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Entries from March 2008

Tanushree Dutta and Item Public

March 31st, 2008 · 8 Comments

Tanushree Dutta, Femina Miss India 2004, is in a lot of trouble. She walked out of the set of a movie alleging inappropriate behaviour by actor Nana Patekar and differences with the director.
Now the trouble part - she faces a 65 million fine, blacklisting by the industry and an unconditional public apology to Nana Patekar. […]

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Tags: Women · Papa Bear · talkies · Rant

250 Posts.Summer Rain.Kochi.

March 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. 
April is the cruellest month.7 days more. One Week.
Brace yourself you all.April is the cruellest month.One Week.
HaHaHa.DA DA DA.I will show you fear in a handful of dust! 
Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.  
Footsteps shuffled on the stair.  
Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair  
Spread out in fiery points  
Glowed into words, then would […]

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Tags: poetry · elliot

State of Delusion

March 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments

Funny, the war in Iraq is half a decade old!
For effect, its ongoing for one twentieth of a century!
Coincidence, it correlates exactly with my work experience!
Dubya estimated a 6 billion dollars budget for the Iraq war!
Now they’ve spend close to 600 billion, and the costs are rising!
Some estimates peg the final cost at 2000 billion!
Wish […]

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Tags: US · Bush · mid-east · lyrics · Nonsense · Saddam

Kannur - John Mary’s witnesses

March 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments

The post is not about Kannur.
The mainstream media which trashes blogs for their “opinionated posts lacking editorial control and thoroughgoing research” continues to surprise me with their half baked truths, thorough lies and embedded ideologies. The difference here is, they are paid to do what they are doing (with access to information) and many of […]

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Tags: kerala · Third rate journalism · CPIM

Thiruvananthapuram Sir

March 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Did you by chance see Economist’s last issue? I’m such a sucker for authority that I give it to anything that claims it. I’m a regular reader impressed with the vast amount of information that they cram into one issue that I come out of the reading room knowing all that is to be known […]

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Tags: What the Fuck · Third rate journalism