Book Review : Dead in a Mumbai Minute

I expected it to be a good read, but not a cracker! Yet I was pleasantly surprised by Dead in a Mumbai Minute by Madhumita Bhattacharyya. What a reader really loves is a well-conceived story. Unfortunately, in India, anything goes in the name of the story. Normally the characters lack depth, storyline is weak and […]

Fooled by Randomness / Book Review

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. – Ralph Waldo Emerson I am very much interested to know what Mr. Taleb has to say about that! Because I don’t think he is at all shallow……….. The other day, I was watching ‘Luck‘, an utterly conventional Bollywood movie – it […]

Bollywood and Space

“Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can’t escape it.” Shahrukh Khan Had it not been this particular tale, I might have written it in a different manner. But of course, I wouldn’t have even liked to write it in any other manner. Bollywood as you know dear readers […]

Sethji / Book Review

Sethji by Shobhaa Dé My rating: 1 of 5 stars You wouldn’t have expected a book that plastic-y from a “veteran” author such as Shobhaa De. Maybe once upon a time in a distant, ancient, rural and rustic India, such indecency would have shocked the people of this country and indeed would have made her […]

Barfi!

‘Picture shuru, huyi picture shuru………………’ Even before the film started, ‘Barfi!’ gave a reason to smile. In the divine settings of Darjeeling, in its narrow streets and alleyways, the ubiquitous rail lines circuiting all over the beautiful hill station and in the hearts of the simple minded residents (lucky them!), this movie had a […]

Don 2

Forget everything I ever said about Mission Impossible, I can recommend you a movie even better than that- it’s a one crafted in our Desi Bollywood– Don 2. ‘Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi, namumkin hai’ (It’s not just difficult to catch Don, it’s impossible.)- is not the only catchphrase that will ring in your […]