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Is a generalist, and very lazily believe specialization is for insects. You may follow my updates on twitter.

November 2012

Bond23: Skyfall – Movie Review

By |2020-05-15T21:49:52-05:00November 19th, 2012|Movie Review, talkies|

Judi Dench plays the vulnerable matriarch of Britain's external intelligence agency, and inimitable academy winner Javier Bardem plays her ex-protege, and now deeply deeply hurt nemesis, the sexual tension is palpable. In case I forgot to mention, the third character is Bond...... James Bond. And his time it is very very personal.

Obama: 4 more years :)

By |2012-11-07T02:02:11-05:00November 7th, 2012|Announcement, Politics|

Immigration Reform. Wall Street Reform. Peace in Middle East. Global Climate change. Save Europe. Clean Tech. Legalize Gay marriage. Legalize Marijuana. Ban Donald Trump. 4 More years. Lot to accomplish :)

US Elections – 24 hours

By |2012-11-06T15:53:31-05:00November 5th, 2012|Politics|

Less than 24 hours to go. Watching Obama attend the last campaign stop in Iowa this hour. Bruce Springsteen on stage.Iowa is where it all started for Obama, and he is ending the last campaign of his political career in Iowa."they said this day would never come....."

US Elections: 4 more days

By |2012-11-04T00:13:00-05:00November 2nd, 2012|Politics|

It's the end game in American politics. What started 14 months ago with a straw poll in Iowa will end in under 100 hours, when America elects it's next president, and not many elections have come so close as this one. Over a year long primaries are done, debates are over, national grandstanding is done, and now its down to the ground game. The ground game will pit Mitt Romney's well funded, mammoth Republican machine, against one of the best political machines of all time - the campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama.

September 2012

The Master – Movie Review

By |2020-05-15T21:49:52-05:00September 29th, 2012|Movie Review, talkies, Video|

The master and the disciple part ways, when Dodd realizes that in Freddie, he has hit a wall, and maybe his methods will not work on Freddie who will serve no master. Dodd says "If you figure out a way to live without a master, any master, be sure to let the rest of us know, for you would be the first in the history of the world."

August 2012

Nammude Party

By |2020-04-30T21:17:33-05:00August 25th, 2012|Kerala, Malayalam, Politics, Trivandrum|

പണ്ട് വയലായിരുന്ന, പിന്നെ ചെമ്മണ്ണിട്ട്‌ നികത്തി, ഇപ്പോള്‍ വീടുകള്‍ വളരുന്ന, പഴയ പാടത്തിന്റെ ചെറിയ റോഡിലുടെ സായന്ഹ സവാരികളുടെ കാറില്‍ പോകുമ്പോള്‍, പഴയ സ്വയം സേവകന്‍ ഇപ്പോള്‍ പലചരക്ക് കടക്കാരന്‍ അനില്‍ അണ്ണന്റെ കടയ്ക്കു മുന്‍പില്‍ നില്‍കുന്ന ഒരു കൂട്ടം ചെറുപ്പക്കാരെ നോക്കി അമ്മ പറഞ്ഞു “അതാണ് ബിനു”

May 2012

Mohanlal’s Grand Master – Review

By |2020-05-15T21:49:52-05:00May 11th, 2012|Malayalam, Movie Review, talkies|

Mohanlal plays Chandrashekhar,a defeated IPS officer, who takes his personal briefcase of losses to work. He unlike Sherlock Holmes who uses cocaine, plays chess in office to keep his mind alert. Chess references abound in the movie, as a serial killer challenges Chandra to a game which combines crime and personal life. There is a trail of murdered women. Nothing is out of bounds, as Chandra accepts the challenge. Lalu Alex is the killer. (I'm kidding! he is not there in the film)

Phony blogging

By |2012-05-06T02:10:26-05:00May 6th, 2012|Hmm|

Trying to blog from phone. Got Dorris Lessing's first novel by snail mail, this book is traveling for 29 years now :)

April 2012

Poetry of Mad Men – Kierkegaard & Pierre Reverdy

By |2023-01-24T21:05:02-05:00April 22nd, 2012|Poetry|

Boredom is taken to be the worst evil. Immersing themselves in pleasure, whether sensual or intellectual, aesthetic people live overwhelmingly for the moment, in search of yet another self-gratifying experience. Pierre Reverdy and the poetry of Mad Men. Musings on desolation and the moment.

March 2012

February 2012

Kerala History: Glimpses from 1956 to 2011

By |2024-06-09T12:53:25-05:00February 4th, 2012|Good Read, India, Kerala, Papa Bear, Poetry, Politics, talkies, Trivandrum, Trivia|

Because rather than big events, we have focused on big patterns. And while we disagree on a lot many things here - political, cultural, developmental, social, and personal, I hope we all agree that Kerala got it mostly right in the past 55 years. Because Kerala is the No.1 state in India, here we go, and as always we would like to hear your thoughts.

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