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Sampling India
Too lazy to make this beautiful ( Read more... ) -
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Its been so long since I updated my journal .... I guess I was waiting for something to inspire me! And today I have been inspired. I just signed a form declaring (under penaly of perjury - no less) that I am an alien. *grin*. I am an alien and I am a number in the system ..... Fox Mulder need look no further ( Read more... ) -
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Trolling youtube for desi material has become one of my favourite time wasting tactics :) I recently found episodes of Koffee-with-Karan online. Like most of us, movie stars are also blatantly self indulgent. Its fun to see them step out of their usual scripted personas ..... even if it is only for a little bit. Some of the things I hear on the ( Read more... ) -
Could I speak to your master ?
Its sunday morning and the phone rings. I hate to be woken up by a ringing phone, but I pick up because it could be my parents or someone in an emergency ( Read more... ) -
The Movie Experience Rant
Perhaps its a "cultural" thing. Thats what my polite, non-desi colleagues would say. Errr .... no it isnt ( Read more... ) -
The Don & I
"Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahin ...... naamumkin hai ( Read more... ) -
Predators
On NBC there is this news program called "Dateline" which has been running a sting operation they call "To catch a predator". On this show they use decoys posing at 13 year olds who talk to people (almost always men) in online chat rooms. A surprisingly large number of these men have sexually explicit conversations with these decoys and then ( Read more... ) -
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Someone once said to me - "Life is a great equalizer" .... I dont know if thats really true, but "Baggage Claim" sure is a great equalizer :D All those First Class folks must wait with me to get their luggage .... so there ( Read more... ) -
Exit stage left.
To me, modern english poetry usually sounds tired and forced. Somehow Indian languages seem better suited to verse. Some lines that were playing on my car CD player today that caught my attention ( Read more... )