Trains falling off steady rails, Mumbai flooding on steady rains. Babies dying insufferable pains, Newshour debating folks with birdbrains. Smart city dream riding on drains, Achhe Din slogan living in chains. Damn the bullet train, election campaigns, the taxes, glamour, … Continue reading India: Poem summarizing India Aug2017 news
Akshay Kumar is the only mega star actor who dares to carry entire range of Bollywood. From ludicrous Housefulls to sombre Airlifts to pacy Babys to rowdy Rathores. No Khan would dare risk such a portfolio nor get into low … Continue reading Movie Review: Jolly LLB2 is great watch movie too
Sairat (Marathi, meaning wild) is a love story of two socially unequal people, with a tragic ending and with ordinary friends assisting. That’s Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak plus Tezaab plus Love Sex aur Dhoka: three Bollywood classics rolled into one … Continue reading Movie Recommendation: Sairat is the QSQT moment of Marathi cinema
India’s Padma award winners 2017 have some awe inspiring names with jaw dropping contribution to society. Their efforts will make our materialism filled world look a life of the unworthy. A 91 year old gynaecologist who has been delivering babies … Continue reading India: 20 Padma award winning common Indians you must know aboutÂ
I hate the forced culture of tipping. But this was something different. In our mind-boggling Philippines vacation, we encountered something very unreal, very enlightening – there were multiple instances when we wanted to tip a person but the kind soul … Continue reading Humanity: Are Filipinos the nicest people on planet earth?
Often we reach a new city and while searching rental apartments we find ads ‘non-vegetarians not allowed’, ‘No Indians please’, ‘No Muslims please’, ‘No Tamils please’, ‘no African origin blacks please’ etc etc. It’s not any local issue, it’s an … Continue reading Travel: Kudos AirBnB for your anti-racism stance
Singapore’s racial integration, harmony and equality efforts compare to no other country in the world. So we entered Changi Airport yesterday, to be greeted by a pretty lady, in Indian saree, offering sweets to all passengers. She had the traditional … Continue reading Changi Airport & Singapore celebrates Deepavali / Diwali
Visaranai (Tamil meaning interrogation) is all about police atrocities and the unchallenged power they wield. In India people will willingly talk to a pickpocketer or even a fraudster but prefer staying 100 metres away from a policemen. Even in cases … Continue reading Movie Recommendation: Visaranai (Tamil) could win the Oscar; hardhittingly deserving
On Sunday, at Tokyo, FC Barcelona’s Under 12 team won the Junior Soccer World Challenge tournament by beating local team Omiya Ardija Junior. Normally this news would not even make to any blog or media space. FC Barcelona winning is … Continue reading FC Barcelona U-12 kids show sportsmanship runs in their blood – watch them consoling Japanese team, will moist your eyes
Netflix has introduced me to whole lot of little known Indie movies. Amal is one such flick with the biggest heart. Amal is one such character with the biggest heart. Originally shot as a Canadian short film in 2004, it … Continue reading Movie Recommendation : Amal is worth falling in love over and over again
