Opinion
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Hazaaron Khwahishein Nahin, Bas Ek Khwahish
Dear Kirkireji, I hope you, like I do, believe that this is your best song till date. I do not say best song ever because I believe, hopefully you also do, that there are many more such gems to come from you, both as a writer and a singer. It hurts me no end when Continue reading
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Happy Independence Day – II
I only have this to say. If it takes a jazzed up version of the National Anthem to market our national anthem to our youths , then God save our country instead of the Queen. Maybe I am a little old-school, finding such an experiment with our National Anthem hard to digest. I’m definitely not Continue reading
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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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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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Koncerned About Karnataka
No, this is not about an Ekta Kapoor serial on Karnataka, but a really concerning phenomenon which could have a potentially adverse effect on the relatively clean politics environment in Karnataka. Outlook carries an article by Sugata Srinivasaraju on the rise of the Reddy brothers in such a very short time from being nowhere on 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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The Truth About India
Now, after traveling some eight thousand miles around the country, I know approximately as little as I did on my first arrival. However I’ve seen a lot of people and places, and at least somewhat more detailed and precise idea of my ignorance than I did in the beginnning. Paul Bowles in Their Heads Are Continue reading
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Polls In Karnataka – A Quick Note
As someone who follows Indian politics very closely, it is a tad disappointing that I haven’t been able to follow the build-up to the elections in Karnataka as closely as I’d have liked. But still an opinion or two, or perhaps a couple more. Contrary to what these people have to say, the Congress will Continue reading
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Earth Day Barkings
And one was under the impression that today is Tuesday. With each day being gobbled up for such causes, one wonders if 365 days are enough. So while Google does very dull logo change, the message is gotten across by our good friend Hutch. Such a gentleman he is. Tough, and very hard for him Continue reading
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Bliss – Dil Indeed Dance Maare Re
It has always been my dream to make a song like this. Write it, get someone to put the song to music and shoot it. But I’m glad one among Piyush Mishra, Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt Guptan or Kausar Munir(from what I gather, Vishal it is) wrote a masterpiece like this and Vishal-Shekhar gave such Continue reading
Nikhil Kulkarni 