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Happy Independence Day
So it will be a Happy Independence Day after all. The Box Office is keeping producers of this movie happy and that the lead character’s name is Happy is only, well, a happy co-incidence. Abhinav Bindra’s win at Beijing has exhausted all possible phrases with the word gold in it. With so many (more) news… Continue reading
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IAF Open To Women In Jet Cockpit
Ok, read the, between or beyond the following lines, I’m just reproducing (pun maybe intended) the piece from today’s edition of Deccan Herald. I hope it helps in bringing about world peace and reducing poverty and global warming. Thank you. Italics are my emphasis. IAF Open To Women In Jet Cockpit New Delhi, PTI: The… Continue reading
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Don’t Blame That Miss Teen South Carolina Contestant
Now this is something we’re more than familiar with. Maybe this video will help us put that into perspective. On a slightly related note, I’m a little skeptical of Rupert Murdoch’s continued domination of the media world over. Continue reading
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Chess Olympiad Teams Will Be Topless
How scandalous? And it’s the Indian Chess teams we’re talking about. Are they making the right moves? Will they get pwned? Will they find out what is it to be a knight rider? All puns intended. Read on. Chess Olympiad Teams Will Be Topless Thank You DNA and congratulations. You win today’s battle for the… Continue reading
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Bhagawan Aaye Cycle Se
No wonder it won the Bronze at Cannes. Crossposted on OrangeGlass. Continue reading
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More CNN-IBNonsense
It’s not everyday On IBNlive, it’s everyday that one comes across news stories of varying ridiculous proportions, but one of today’s headlines is definitely out of the box, the sort that sees a hand with a boxing glove come out of the box(idiot, if TV or a flat box, if it’s a laptop screen) and… Continue reading
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Via Darjeeling and The Darjeeling Limited
Two movies I’m looking forward to watch in some time – Via Darjeeling and The Darjeeling Limited. Via Darjeeling comes from Arindam Nandy and has a very impressive star cast with an interesting story-line. More from Arindam Nandy on Via Darjeeling. Heartening to see NFDC (back to?)backing projects like these. The Darjeeling Limited sounds a… Continue reading
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Viva la Vida and Brian Eno
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends sees the coming together of two brilliant brains, Coldplay and Brian Eno. Having briefly worked with Coldplay on their last album X&Y, Brian Eno has gone on to produce Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends for them. And by the looks and the… Continue reading
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Good Will Hunting Fucking Short Version
Ok, I’m not able to decide which one is better of the two – the movie Good Will Hunting or the following Fucking Short Version. Can you please help me decide? The movie is excellent no doubt, and I was pleasantly surprised to know that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote the screenplay and went… Continue reading