Lakshmi Rajan

Ok so it’s an Akki movie and a comedy movie and you know to expect the expected.  To add to it, knowing John Abraham’s acting skills you might be alarmed at the prospects of him doing comic acts with the king of nonsensical comic timing, Akshay kumar. And then you have debutant director, Rohit...
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One thing be assured, when you hold Galaxy Note on hand in public, you would get curious stares.  People might like it or hate it or ridicule it or be awed by it but there is no getting away from being the focal point coz first thing that strikes you about this  Samsung’s latest...
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Think South India cuisine and what springs in most people’s mind is Idly, Vada, Sambar & Dosa. In reality South Indian cuisine varied in flavor and sheer variety and each region and sub-region has its own flavor and specialties. Today we are going to see a recipe that brings together the rasam and vada...
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Many musicians have chosen a path of self-destruction course along with drinks, drugs and violence.   Rockstar is one musical journey of a young, talented Delhi boy whose life takes wings to stardom but chequered by a fatal love that propels him on a self-destructive course and eventually a bad-boy-of-music image that in fact works...
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“Trade winds to Meluhha” is a forthcoming historical novel written by first time novelist, Vasant Dave. Here is a short preview of the book for our readers. The Mesopotamians knew Harappan or Indus Valley Civilization as ‘Meluhha’. Explorer Thor Heyerdahl of Kon-Tiki fame sailed in a reed-boat from Iraq to Oman and from there...
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Payasam (பாயசம்) is the tamil word for Kheer and no traditional celebration/festive food is complete without one of the many varieties of Payasam. One of the very popular payasam recipe is Pasi Paruppu payasam. Pasi paruppu is the Tamil word for moong dal. Let’s see visual recipe of this delicious kheer. Ingredients: Pasi paruppu...
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Samsung is launching is super-smartphone “Galaxy Note” in India on November, 2. Here is a short toon strip to announce the launch. Look forward to our review of Galaxy Note very soon.
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In his promotional campaigns SRK mentioned “I’m a superhero with heart” but unfortunately G.One, the super hero character SRK plays does not have an emotional connect. It is plain digital in action with no room for emotions.  It sums up the movie too. Almost all the comic book superheroes characters that have fired our...
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Team GingerChai wishes all our readers, writers and associates a happy &  prosperous Diwali and wonderful year ahead.  Let’s strive to brighten our thoughts, ideas & actions and bring joy to ourselves and those around us. Have a safe and wonderful time! A special thanks to Sanjiv Vakharia for conceptualizing and executing an exclusive...
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Having recently lost his mother, Michael Pinto an innocent, gullible twenty-something  from a small village somewhere in Goa, visits his childhood friend in Mumbai. He does not realize that his friend has moved ahead in life and has buried the childhood warmth, even though he receives him and takes him to his pad much...
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