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Entries from April 2008

Understanding poetry

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

After Annan Thambi’s laugh riot, well past midnight, Mr Prasad and me had the whole of Cocoa Tree dropping their laptops (are laptops mandatory in coffee shops?) and overhearing us. Oh yeah we gave a one hour speech (they are open until 1 am, after that you have the three thattukadas near Kaloor stand) on […]

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Tags: poetry · talkies · memory

the death of brain cells

April 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

The name of the author is the first to go
followed obediently by the title, the plot,
the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel
which suddenly becomes one you have never read,
never even heard of,
as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor
decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain,
to a little fishing village where […]

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Tags: poetry

Theme Song

April 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Now, I have a theme song here and here

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Tags: Announcement

Innathe Chinthavishayam - Review

April 13th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Mohanlal has a super Hit, finally. After a strange procession of blockbuster flops,”Innathe Chintavishayam” might just save the year for the actor. But sadly this has very little to do with Mohanlal. “Udayananu Tharam” atleast had Mohanlal’s understated performance which didn’t jutt out, but if anything is out of place in “Innathe Chintavishayam” - it […]

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Tags: talkies · malayalam

Vishu

April 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments

On December 25th, the Sun starts its return journey to the Northern Hemisphere, a day of hope in the middle of winter and the northern hemisphere rejoices. On March 21st, the Sun crosses over into the northern hemisphere, over the equator. On this day, the sun spends equal amount of time above and below the […]

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Tags: kerala · light