Feeling: irritatedQuick last post before my hard disc is formatted and before I leave for my trip! As most of the movie going world knows by now, Slumdog Millionaire has won 8 oscars. That’s right, EIGHT. That is quite an achievement. For those living under a rock, it is about a poor Indian teen who lived [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Yours Truly'
Slumdog Millionaire and India
February 24th, 2009 7 Comments
Tags: academy awards · AR Rahman · Gulzar · India · M. Night Shyamalan · Movie · oscars · rant · shekhar kapoor · slumdog millionaire · winner · winners
Of flayings and impalings and…
February 23rd, 2009 3 Comments
A virus from an infected flash drive infected my system. So I basically spent the last 4 days (including today) trying to clean out my system. Having run at the least about 6 different anti-spyware/malware/ware and 2 Anti Virus applications to scan my system, all of which show the system as clean, the system is [...]
Tags: computer · malware · os · pissed · spyware · virus · windows
Free Hugs for Valentine’s Day
February 18th, 2009 4 Comments
Feeling: accomplished Listening to: Green Day – HolidayRepublishing this here from my article in Desicritics.org to set the context for the next post.
Tags: bangalore · brigade road · campaign · culture · free hugs · mangalore · mg road · moral police · protest · pub · valentine's day · violence
Opinions
February 5th, 2009 4 Comments
I was reading this excellent essay by Roger Ebert and found it a very good read. I really connected to the following words from that essay: It is not important to be “right” or “wrong.” It is important to know why you hold an opinion, understand how it emerged from the universe of all your [...]
Tags: critic · me · opinion · Roger Ebert
It’s been a while
February 1st, 2009 6 Comments
Feeling: AnticipativeSo… I’ve been off the blog for quite a while now. Travel, work and other stuff have kept me away along with a general sense of lethargy related to blogging. However, I’m trying to get rid of it, re-prioritize my activities and try and do stuff which I enjoy. Anyway, a belated happy new year. [...]
Tags: blog · camera · Canon EOS 40D · dslr · Life · new year
Back
September 9th, 2008 1 Comment
Feeling: sleepyI’m back.. To India.. Not to blogging yet but will from tomorrow onwards. Was on a trip to France, Buc and Paris specifically. It was a fantastic trip. Will detail all the places I visited and also upload all the pictures I took. Fun trip, beautiful city, lovely weather. Still slightly jet lagged and out [...]
Book Review: A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book by Frank Warren
July 25th, 2008 6 Comments
I have secrets. So do you and everyone else. We keep secrets out of embarrassment, fear of hurting others or importantly hurting ourselves. But a lot of times we keep secrets because we just do not know how to express our feelings – elation, hurt, sadness, love. The liberating effect of letting a secret out [...]
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