Predators – review

July 30, 2010
Predators – review

Cast: Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Topher Grace Producer: Nimrod Antal Running time: 106 minutes (R) I’ve been a fan of the Predator franchise since the mid 90s. Arnold schwa… swar….. shwar….. The governor of California did an...
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So you think you can write?

July 29, 2010
So you think you can write?

“So you think you can write?” The most clichéd question an author, a poet or a writer is asked every time he or she proclaims of his/her skills. Yes! Yes, it is very embarrassing...
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Another adult annihilated!

July 29, 2010
Another adult annihilated!

Azaad and Aman altercated at aunt Annie’s abode. Afterwards, Aman absconded. Aunt Annie arrived and asked Azaad about Aman. Azaad answered, ‘am ain’t aware’. Aunt asked again. Azaad answered, ‘an alligator ate Aman’. Aunt, agitated, averred, ‘a$$@@@@’. Azaad answered, ‘abuse again...
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Few Idiots!!!

July 28, 2010
Few Idiots!!!

(Yes, you read right!) One of my all time favourite movies will be Three idiots, reason: the adventures of college life that Raju Hirani portrayed bring back a lot of college memories. I have been...
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Rudraksha – the mystic bead

July 27, 2010
Rudraksha – the mystic bead

“Rudraksha” is formed by association of two Sanskrit words, ‘Rudra‘ and ‘Aksha‘. Rudra is another name of Lord Shiva and “Aksha means ‘tear’. Mythological tales have it that the plant of Rudraksha originated from...
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Manjal Kozhukattai – Visual Recipe

July 24, 2010
Manjal Kozhukattai – Visual Recipe

Manjal Kozhukattai is a peculiar dish that is not common in many kitchen. It is a traditional dish of a particular one community in the southern part of Tamil nadu. The dish has a...
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Khatta Meetha – Review

July 23, 2010
Khatta Meetha – Review

Priyadarshan is a director of contradiction. In 2008 his Tamil movie Kanichivaram won the national award and in 89’s and 90’s he has many commercially successful Malayalam movies to his credit. Then he ventured...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – review

July 23, 2010
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – review

Well! Well! Well! Another Friday and I get my lollypop called DVD to bring before you another DVD pick of the week and the movie is Charlie and The Chocolate factory!!!??? What? What’s there...
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So you think you can write?

July 29, 2010

“So you think you can write?” The most clichéd question an author, a poet or a writer is asked every time he or she...
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Free books for bloggers

March 11, 2010

If you are a blogger and a book lover, what better joy can be if someone provides you with a complimentary copy of books...
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How to avoid Blogger’s Block?

February 22, 2010

Most bloggers start with a seemingly unlimited enthusiasm to write. After a while, some gets distracted to other activities and blogging looses the...
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Indiblogger meet @ Kyra, Bangalore

February 21, 2010

Bloggers write. Bloggers exhaust bytes. Bloggers stay in a virtual world. You meet other bloggers in virtual world but rarely meet them in...
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An Idiomatic Guide to Play FarmVille

February 6, 2010

Guest post by Shilpa Garg This post is a part of a challenge. A challenge to write a post using Idioms and Proverbs. Ah FarmVille!!...
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3 Idiots guide to Bloggers

January 6, 2010

Most of you would have watched the movie “3 Idiots” by now. If not, first watch the movie and then read this topic...
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The 7 habits of highly effective bloggers

December 22, 2009

“The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” is a widely acclaimed best seller self help book written by Steve Covey.  The 7 Habits...
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14 Essential Wordpress plugins

December 16, 2009

So you did your arithmetic right and chose to have your dream website hosted on wordpress platform. Good. Wordpress does makes life easy...
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Soul Curry

Practical Spirituality – Introduction

Practical Spirituality – Introduction

(Fair warning: This series of article was born after some pretty nasty incidents that were reported in the news over the last couple of months. This would be of the very direct and no-holds barred kind of series. By the way, all opinions expressed in the articles are mine and my own.) I am sure...

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Purpose of Life

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Purpose of Life

  Purpose of Life So, here we are. Another year has passed as per the Gregorian calendar. Even as I started for home on Dec 31st evening from office, around 6:30PM, the grounds within the campus had been converted in to an ‘open-air’ ‘fun’ ‘party floor’. Laser lights, fog effects and ear-drum blasting music, alcoholic...

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Kali Yuga gaining

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Kali Yuga gaining

Ancient Wisdom, Modern relevance – Kali Yuga gaining I did not find a more suitable title for this article than the one given. All this while, I had attempted to present the teachings of Bhagavad Gita in a concise manner so that even a person with no prior knowledge can get interested in the...

Books

The wind-up bird chronicle by Haruki Murakami

This was the first Murakami book that I read and was completely smitten by...
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Airport by Arthur Hailey

Plot: The book recounts 12 nervous hours in the life fictional airport ‘Lincoln International’ at...
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Why Men Can Only Do One Thing At A Time and Women Never Stop Talking

Well I was surfing the bookstore when I saw this small little book with...
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Jewel in the crown