The beginnings of a desi short story

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

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A classic masterpiece

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

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This Suketu Guy......

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

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My qutb minar

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

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The roach et al

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

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MAXIM

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

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Okay - so Liquids is lucid fun!

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

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

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

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Dehke Mere Naseeb!

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

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A wonderful film

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

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Snazzy but overpriced

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

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

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

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A incredible voice that transcends octaves

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

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Lynch mesmerizes! My choice as all time best film

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

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A Bout De Souffle

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

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Roti, Kapadia Aur Makaan

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

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Comparison of mum's 2007 528 with my 1972 junk

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

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Neevayna napalukunuthi...neevena!

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

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My school days in Baltimore...in celluloid

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

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Pure Nabokov

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

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