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Education: A degree in the discovery of my own ignorance
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Revelations of a hedonistic week
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Reviewed Sideways
A fair amount of movies suffer from the ’’realisation syndrome’’, where the book is far superior to the movie. Alexander Pickett, who wrotRead more...
Reminiscences of a native son
Reviewed Bangalore
’’Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith tRead more...
Ein Volk. Ein Reich. Ein Fuhrer. Ein News Channel
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Reviewed Fox News Channel
’’Making Joe Goebbels proud’’ was the title of my friend’s paper for his journalism class. No, it does not deal with the extremely efRead more...
A casualty of the ideology war
Reviewed Recalling September 11, 2001!
A lot of material both political and moral has been said and written about that day in the year 2001 when a few jetliners irreversibly acquainted  themselves Read more...
Songs which redefined Cacophony
Reviewed Twenty Worst Rock Songs
Having initiated and participated in various arguments about that genre of music called rock, I have a very opinionated list of what songs can ruin my day. I Read more...
Trans-religious soul stirrings among the ruins
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Reviewed Mr & Mrs Iyer
’’Mr. & Mrs. Iyer’’ is a movie made by Aparna Sen, featuring Rahul Bose, Konkana Sen among others. Having been suckered by my friend intoRead more...
A perspective on the vast right wing conspiracy
Reviewed Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11 is a documentary by Michael Moore, who’s previous documentaries include the very successful ’’Bowling for Columbine’’Read more...
The romance of illegality
Reviewed Green Card Fever
’’Green Card Fever’’ is a movie made by Bala Rajashekaruni starring Vikram Dasu, Purva Bedi, Deep Katdare among others. What does an expaRead more...
India's very own Sears catalog
Reviewed Femina
Before I write a review I would like to apologize to all fans of the magazine for being such a classless representative of the oppressive sex who has nothing Read more...
How I decided to dumb down and vote for Bush
Reviewed War on Iraq: Case For 'Yes'
A ritual that I follow every morning is to open up my Hotmail account. Invariably when I sign out of the account I am dutifully forwarded to the MSN homepage.Read more...
The Church with no bells
Reviewed Breaking the Waves
Breaking the waves is a movie by the Danish director Lars Von Trier. It is his first English movie after making several very successful and thought-provoking Read more...
Insipid adaptation of the Illiad
Reviewed Troy
Troy, is a movie based on the epic, The Illiad by Homer, a Greek poet. It tells the story of the Trojan war, fought between the Trojans led by Hector and the Read more...
007 with silver bullets and wooden stakes
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Reviewed Van Helsing
Van Helsing is a movie made by the creator of the ’’The Mummy’’ series, Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as Van Helsing, Kate BeckiRead more...
Beauties of today
Reviewed Kill Bill Vol 2
Hi people. Being my first review on this website, I want to choose a beautiful topic. Could there possible be anything better than this??? ------------------Read more...
Cryptography for Dummies...
Reviewed Digital Fortress - Dan Brown
Dan Brown, the author of the acclaimed ’’The Da Vinci code’’ has written another book of the same quality ’’Digital FortressRead more...
Microsoft's vision or lack of it
Reviewed Microsoft Longhorn
Microsoft Longhorn.... the next big thing touted by Microsoft as the OS to end all OSes. The hype about this operating system has been so much of late that I Read more...
Musings of a celluloid junkie
Reviewed Ten Best English Movies
The spectre of the top 10 lists haunts me again. It is heart-wrenching to leave some unparalleled movies out, for to be eclectic with the works of genius is tRead more...
Reflections on Death
Reviewed 21 Grams
I’ve heard a Zen philosophical statement saying ’’All of life is a preparation for death’’. Although I don’t want to subscribe tRead more...
Songs I would play before Ragnarok
Reviewed Twenty Best Rock Songs
It’s a very difficult choice to make for me, to pick twenty songs because it’s like making a list of  the most beautiful things in life(ever wonder Read more...
