Sounds shocking? Well the case is not that PM handed over cheque of $25 mn to Lashkar or Jaish chiefs but the decision of giving aid to Pakistan in the wake of earthquake has similar implications.Pakistani President Parvez Musharraf admitted that no funds will be diverted from defence account to quake rehabilitation funds. This expense will be met with the money obtained from external aid. In other...
Monday, November 21, 2005
Monday, November 07, 2005
The Power of Positive Thinking
Sometimes when you are feeling really really down, all sorts of negative thoughts are crushing you under their collective gloom and you know what you are thinking or feeling is wrong (and yet can't escape from the dead weight!), you make a good decision to invite a third party to lend a helping hand...
Monday, May 30, 2005
Mad About Movies: Bombay
I wrote the following article for a Rediff.com series about movies. It was never sent! I am reproducing the same here:The beauty of ManiRatnam’s trilogy of ‘Roja’, ’Bombay’ and ‘Dil Se..’ is the timelessness of these films. Unless until this country solves the Kashmir, Ayodhya and Assam issues, the three films (in the respective order) will continue to remain pertinent to every Indian, not only as...
Monday, May 02, 2005
Indian Pop: Missing Oorja (Energy)
I can still remember the wonderful plastic audio cassette cover with a really refreshing and miles-away from run-of-the-mill inlay cards prevalent those days. About 10 years have passed but I can still recall the vibrant energy filled in that music album named ‘Oorja’ (meaning ‘energy’ in Hindi) (Meanwhile the inlay card I was talking about was an interesting pot-pourri of cool and bright colors and...
Friday, March 04, 2005
My Big Fat Indian Doubt
Last night I watched "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". I wondered why so many companies and production houses collaborate to make even a small film in Hollywood (well there was, FC Films and Golden Circle Pictures and PlayTone Pictures and one I forgot!)Well I will give you a brief tour of the film before talking anything else. Film is autobiography of a Greek Girl Toula Portokalos(Nia Vardalos) , whose...
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Hello God, me a blogger !!!
Dear God,Hope you are doing fine and wishing the same for me. See how grateful I am a son of yours, that I am dedicating my first blog to you. MY FIRST BLOG!!!After PC (. . damn these news papers and News channels, you may confuse that I am going to talk about P. Chidambaram first and then make a hue and cry about budget!) , I mean computers , even mobiles are not safe.Now, now God don't be naughty...
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