’s film “Flow – For the Love of Water ” aka “Flow – How did a handful of corporations steal our water” is a well made documentary that looks at the issues regarding clean portable (drinkable) water to the world’s population at large.
The film’s narrative weaves together myriad issues including providing water to [...]

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Take some data. it could be any data. Add a bit of correlation, stir in a bit of causality, simmer with coincidence and garnish with a leap of faith – package well with a chatty narrative style -and bingo – you have Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, which looks at what makes people successful.
Don’t [...]

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i kind of know why I stopped watching movies. They got bad. Then, they got terrible. And, then they just got plain unwatchable. And, i went from being someone who would watch a movie a day to one who watches one every 2 months, and that too because it is work
This year, part [...]

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The buzz, the glamour, the hype, the smartness, the over exposure, in a way makes us forget what a good actor Shah Rukh Khan  is. And, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is another example of a person carrying a film by their sheer ability.
Yesterday, along with a full theatre at Cinemax Versova, I saw Yash [...]

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Ode to Kirihito – Osamu Tezuka is one of my favourite graphic novelists. I found his Buddha series incredible, and his Apollo’s Song heartbreakingly beautiful. JD gifted me ‘An Ode to Kirihito a few months ago, but i simply didn’t have the time to start it. A few weekends ago, I took it to Lonavala [...]

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After a long time, I picked up a book by an Indian author and managed to finish it. And enjoy it. And, not tear out my hair in frustration at the pace of the story or the meta level philosophical inputs that keep creeping into story lines.

Smita Jain’s debut novel is a good fun romp [...]

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…..Not so much a concise book, as a slightly largish magazine feature. It has the wry observation, and the witty descriptions that is Bill Bryson's trademark .. but it isn't an involving read. And much like nicely written features for In flight magazines – there isn't too much to object to, at the same time [...]

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