Of a macabre murder, a choir boy and an attorney
Reviewed Primal Fear
The movie ’’Primal Fear’’ is based on the book by William Diehl. Gregory Hoblit directs this movie with screen play by Steve Shagan and AnRead more...
Crazy Action - One Last Time
Reviewed Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning marks the end of a legendary Hollywood series. I grew up watching Ethan Hunt and his thrilling moves. It was an emotioRead more...
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Commented on ms_express's review
A question eternally debated on many forums!!! Anyway sometimes I think we as Indians are very judgemental of other cultures. Let's not preach here Mr. Munir, cause that's what I find this review doing. Also ABCD is not politically correct anymore.. Other than that it seems to be a good expression o Read More...
Commented on abbiji's review
I can't seem to understand the inadvertent leaning towards Intel processors and mobos. AMD seems to have better offerings and for the Indian climate, you would want a processor which runs between 28 deg C and 45 deg C, which the Socket 939 processors satisfy and they are priced very competitively. Read More...
Rated on abbiji's review
Commented on own review
Vivek_c doesn't know how to spell, let alone know anything about music. Don't care what he thinks. 'Prem_dude' is a kid, I mean, who uses 'dude' anymore, unless they've been watching too much MTV. As far as knowledge goes, I don't think this guy's offering me a job as a DJ, so don't have to justi Read More...
Commented on vivek_chaturvedi's review
Lyla and Mrs. Medha are generally very generous with their ratings. If they have complained, you must be doing something really wrong. I'll be cruel, because I have the luxury to be and ask if you ever passed fourth grade essay writing? But the good thing is that you have realized that you are fa Read More...
LOL, who told you it was a book. Please recommend me to get flagged. I am tired of this site anyway. Never compared myself to A.O. Scott. Inane comparison. I can only hope to be as good. Atleast he doesn't recommend saying 'Oops don't want to give away the story', LOL.
You missed the entire point of the movie. Everybody has a crush..I agree..but how many crushes teach you to live life with grace in the face of adversity. I am refraining from rating the review, lest I be accused of being vindictive.
Vivek, WTF are you talking about? A movie review is composed of the story and how the actors portray the characters in equal parts. I could've have slobbered over the delicious Ms. Bellucci, but didn't, so your comment seems to have been made for it's own sake. Do me a favor and read 'How to crit Read More...
'Dude' is such a puerile word. I understand that you are trying to be hep, but really, a better choice of words is warranted. Anyway coming to the fact that you want to get personal regarding reviews, read the Iron Maiden reviews. What can I say to somebody who thinks IM is the greatest? Probably Read More...
Commented on Cousin2's review
Your reviews are to the point and eloquent. A rare combination. Be sure to read Slate's guide to Sideways. They have an excellent wine section too. If you haven't toured Napa valley, you should. Personally prefer the Australian varieties.
Rated on Cousin2's review
@rexsjain: Thx, the southpark character was a lark, but couldn't get it off the profile pg once uploaded @Cousin2: Your writing is very informative and has a no-nonsense style. @sunshine2006: Always thought my writing was baroque. Good to hear it's not. @kishore: watch the internet sur Read More...
Rated on mohanswamy's review
Commented on chandni.'s review
Wouldn't put Harley on top of that list. Having personally owned a Triumph, an Indian and a WWII era Royal Enfield, the Triumph & the Indian top the Harley in sheer performance. Unfortunately they don't make Royal Enfields like they used to. The best bet would be to buy one in an Army surplu Read More...
Commented on desischado's review
That was good, maybe I don't agree with everything, but the review was to the point and thoughtful.
Rated on kunalism's review
Commented on kunalism's review
I may not agree with all your points but have to agree that was a good analysis. Ever wonder why people didn't decipher the underlying cynicism in the Gita? It's the word of God, that life's just a series of well-enacted scenes, reminding us that we shouldnt' take ourselves seriously.
For taking the time to read and comment. Mukund, The cops wait after 11.00 pm every night at major intersections and from what I've heard make a windfall from drunk drivers. So my advice is if you are sampling the fare of the pubs, get a ride home. Yup that's right, its too crowded even to walk. Read More...
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