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Chandigarh
Member Since:Jun 16, 2003
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I am a lawyer. I practice indirect taxation laws predominantly these days though I have had exposure to corporate, civil and constitutional litigation. Along with practicing laws, I teach legal aptitude to aspirants for five year law school entrance exams. These days I am involved in a preparation for competitive exams for various government services. I am a voracious reader, most of my free time is spent in reading. My interests are varied and I have done substantial reading and research on warfare and strategy, corporate strategies and business practices. These days I have involved myself in International Affairs, Politics (contemporary and historical), Philosophy and various governmental affairs. I am also a big movie buff and every third or fourth day I try to watch a new movie. Here my interests are specific - I like documentaries and the ones I see are essentially directly or indirectly related to whatever reading I am involved in. Along with, I like historical costume dramas (viz Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Troy), movies based on real life stories, biographical movies, movies on organized crime and the ones who have some secret operation and/or intelligence agencies in the middle of the story. I am currently deeply into (and have been for quite a while) Noam Chomsky. I am also reading a lot of Indian political history and the independence movement. As always I somehow always find the time to watch at least one new movie every three or four days. I don't however review all of them. Paucity of time to be blamed!!
About Me
Education: B.Com , LL.B.
Food and Drinks: Scotch with Soda and Ice - anything vegitarian goes with it!! I don't eat non-veg.Books: On politics, strategy, philosophy, biographies and auto biographies and a novel once in a whileMovie Stars: Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Al Pachino, Amir Khan, Leonardo DeCapriaoMovies: Even longer list...T.V. Shows: I loved The West Wing. Still miss it!!Music: Rock, Country, instrumentalQuotes: (It is a long one, from Chomsky, the space here is not enough to quote it)
Food and Drinks: Scotch with Soda and Ice - anything vegitarian goes with it!! I don't eat non-veg.
Books: On politics, strategy, philosophy, biographies and auto biographies and a novel once in a while
Movie Stars: Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Al Pachino, Amir Khan, Leonardo DeCapriao
Movies: Even longer list...
T.V. Shows: I loved The West Wing. Still miss it!!
Music: Rock, Country, instrumental
Quotes: (It is a long one, from Chomsky, the space here is not enough to quote it)
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@ nazu561 - I recently spotted a copy in a local bookstore here (i reside in Chandigarh). It is a very famous book. You should contact your bookseller and request the person to procure a copy for you. Any decent library would have a copy of this book. Or you can try buying it online. I guess IndiaTi Read More...
Pradeepk123 - What hope does it leave for Democracy? Great question. If you'll be so kind to visit my blog and read the entire thing, you'll come to realize that, as I say, it is better to have Pessimism of the Intellect than Optimism of the Will. But things can change. It will however, require n Read More...
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Commented on rinaldo_leo79's article
Democracy Among the list of countries in your post, Britain is the only democratic country. Same is done in India with people who have illegally crossed the border. The bunch of things you listed is with people who seek asylum or are refugees. Shows all the more how a real democratic country works!! Read More...
Crossing the Indian border!
Thanks Soldier. A movie like Traitor deserves more than 7500 words. What you read here was part of what is there on my blog. The blog includes a detailed analysis with references to various other movies on the same theme, two of which I have already reviewed on MS. Links can be found footnoted on Read More...
http://khagesh-gautam.blogspot.com/2009/12/pocket-mein-rocket.html
Thanks for the feedback. I have written a longer piece about the same movie on my blog - www.khagesh-gautam.blogspot.com discussing various interpretations of this movie. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Commented on insanechants's review
Blackberry is an addiction man. I agree with your review above. It is simply superb. I toyed with the idea of moving back to Nokia. E 63 may be. Dropped it in a couple of hours. Blackberry rocks.
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I've been using this phone for about two weeks now. The price now is 24,990. And I absolutely agree with your review. This is a great device.
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Commented on kunalkhandwala's review
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