KBC 2
August 6, 2005…. ouch a yawn. I loved the KBC promotions. The rap featuring Bachchan – don’t lose hope is the moral of the story was entertainment at its best. If the purpose was to get audiences to tune it – it worked. It’s…
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Recall Govinda
August 2, 2005Is there a legal way of getting rid of an elected member of Parliament? If so, can there be someone from Govinda’s constituency who can file the papers to get him removed. I can’t do it simply because i live in what…
Of Monologues & Dialogues
August 2, 2005When all that has to be done is done, and the rain Gods decide to take a break – the slanging match will begin. The left would whine – this is all the product of liberalization, they will say. They will cite…
Take a Break on a Rainy Day
July 25, 2005Chin 0 Arab Hamara, Hindustan Hamara Rehene ko Ghar Nahin Hai, Sara Jahan Hamara The people who build Mumbai – taking a break from the monsoon, under the flyover enroute to film city. The lines translated read: China and Arabia are ours,…
Loverly….
July 24, 2005The Mumbai Mirror has replaced the ToI as my favourite Loo read. From this mornings’ Mumbai Mirror online (front page), the link reads – Ask the Sexpert : * I have never had extramarital sex. Recently, I started flirting with our housemaid….
Socially Sacntified Violence Agaist Women
July 11, 2005In the week when the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Bill, 2005, was introduced – there were a few more horror stories about violence aganist women. The first is from Assam. And it mirrors the Imrana story. A father-in-law rapes his…
Terrorizing our sense of Security
July 10, 2005The last week has seen the relative calm that the world saw after 9-11 get shattered. Terrorism has reared its ugly head bringing death and destruction to innocents. So long as the terrorism is in far away Kashmir or the North East…
Dial One aur Jeeto
July 10, 2005Finally went on in its new avtaar from the 4th of July at Film City. Studio number 10 is our home for the next 3 months atleast. It is from this studio that we daily make (executive produce) and transmit India’s first…
Children’s Viewing
July 9, 2005I was skipping through channels today and chanced across Hungama – the childrens’ channel. Govinda was gyrating with some semi nude babe – the movie called Joru ka Ghulam What kind of Children’s viewing is this?
The Handmaid’s Tale
July 4, 2005One of the more chilling books that i have ever read is the Handmaid’s Tale. Based in a futue society, that is recovering from a nuclear war, it is about the changed role of women in society. If i can remember right,…