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Airport - I
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Reviewed Jet Airways
September 13, 2004. 05:40 hrs, Outside Jet Airways Terminal, Domestic Airport, Mumbai I had an important flight to catch. A lifeless me with dark circles under read more...
Is the movies contest still on?
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Reviewed North By Northwest
The Man Many brilliant directors have graced the celluloid world since the inception of the moving camera and left their indelible imprints over the decades. I read more...
The Drivers Handbook - II
Reviewed General views on Indian Traffic
Having traversed Indian roads all my life, I can confidently assert that the experience is extremely befuddling as it is humbling. Id even suggest that thread more...
A Strange Paradox
Reviewed Weapons of Peace - Raj Chengappa
“Love Thy Neighbour” is a strange paroxyism for India. Someone once jocularly said that half of India’s problems are because of Pakistan. He aread more...
Hari Puttar Ko Maaro Goli!
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Reviewed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J K Rowling
<I>“Crime Master Gogo” stood outside the bookstore (one of the many at Indooropilly) on a hot summer day, twiddling his huge thumbs and shiftiread more...
When Nature Calls
Reviewed Amoeba
When our boss informed us that we were going to enjoy an evening in town, little did I expect him to take us out for “Bowling”, a game as alien to mread more...
A for Apple, B for Bat...
Reviewed Who framed Roger Rabbit
Bheja Fry (Nimboo Maarke)
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Reviewed Jaal - The Trap
Welcome to the trap! There are known knows and then there are known unknowns. This is not to say that there are no unknown unknowns or unknown knows. It naturalread more...
One flew east, one flew west...
Reviewed One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Something, something, something, something… Apple seed and apple thorn, Tra la la, Tra la la, Three geese in a flock. One flew east, One flew west, And onread more...
Armageddon!
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Reviewed Qayamat
Eureka! Eureka!! After watching “Qayamat” on Saturday evening, I emerged out of the theatre with the satisfaction of having been served a sumptuousread more...
The Best Romantic Movie Ever?
Reviewed The Bridges of Madison County
Considering my inability to adequately comprehend and follow the English language spoken in most Hollywood movies, I make it a point to first read the book (if read more...
Poof!
Reviewed Hawa
Insistence is a strange trait in humans. Of the different kinds of people we come across in our daily lives, there are those who stand out like sore thumbs. Theread more...
Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!
Reviewed Tora Tora Tora
TiCs Random Thoughts Various war-based movies have been churned out by Hollywood over the decades but for all their technical wizardry and slick packagingread more...
El Magnificio!
Reviewed The Magnificent Seven
Random Thoughts The dual traits of nobility and heroism among gunslingers have always been a hotbed of debate for decades now. More often than not, there is a vread more...
Navratan Kurma, Lucknowi Style
Reviewed Pakeezah
The misconceived notion that the Hindi movies of the 1950s and 60s were predominantly elitist in their execution and meant for the classes rather than the masseread more...
A Prisoner's Diary - II
Reviewed Iraq - General
June 7, 2003 - 5:30 AM. (Guantanamo Bay, in a specially erected hi-security prison camp for me and my pal, OBL) For Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, read more...
Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum!
Reviewed Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
There was a stage in the early years of my life, must have been when I was between ages 10 and 16 that I used to look at the world through the eyes of the chararead more...
Bowled Out
Reviewed Strike 10
There is this preposterously pompous bowling centre called “Strike 10” at Laxmi Industrial Estate, Lokhandwala Link Road, Andheri (W), which ruined read more...
The Original Castaway
Reviewed Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
The Author Daniel Defoe is considered by many serious researchers of English Literature to be the first Englishman to ever publish a novel. Quite like his countread more...
Big Outcry, No Outcome
Reviewed Bombay Muncipal Corporation
While the monsoons are greeted with joyous celebrations across the length and breadth of the country, for the Mumbaikars, it’s a sheer nightmare. The prouread more...
Harrasment & Cheating by Flipkart
Reviewed Flipkart
I bought a new OPPO RenoB Pro 5G(Glazed Green, 256 GB) on 30th March 2025 through Flipkart @ Rs 29, 990/-. When I found that calls connected through that new moread more...
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Commented on itikasharma's review
Yup, i own one and completely agree with you. Theres nothing to beat it in its class. Regards, TiC
and welcome to Mouthshut. It seems like an interesting book and all those reading your review would have been more informative had you covered more details and also said more about what you feel about it. I'm sure you'll get the hang of writing reviews as you write more. All the best! Regards read more...
