Nazar Review
May 21, 2005Last night I went to see Nazar at Fame Adlabs with Anand and his friends. Anand Sivakumaran is also the writer of the film. Let me start by what the film is not. It is not the Eyes of Laura Mars –…
Survey in the mail
May 19, 2005In my inbox today – a peculiar mail. An excerpt from it: Dear Sir/Madam, We request you to take some time off your busy schedule to fill in this questionnaire about “Blogging”. The survey is aimed at finding out what does/could drive…
Accredited by the Government
May 18, 2005The ToI reports that the GoI (now that rhymes) is thinking ( and that is an oxymoron) of accrediting internet journalists and bloggers. In a 5 years past its sell by date quote, the Principle Information Officer Shakuntala Mahawal said: We are…
Redefining Double Standards
May 17, 2005The Pentagon has reached a new low. It has accused Newsweek of being “irresponsible” for suggesting that interrogators desecrated the Holy Koran. The Guardian reports a spokesman for the Pentagon saying: ” ….our reaction is that Newsweek reported something that was factually…
Second Birthday
May 16, 2005Two years ago, today, the three of us signed the papers and formed Cogito TV. It has been a long, hard, and broke (especially broke) two years. There have been times that each of us has screamed blue murder and talked about…
Deconstructing Sacred Cows
May 16, 2005Two brilliant quotes from two of my oft read blog sites. This one is from Crooked Timber, commenting on Thomas Friedman’s new book, The World is Flat: It takes a long, long apprenticeship laboring the Augean stables of Globollocks to write a…
The Death of Star Trek
May 16, 2005Star Trek is finally dead. Author Orson Scott Card says it is about time. In a irritated write up in the LA Times he lists all things that were wrong about it. Especially the fans’ obsession. They started making costumes and wearing…
The Last Word
May 16, 2005Shishir’s signature on his email: The generation that used acid to escape reality Is now using antacid to deal with reality Shirish’s is: all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that a few good men do nothing Mine for…
Gender Descriptions:)
May 15, 2005This a forward from Ingrid: Audre Lorde’s comment about gender-specific occupations: “Being called a poetess brings out the terroristress in me”
Killer Hangup
May 15, 2005Today, I read about the new motorcycle to be launched by Bajaj. It is called the Avenger. It replaces the Eliminator in the market. When it comes to advertising men’s products there seems to be an overdose of words that refer to…