The beginnings of a desi short story

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Reviewed Instant Karma - Anil CS Rao

Oct 26, 2009 1455

Opening story in my book: Instant Karma MARINA Harsha Ganguly was the sole proprietor of the Bombay Spice Market situated in Jersey City, New Jersey, not fread more...

A classic masterpiece

5

Reviewed Hindustan Motors Ambassador - Petrol

Oct 25, 2009 36818

This car is certainly on my "to buy" list. I presently own a Tata SUV which serves me well. I bought the latest Tata SUV for the ride, durability, interior spread more...

This Suketu Guy......

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Reviewed Maximum City - Suketu Mehta

Oct 25, 2009 3998

Maximum Head Crack (trust me, I knew this "enitity" in NY in the 1990s when he was writing filler for a computer magazine). The problem with this book is tharead more...

My qutb minar

3

Reviewed Delhi - Khushwant Singh

Nov 03, 2007 4299

Khushwant Singh writes well - which was evident in the old days when he was with Illustrated Weekly and more recently with this more recent work.  The book horead more...

The roach et al

5

Reviewed Basic Kafka - Erich Heller

Nov 03, 2007 1029

Kafka is posthumously idolized by purveyors of angst and suffered from numerous woes: (1) guilt not having been a good son(Letter to My Father) (2) existentread more...

MAXIM

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Reviewed Maxim

Nov 03, 2007 3722

Something tells me that MAXIM is no longer on my favored reading list.  From a Vedic perspective, this "kama" - or more specifically pornography - is sort of read more...

Okay - so Liquids is lucid fun!

4

Reviewed Liquids - Banjara Hills - Hyderabad

Nov 03, 2007 7480

Needless to say I hit this joint prior to dinner at Mainland China not far away....cute crowds and, as expected, exorbitant rates for a shot of (real) Absolutread more...

A true Indian classic....certainly not confusing!

5

Reviewed Kagaz Ke Phool

Nov 02, 2007 4205

At least to this "ABCD" - this film inspired me to get a Hindi language learing tape set in the 1970’s - I mean - to catch the nuances of Guru Dutt’read more...

Dehke Mere Naseeb!

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Reviewed Nikaah

Nov 02, 2007 3193

When I listen to either the Ghulam Ali or Jagit Singh rendition of "Chupke Chupke." I get panic attacks harking back to my miserable experience "working" as aread more...

A wonderful film

5

Reviewed Chashme Buddoor (1981)

Nov 02, 2007 2289

I ran into Sai Paranjpaye outside the Taj Krishna where she was a guest/direstor for the Children’s Film Festival (Hyderabad)- I gave her a "high five" wread more...

Snazzy but overpriced

3

Reviewed The Leela - Andheri Kurla Road - Mumbai

Nov 02, 2007 2989

By coincidence, the(former) US Consul General was present when I was screaming on the phone in the Business Center in the Lobby cuz my card was declined - he read more...

Set those turtles free! Go String....uhum...Sting

5

Reviewed Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting

Nov 02, 2007 1378

I think this inspired the 1970’s Ben Kingsley flick TURTLE DIARY...the songs are renditions from earlier POLICE albums with a 80’s jazz spin that isread more...

A incredible voice that transcends octaves

5

Reviewed M BalamuraliKrishna - Balamuralikrishna

Nov 02, 2007 4225

If it were not for the likes of the womanizing Mangalapalli I would have no reason to return to India, specifically Vijayawada. Some favorites from his repetread more...

Lynch mesmerizes! My choice as all time best film

5

Reviewed Mulholland Drive

Nov 02, 2007 1875

Lynch’s "Twin Peaks" television serial "peaked" my interest in this most unexpected offering by this Englishman - I had seen his ERASERHEAD as a teenagerread more...

A Bout De Souffle

4

Reviewed Hiroshima Mon Amour Movie

Nov 02, 2007 2369

Alan Resnais was sniffing glue when he had a tug of war with the Japanese producers in the 1950s.  What became of the principal remained the fate of countlessread more...

Roti, Kapadia Aur Makaan

4

Reviewed Bobby

Nov 02, 2007 2052

The Nath Theatre in Toronto was in existence before the Indian media had coined the terms "NRI" and "Bollywood": it was 1974 and I was nine years old.  Every read more...

Comparison of mum's 2007 528 with my 1972 junk

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Reviewed BMW 5-Series

Nov 02, 2007 15359

Only the romantic would purchase a 1972 refurbished 2002 Model Beamer from a shady dealer on Rockville Pike without getting it inspected by an independent mecread more...

Neevayna napalukunuthi...neevena!

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Reviewed Maya Bazaar - Telugu

Nov 02, 2007 1357

This trashy film was picked up from Anajali at the Hindi-Bindi Groceries on Rockville Pike outside of Washington DC. How dare ( ! to use someone else’s read more...

My school days in Baltimore...in celluloid

5

Reviewed Dead Poets Society

Nov 02, 2007 1966

Neil !  Don’t do it!  "Carpe Diem" does NOT mean you kill yourself just because your Nazi dad doesnt like the fact you got the role as Puck in Exeter Acaread more...

Pure Nabokov

5

Reviewed Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

Nov 02, 2007 3506

Pure delight in book form! Beg to differ from previous revewer - this masterpiece written by a former Cornell University MFA program faculty member (I’m read more...