Commented on keerti_007's review
I've no idea what you do for a living but reading this review makes me think you'd be an excellent book critic..mebbe you should seriously consider it! ;-) Reg the book, I've not read it but have got mixed reactions, ranging from 'Fountainheadistic' to 'eminently avoidable' with more voices tethe read more...
Commented on ThumbInMouth's review
Nice to see you here again...didnt know you had written a review till Lalya pointed it out. I was always a fan of Lester Piggot...and Pesi Shroff back home. Sigh..I still long for the strong worded thoughtful reviews you used to write...any intention of obliging us in the near future? Regar read more...
Commented on Mukundan's review
Thats an interesting topic to pick for a debut review and you've done full justice to it. Sometime in the 50's/60's Dharam Paaji was voted by an Int'l mag as one of the 10 most handsome people in the world...thats saying something! Good choices there...am of the firm belief that preferences/ch read more...
Commented on arunroy's review
Nice to catch up on your review after eons..not your fault though, I was on a long sabbatical ;-) I've heard a lot of things about Iqara (good things!). Our local cable guy installed something called 'Pacenet' and its going great guns..only problem being their Customer Service (both online and ph read more...
Commented on ameoba's review
It was nice knowing your opinion on this book but it will help someone reading it if you cover more aspects of the book. A good book review should be tempting enough to make the reader run to the nearest book store to get the book and diplomatic enough not to give away the whole story and spoil the read more...
Commented on shreya_s_wins's review
You are one 'thinking writer'! Extremely good topic to pick and you've done full justice to it. Will pen my own views one of these days. Kepp up the good work. Regards, TiC
Commented on kalil.rahman's review
I couldnt have writen any better if i tried! Extremely well-crafted review with the perfect ingredients. Rgds, TiC
The name TATA stands for Quality, Integrity, Dependability and Value for money! To state that it was the front runner of India's Industrialisation would not be entirely wrong. However, I feel it's heading for an legacy issue after Ratan Tata..will be interesting to see what happens then. G read more...
Try as much as I could, i could never get to write anything sensible on this topic (i wrote something irrelevant once). While I thought you were in 'Narration' mode in the first half, I'm glad that you gave a lot of creative inputs in the latter half. One sincere advice though and I used to t read more...
Commented on milinddesai's review
Am reading one of your reviews after ages! Nice to catch up on a nice movie in a style that I'm accustomed to reading ;-) Been wanting to watch this but wanted to read the reviews here before venturing 'beyond the woods'..am glad I did. Shall get the DVD and watch tomorrow itself. Everything e read more...
Commented on lavagopal's review
Hee..hee..asked in jest. I've been planning to write on this topic for the last 18 months now. Woh kya hai ki..the KS (Kumar Sanu)cocktail is under preparation..will try to complete it soon enough ;-) Great rev..you have a knack for humour. Rgds, TiC
Commented on crazyplaywright's review
Good to see you still active on MS. I haven't read Sheldon for ages and was planning to get one for this weekend but will take your word for it and keep away for now. Good review..keep 'em coming. Rgds, TiC Rgds, TiC
Great work! If i were to write a review on this topic today, your name would be in it for sure. ZYour review which made a deep impression on me was 'Changing Face of Cinegoer'...I was initially stumped by the topic but when I read the review, I was floored! Had decided then not to miss a single r read more...
At the outset, Congrats on cracking a ton on MS! Having seen you right from your infancy days here, its a great milestone and I'm glad you've persevered through it to give us some real good gems. Sachin...what can one say about him? He's all that you say and more. What strikes me about him is tha read more...
Commented on ttmtiwari's review
Good choice..these ppl are top-notch writers and have been writing here for eons now. Damo is the only one abt whom i don't know much..mebbe coz i've been inactive for a long time now. You're surely on your way to getting your name entered in the list of best writers on this site...just keep writ read more...
Commented on karana23's review
..since i read your last review. The same judicious use of language, the same thought process and incisive analysis...all hallmarks of one who relishes the books he reads. Wish i was like you at your age! My only complaint still remains..the length of the rev..always remember - justice is not don read more...
Commented on makesurlife's review
I visited Silver Express & Gufaa last week and found the later to be better. Great ambience, privacy, food and service. Nice review pal..must have read it before i visited Hyd'bad...mebbe we'll go together when i visit next? Regards, Cheeky
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