Hassan's Story

I was as usual on time for the meeting and found myself staring at the books lined cupboard. Soon the phone call was over and our meeting began; throughout whic...read more

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All about living

Have you ever had a teacher who you have really admired and loved? Someone who during your formative years has made you look at life differently? Someone, whose...read more

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Cliched Romance and a Hurried History lesson

Ashutosh Gowarikar has painstakingly made a visually delightful movie that unfortunately, is painfully long. JA is around three and a half hours of clichéd roma...read more

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A story of love and destiny

I have been into books as soon as I was old enough to hold one properly - thanks to my school library, my Mom’s school library(she is a teacher and her school h...read more

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Aamir's stars are shining, and how

I watched this movie First day, First show and finally have found the courage to review it. It takes time to assess a giant and then evaluate it. There has been...read more

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Creativity, a la carte

Ratatouille is a delicious, fine dine experience of a cuisine that is delectable, appetizing, evenly cooked, perfectly seasoned, beautifully garnished and profe...read more

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MA in Spiceology

A friend lent me this book sometime back with, “Padh ke dekh, it’s a nice read.” I had never read this author before and was pleased to find that her writing st...read more

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The enchanting world of geisha

It’s a done thing – a movie that is based on a book is very rarely able to do justice to it. Ditto the movie ‘ Memoirs of a Geisha’. The filmmakers usually have...read more

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Love in the times of geishadom

Arthur Golden’s best-selling novel, The Memoirs of a Geisha, is the story of how young Sakamoto Chiyo, born in a sleepy, poor, fisherman’s village by the sea, g...read more

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Oh Shanti, Main Hoon Na, Om

Shah Rukh’s aggressive marketing of his film'Om Shanti Om' did manage to achieve what it set out to do-made people like my family and me and hundreds of unsuspe...read more

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From Black to Blue

Saawariya is a musical fairy tale that has a teeny tiny tale in it and two fairies. Rani as Gulabji is excellent. I loved her seasoned acting, glamorous costume...read more

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The Mumbai Times cafe

I am glad I discovered The Mumbai Times Cafe, in Bandra and Thane. It opened a couple of months back and I visited the Thane outlet also just because the the Ba...read more

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The prefect family car

In a small city like Nagpur, a car is a necessity. (The auto rickshaw-walas assume we are all millionaires, going by the way they quote their rates for even sma...read more

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Needs a little more sizzle

I have been to Kobe Sizzlers in Bandra, quite a few times, but never got a chance to go to the one in Chowpatty. Let me tell you right away that we Never pre-bo...read more

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That thing called love

I haven’t seen the prequel to Before Sunset, yet I loved this movie. I felt it was one of the most revealing, very ‘real’, most unembarrassed love stories ever....read more

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Whattabook!

June 21, was a bright sunny morning and I was among the first of the customers to pick up my pre-ordered copy of the **Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows**. A...read more

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Lives up to its name

Thaat Baat is one of the first restaurants I went to after we came to Nagpur. It is situated on a busy road and does not look anything grand at all from the fac...read more

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Never go back there

If you *really *love Chinese cuisine and have even a little knowledge about it, then NEVER venture into Nanking. However, if you are a pucca roadside dhabba Chi...read more

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Truly the King!

Fly Kingfisher and I can bet, you will have a tough time liking any of the other domestic carriers. I have flown Mumbai-Goa-Mumbai, Mumbai-Delhi-Mumbai, Mumbai-...read more

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Sivaji- Cool!

Sivaji- Three and a half hours of pure 'Rajni' entertainment. I could not understand a single syllable of all the noise but I came away happy. 'Sivaji- The Boss...read more

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