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  1. Zindagi ek safar hai suhana …

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    / July 18, 2012 / 4 Comments
    Dear Kaka, Trust this finds you in good company. In the company of your voice, Kishore Kumar and the man who made that possible – R D Burman. Your fans, like me down below, cannot even imagine the melodies you must be getting to lip sync and shake your head...

  2. Gunning for the viewer

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    / June 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The last few weeks have seen Bollywood at its bloodiest. This cinema factory has always cherished violence as a favourite product. Down the years we have seen violence as art and have given it the pride of place. Check with critics of the Mahatma and you would find many who...

  3. The Legend called R D Burman

    Posted by Rama Menon
    / June 27, 2012 / 2 Comments
    It’s raining in Hyderabad and I can’t stop humming “rim jhim gire sawan sulag sulag jaaye mann” I love this R.D Burman composition, especially the Kishore Kumar version, because I have always believed that Kishore’s voice complemented Pancham’s music. Gulzar, RD and Asha have been a winning combination too with...

  4. Hinglish Tinglish!

    Posted by Rama Menon
    / June 16, 2012 / 2 Comments
    The British quit India long ago but left behind a legacy in the form of English. Despite the heavy regional influence on the language, English continues to connect people from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Gujarat to Tripura. Each region has a specific dialect, which Indians consider their `mother tongue’. Written...

  5. Shanghai, India@2012

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    / June 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Who would have thought that Costa Gavras film of late 60s would have inspired an Indian film-maker? This in itself is a clear sign of Bollywood coming of age. `Z’ was released in India during the Emergency. I recall seeing it over 30 years ago. Even then I was impressed...
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    Tagged abhay deol, , dibakar, emraan hashmi, , kalki, sez, shanghai

  6. Vaiko wants cartoon removed from NCERT class 12 textbook

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    / June 8, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Now for another cartoon controversy. This time from Tamilnadu. Vaiko has asked Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal to remove a controversial cartoon from NCERT’s class XII book. Vaiko says the cartoon appearing on page no. 153 in the chapter `Politics in India since independence’ in the Science book for Class...

  7. Tum ko Hindi aata kya?

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    / February 21, 2012 / 1 Comment
    My daughter, who is a senior at New York University, recently signed up for a Hindi class. When asked what motivated her to learn the Indian language, she replied, “I want to be able to watch Hindi movies without sub-titles”. The trouble began when she assumed that I was a...

  8. `I don’t like this Jawaharlal Nehru’

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    / December 23, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S SudhirTejaswini was very agitated. A day before her Hindi exam, she decided she did not want to write the essay on `Pradushan’ (pollution) that she had already prepared. So the onus was on Uma to help her write out and prepare a fresh essay on Jawaharlal Nehru,...

  9. Mission Impossible vs Sandhi Sudha

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    / December 17, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By G Mohan As I was surfing TV last night, two images got stuck in my mind. The first one was a trailor of the latest Hollywood release `Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ and another was an advertisement for a joint pains reliever Sandhi Sudha. For knowing the connection, please...

  10. A thirst that keeps me happy

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    / November 27, 2011 / 21 Comments
    By Raamesh Gowri Raghavan I have an eternal thirst on my tongue. A thirst for languages. I have drunk – deeply of some and shallowly of others – at the pools of just 22 languages. Yet my thirst ceases not, I keep seeking new pools. The pool I have drunk...

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