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May 29, 2007My earlier hosting service, the excellent Weblleyou is in the process of winding down their service. And there i was, happily settled into my home – and had to move all over again. Given that in my childhood i moved 8 homes…
Month: May 2007
Universal Truths :)
May 25, 2007Raymond Chandler on Hollywood, quoted in the Guardian “Its idea of ‘production value’ is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that any good writer would throw away. Its vision of the rewarding movie is a vehicle for some glamour-puss with…
Weekend Viewing
May 21, 2007Most TV people I know consume very little of the medium. And, I am no exception. Partly it is the hours that I keep, and partly is the fact that [tag]saas bahu[/tag] has no appeal to me. And the thought of watching…
Excellent Advice
May 21, 2007From somewhere on the net, words of wisdom ! Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Happy new week !!
Anniversary
May 16, 2007Today is Cogito TV’s fourth anniversary 4 years of being an entreprenuer. What have I learnt? Humility – possibly, Patience – definitely. Above all, the sense that i have to do my best to succeed because going back to work in an…
The Best Read of Last Year
May 9, 2007There were soap operas – there still are — and then there were space operas, and now to top it all– we have the comic book opera. DC’s 52 week long extravaganza – aptly named [tag]52[/tag] – combined incredible writing talents to…
Review – Bheja Fry
May 7, 2007Imagine spending an evening with a man who is the verbal equivalent of Mr.Bean. That is essentially the one-liner of the film Bheja Fry. In the film, Vinay Pathak plays Bharat Bhushan, an Income Tax Officer with a passion for Hindi films…
Simple Truths
May 2, 2007Woody Allen in Annie Hall (on California) Annie: It’s so clean out here! Alvy (Woody): That’s because they don’t throw their garbage away, they turn it into television shows.
Labour Rights?
May 2, 2007In the 60th year of being Independent and the 57th year of being a Republic, a different kind of May Day Story – 27-year-old Ratnamma, a garment factory worker, was forced to deliver a baby on the streets of Bangalore because her…
Gems from Students
May 2, 2007Part of the last week or so has been spent at the University Of Mumbai – Kalina – correcting BMM papers. One of the good things about this years lot has been the number of students who seem to have understood the…