Reviewed Instant Karma - Anil CS Rao
Oct 26, 2009 01:28 AM
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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 far from
the Lincoln Tunnel which connected New Jersey to Manhattan
Island, a.k.a. New York City. Jersey City was home to a
...Read more
Reviewed Hindustan Motors Ambassador - Petrol
Oct 25, 2009 08:27 PM
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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 space, and the negotiation of rough roads and off road terrain - but the Ambassador - a favorite in the South India of the 1970s prior to my...Read more
Commented on own review
Oct 25, 2009 07:46 PM
(Updated Oct 25, 2009 07:50 PM)
ai used to rock.....no you're right, perhaps recently they've lapsed due to intense competition.
look at the overall picture in india today - there is definitely a correlation between the india I knew when I traveled on ai - and the materialistic mess that is present day urban india ....
beli...eve me, sai, india was much gentler, kinder prior to this 'liberilization' - i was a kid when i immigrated to the usa - but i still remember getting up before a movie, and watching a short of the tri-color (B&W albeit) to the tune:
Jana Gana Mana
Dude, after 35 years of living in the States - I've decided to return to a place not to far from your (great grand ?) parent's Guntur (I'm a two hour drive away - yes in my Tata Nano)Read More
Commented on own review
Oct 25, 2009 06:40 PM
(Updated Oct 25, 2009 07:35 PM)
dear monty_22:
your very mistaken my friend - I knew this writer personally - its not jealously - but the way he and his respective ’’people’’ behaved towards me when I was just a youngster in Manhattan - mr. monty:
such a nice comment from someone who knows very little about mr. anil cs r...ao (me) google my name.
jealously should not be confused with what we andhras call ’’aasayam’’ (disgust)Read More
Commented on own review
Oct 25, 2009 03:18 AM
(Updated Oct 25, 2009 03:20 AM)
no US roots - rilly yaar ! MBK is okay....as far as my knowledge of carnatic music (admit ably limited albeit)...and what exactly is 'scootch' ? Is that the extra strong beer by Haywards?
Reviewed Maximum City - Suketu Mehta
Oct 25, 2009 02:44 AM
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(Updated Oct 25, 2009 07:05 PM)
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 that I could not read more than ten pages commenting: "Yeah, that Desi is at it again!" - in other words - having known this guy way back w...Read more
Commented on own review
Nov 04, 2007 08:24 AM
no - the reason is:
I'm a atma - I can be considered a member of humanity - dont blame you for the rating though-
thanks ; )
Commented on own review
Nov 04, 2007 03:39 AM
thats right Rohit - Trupthi gives good head
: ;
Reviewed Delhi - Khushwant Singh
Nov 03, 2007 01:22 PM
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(Updated Nov 03, 2007 01:26 PM)
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 hops from different eras in the history of Delhi - modern to historical.
The prose is humorous, pithy and very satirical in some passages...Read more
Reviewed Basic Kafka - Erich Heller
Nov 03, 2007 01:05 PM
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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) existential malaise and morphing into a despised insect(The Roach)
(3) having to fears of self hate despite his good looks and charm
His...Read more
Commented on own review
Nov 03, 2007 10:13 AM
(Updated Nov 04, 2007 08:26 AM)
comment removed to improve rating
as per suggestion of hakoonmata
Commented on own review
Nov 03, 2007 09:25 AM
(Updated Nov 03, 2007 09:36 AM)
Rohit - ji - With all due respect:
this is my response:
To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.
Blake as qouted by Lara Croft in TOMB RAIDER
Reviewed Maxim
Nov 03, 2007 08:42 AM
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(Updated Oct 02, 2008 10:02 AM)
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 tame compared to the filth one finds on the Internet.
I strongly suggest an hour of hatha yoga asana and meditation before venturing ou...Read more
Commented on own review
Nov 03, 2007 08:12 AM
(Updated Nov 03, 2007 08:15 AM)
Salma Agha - I would get a cough drop from her (Vicks) - implying I smoked too much. Ive met much prettier woman (for example Brooke Sheilds in NYC in 1987)- and she (Salma-ji) has a terrible nasal voice - again, I live in India part time.....
Commented on patenik2's review
Nov 03, 2007 12:18 AM
TALAAQ, TALAAQ TALAAQ - Neelofar was simply unworldly in her outlook
Reviewed Liquids - Banjara Hills - Hyderabad
Nov 03, 2007 12:05 AM
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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) Absolut!
Look, I'm a former "club kid" from 80's NYC (Palladium, Milk Bar, Limelight, Mars, et cetera, etc, etc) so you REALLY had to have som...Read more
Reviewed Kagaz Ke Phool
Nov 02, 2007 11:41 PM
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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's direction/dialouges was to be in heaven at that point in time and space.
The photography, perhaps typical of the times when this film was produ...Read more
Reviewed Nikaah
Nov 02, 2007 11:30 PM
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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 a assistant to Dharam Chopra on this sorid melodrama. I chuckle when I see Francois Truffaut's AMERICAN NOIR(Day for Night) where the hero...Read more
Reviewed Chashme Buddoor (1981)
Nov 02, 2007 11:20 PM
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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" with this fun, great film on my mind.
A seriies of humourous vignettes - yes, I can "follow" hindi! Deepti Naval is charming as the less know...Read more
