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Fine tastings of last week (#2)

In scotland, a novel experiment starts – issuing lollipops to curb rowdy behavior of people under the influence. 

The Blu …

The Story of the Weeping Camel – Moving Drama

It is a superb ethnographic documentary that Priya Raju picked up from the British Council library over the weekend. Directors Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni travelled…

Movie Buzz: Cheran’s Maya Kannadi (translation Magic Mirror)

One of our friends had come from the US and wanted to buy some jewellery. To avoid the crowded Usman Road, we went to LKS Goldhouse on Cathedral Road..

Chance encounter with Cheeyan Vikram

TweetHad a chance to meet Vikram – the reigning no.1 in Tamil movies. I took his auograph and also got a group photo with him and several of my colleagues. His rise to No.1 status from a nobody is inspiring to me – the big turn around came about in the movie Sethu. I had […]

Flightplan hits as well as misses

TweetFlightplan manages to keep the suspense 2/3rds of the way and manages to keep you at the edge of your seat. Jodie Foster, as the mother looking for her child, absorbs you into her role as always. I thought the last part of the movie was pretty good as well. Priya Raju did not like […]