Thanks to Author and Founder & Editor of The Stone Magazine, David H. Schleicher, a short story of mine — Train of Thought — features in the second issue of this digital literary offering. You can purchase and download it from Amazon.com. At US $1.99 (that’s roughly Rs. 100) The Stone is economically priced and … Continue reading
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2012 / English / Movie Review
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2012)
On Why You Won’t Hate The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Depending on what you expect from director David Fincher you’ll either love The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (TGWTDT) or you’ll be disappointed. Don’t worry, you won’t hate it. Let’s deal with the bad news first: Continue reading
2012 / English / Hindi / Movie Review / Music Reviews
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather…RIP For me, The Godfather is a movie of many firsts. Born a few years after the The Godfather released, I was deprived of a big screen viewing until recently when a cinema house, may the powers that be bless them with more such intelligence, screened it as part of their vintage film festival. … Continue reading
2011 / English / Movie Review
The Tree of Life (2011)
The Tree of Life, Death and Everything In-between We had a choice. We could live in a world that’s uncomplicated and simple, yet fulfilling, creative and tolerant. We chose otherwise. Now, we live in a world that’s complicated (and not just complex), disillusioning and intolerant. Sooner or eons later, we as a human race, if … Continue reading
2011 / English / Movie Review
Midnight in Paris (2011)
The Ultimate Salvation for Writers Disconnected from reality, often writers live in a world of their own. A world where the lines between fact and fiction, conscious and subconscious, and hope and despair dissolve to give birth to their next best (or worst) creation: a novel, script, play et al. A world of fantasy perhaps … Continue reading
2011 / English / Movie Review
Drive (2011)
Shhhhh! Driving In-progress “…Don’t worry. Don’t worry. That’s it. It’s done. There is no pain, it’s over. It’s over.” What did you picture when you read that dialogue? Depending on how you think and visualise, if you haven’t seen or heard anything about Drive, you’ll conjure images of a doctor or nurse attending a patient, … Continue reading
2010 / 2011 / English / Movie Review / Short Take
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
I Met a Short Frail Strange Woody Allen On a lazy Sunday afternoon your grey cells are hibernating and all you do is stare into infinity, dream about dreams that always remain dreams, and the sweet pleasure that dissatisfaction brings. A perfect day to indulge in some strange, unpredictable (or maybe predictable, depends on how … Continue reading
