Monday, October 29, 2007

When success is a two-edged sword

This article was originally written for and published on PassionForCinema.com on 27th November 2007: http://passionforcinema.com/success-is-a-double-edged-sword/Some months back I read the book review of 'Orson Welles: A Biography' by Barabara Leaming.I have always known Welles as the creator of the great 'Mars Attack' hoax on radio. This article however was focussed on Orson Welles, the director...

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Since cricket is of 'national importance'

Now that the euphoria of victory in T-20 World cup has subsided after losing the One day series against Australia, I think this is the time to raise some questions.If our courts believe that Cricket is such a matter of national importance which made them curb the freedom of private enterprise causing...

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Tale of Retail

Finally Reliance has decided to close its Reliance Fresh stores in UP and Orissa and move out. I don't know about Orissa but in UP this step was taken after protests and vandalism at Reliance Fresh stores in some cities. Mayawati Government ordered closure of some stores citing 'law and order problems' and gave the local administration in all the cities to order closure wherever they felt any such...