Alcohol corners of pointless discussion
In spite of his desire to be completely forgotten, Bob Kaufman, another find from the beat generation. Three poems, one after the other. Jazz radio on a midnight kick, Round [...]
October 2009
Can media legally violate a prostitute?
Many of us who read newspapers would have seen the furore when B.Lenin, editor of ‘Dinamalar’ was arrested in Chennai a few weeks back, after film actress Bhuvaneshwari’s prostitution racket [...]
We are in the day’s The Hindu :)
Nita Sathyendran covers Ajay’s, Nikhil’s, Anish’s blogs and my Talkies in the day’s Hindu 🙂 Thanks to Nita and the Hindu for that, and for its commendable stand on the [...]
Pirate Latitudes and Superfreakonomics
I guess the most awaited books of the year. Pre-ordered both on Amazon. Michael Crichton was my first favourite author. If Great Train Robbery and Eaters of the dead are [...]
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Discover India Essay: “One Billion and Counting”
This essay of mine won the Discover India Essay prize at University of Michigan. The event was the first India Business Conference at Michigan. The Essay won me a certificate [...]
King Thackeray and Dhara Patil
It can't get better - My Man is going to wrestle My Useless Man. It seems Raj Thackeray said "he would beat Patil with shoes for neglecting his constituency". And [...]
Moore’s Capitalism – A Love Story
“Capitalism – A Love story”, digs a little deeper into the ground water of history, to be precise the Reagan presidency and the Greenspan years,to explain the structural flaws that [...]
Obama Nobel
One can be too cynical about the Bambi Nobel, but if there is one person who has changed the "mood" of the world in such a short period of time, [...]
Ijaazat – video enabled
Finally, Talkies is video enabled. And couldn't think of a better video to start with. [bubblecast id=284795]
Heteroskedasticity
It doesn't make sense to me either. But the point is I continue to miss this space and the space it gives me. I missed reviewing Tarantino's first movie I [...]
August 2009
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