Okay, so this time, it’s canton noodles. I love Chop Suey. I love how fat and flat those egg noodles are at the same time. So while I didn’t try to make a chop suey (maybe some other frazzled day), I did try my hand at canton noodles. I thought I’d make a simple recipe … Continue reading »
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What Harry Potter has meant to me.
Anyone who reads books, devours them, will be able to answer that in a jiffy. Harry Potter, or any other range/collection of books, that you read have a powerful magic to them. They are able to take you away from your current state of mind and transport you to a time and place completely different … Continue reading »
“Dhobi Ghat”
The evolution of Hindi cinema has come a long, long way. In essence, the Indian film industry is more about business and marketing ventures than it is about art. Yes, you’ll see one incomprehensible art film starring Naseeruddin Shah once every ten years but that’s about it. You’ll have nice subtle comedies (Bheja Fry, Jab … Continue reading »
Am I an Amreekophobe – OR – All I really needed to know about America was through Hollywood.
People say that the world changed after 9/11. Global amicableness, airport security, thoughts that go behind making an Oscar-winning script. Stereotypes. Political futures of many countries including ours. I think the world changed the moment America started its motion to become a super power – and then chose to influence the world through a half-assed … Continue reading »
Hindi movie super lol moment of the day II.
Amrita Singh is a heavily makeupped, hairtstyled well dressed pickpocket who is running from thugs (oh the irony) and sneaks in and takes shelter in maa’s house. Thug enters the same house. Because he was just that smart. Thug: Did a girl just walk in here? Maa: Girl, what girl? (stupid thug, disturbing me from … Continue reading »
What Twilight REALLY means .. or .. a Jungian-cum-Freudian analysis.
Let’s not talk about how much agony was inflicted upon me through the first two movies. The first one I watched to see what the hype was all about. The second one I saw because I’d already seen the first. And the third one. Well. I am out of excuses. Sometimes you just want to … Continue reading »
A hindi movie super-lol moment of the day.
(Occurred after randomly flipping channels.) Enter a young Anil Kapoor, with obvious white streaks in hair. Rekha, his wife, tells him she has harbored a fugitive (a young woman) in the dead of the night. Turns out that femme fugitive wants to marry Anil Kapoor’s brother. Enter shakti kapoor, with obvious wig, yelling and screaming … Continue reading »
And the flicks shall set you free.
Given the fact that there is precious little to do in a country that is currently living in the fourteenth century, cinema-less and battling issues like child marriage and polygamy and female genital mutilation, the one thing that keeps expats going (apart from tiny coffee shops and secluded neighborhoods with high-end restaurants) are movies. And … Continue reading »
“Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani.”
Bollywood seems to go through seasons. And fads. There were seasons of movies being all about unfaithful wives and marital disruption (Murder, Jism, Ajnabee, etc) and then there were seasons of loving your parents (Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum, Baghbaan) and then there is the evergreen season of romantic comedies being ripped off from popular American … Continue reading »
Books, Movies and Hillary Clinton.
You know one of those books which you pick up from the shelf because they look terribly interesting and you flip page after page after page and nothing happens and the book ends and you realize you’ve just wasted four hours of your life reading something that didn’t make any sense and whether the author … Continue reading »
