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Creativity Vs Divinity
on Oct 1, 2009 in Religion views Festival The Puja season, this time around, has come upon us a might too early, sapping some of joy - what with having to contend with an extremely muggy weather, the lack of the warm ‘Sarat Kaal’ sun and overall the general ‘puja’ flavour that the wi...
Mandate 2009: Part 3: The Bengal Voter – Caught between a Rock and a very hard place
on Jun 2, 2009 in People opinion Politics The current elections threw up a very interesting dilemma for the Bengal voter. Used to as they were, to docilely voting for the ruling Left combine (chup chap lale chaap), since:a) any other option simply did not exist and,b) (more importantly) the...
Mandate 2009: Part 2: In search of the Right Strategy for the Right (Wing) Party
on May 28, 2009 in People Politics The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India’s own flagship right wing party and I am loath to call it the Hindu Right Wing Party (since they know precious little about the Hindu way of life or its unique but subtle power of assimilation) has since the...
Mandate 2009: Part 1: Left (Out) in the cold!
on May 18, 2009 in People opinion Politics Each time that India goes to vote, the outcome never fails to amaze me. For a country where 72.2% of its population is from rural hinterland and an overall literacy rate of around 61%, the foresight and uncanny sense of politics displayed by that a b...
Oscared Slumdog Millionaire
on Feb 22, 2009 in opinion Review Film The Oscar's are all but over and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, a desi movie by a videshi has won an enviable bevy of 8 Oscars – a no mean feat. The crowning glory – AR winning two Oscars and Resul Pookutty bagging the Best Sound Mixing Oscar – a c...
The golden bullet…
on Jan 19, 2009 in People opinion celebration While this has nothing to do with the subject of the post, I was surprised to note that Indians are the United States’ biggest supporters, not withstanding the belligerent cacophony of Karat and Co. We have, in our admiration of the US, left behind...
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