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Reviewed Instant Karma - Anil CS Rao

The beginnings of a desi short story

Oct 26, 2009 01:28 AM | 1504 Views

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 fr...read more

Reviewed Hindustan Motors Ambassador - Petrol

A classic masterpiece

Oct 25, 2009 08:27 PM | 37004 Views

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 spac...read more

Reviewed Maximum City - Suketu Mehta

This Suketu Guy......

Oct 25, 2009 02:44 AM | 4064 Views
(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...read more

Reviewed Delhi - Khushwant Singh

My qutb minar

Nov 03, 2007 01:22 PM | 4335 Views
(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 ...read more

Reviewed Basic Kafka - Erich Heller

The roach et al

Nov 03, 2007 01:05 PM | 1068 Views

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 ...read more

Reviewed Maxim

MAXIM

Nov 03, 2007 08:42 AM | 3800 Views
(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 tam...read more

Reviewed Liquids - Banjara Hills - Hyderabad

Okay - so Liquids is lucid fun!

Nov 03, 2007 12:05 AM | 7512 Views

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! ...read more

Reviewed Kagaz Ke Phool

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

Nov 02, 2007 11:41 PM | 4285 Views

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/...read more

Reviewed Nikaah

Dehke Mere Naseeb!

Nov 02, 2007 11:30 PM | 3234 Views

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 a...read more

Reviewed Chashme Buddoor (1981)

A wonderful film

Nov 02, 2007 11:20 PM | 2354 Views

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 thi...read more

Reviewed The Leela - Andheri Kurla Road - Mumbai

Snazzy but overpriced

Nov 02, 2007 10:59 PM | 3047 Views

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 of...read more

Reviewed Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting

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

Nov 02, 2007 10:30 PM | 1430 Views
(Updated Nov 02, 2007 10:36 PM)

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 is now lost wi...read more

Reviewed M BalamuraliKrishna - Balamuralikrishna

A incredible voice that transcends octaves

Nov 02, 2007 10:09 PM | 4272 Views

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 repetoir...read more

Reviewed Mulholland Drive

Lynch mesmerizes! My choice as all time best film

Nov 02, 2007 09:27 PM | 1924 Views

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

Reviewed Hiroshima Mon Amour Movie

A Bout De Souffle

Nov 02, 2007 09:10 PM | 2402 Views

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 countless Ja...read more

Reviewed Bobby

Roti, Kapadia Aur Makaan

Nov 02, 2007 08:48 PM | 2135 Views

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 Sun...read more

Reviewed BMW 5-Series

Comparison of mum's 2007 528 with my 1972 junk

Nov 02, 2007 08:34 PM | 15494 Views

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 mecha...read more

Reviewed Maya Bazaar - Telugu

Neevayna napalukunuthi...neevena!

Nov 02, 2007 08:12 PM | 1416 Views

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 expressi...read more

Reviewed Dead Poets Society

My school days in Baltimore...in celluloid

Nov 02, 2007 07:55 PM | 2014 Views
(Updated Nov 02, 2007 07:58 PM)

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 Academy's pr...read more

Reviewed Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

Pure Nabokov

Nov 02, 2007 07:30 PM | 3590 Views
(Updated Oct 25, 2009 02:50 AM)

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 not sur...read more

Reviewed Himalayan Mysteries - Sanjauli - Shimla

Worst experience

By: premshobha151 Mar 22, 2025 08:04 AM | 2321 Views (posted via Mobile)

Beware of Himalayan Mysteries Tour Services A Scam & Worst Travel Experience #HimalayanMysteriesScam #FraudTravelAgency #AvoidHimalayanMysteries #TouristScam Da...read more

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