Just so you didn’t know yet, Frenchman Benjamin Mendy, is the most expensive football defender at 23 yrs old, after winning just one major trophy (Ligue 1 2016-17), being selected in Team of the year Ligue 1 2016-17 and costing £52 million … Continue reading Football: The curious case of Benjamin Mendy
Despite the steady phase-out of traditional Indian sweets, Bareilly Ki Barfi sales, an otherwise little known sweet meat, will soar following last weekend’s delicious Bollywood release. The movie comes straight from the 1970’s Hrishikesh Mukherjee school of filmmaking. Clean, light, … Continue reading Movie Review: Bareilly Ki Barfi is ‘lallan taap’ movie of the year 2017
Back in 1980’s, aside He-man, Spider-man was the only english speaking on-screen global hero we grew up with. I would wait the entire week only for Sunday 5:15pm to gaze at the National television channel, Doordarshan, and find this superhero … Continue reading Movie Review: Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-man gives a warm Homecoming
If the Lion King’s scene where Simba’s dad is killed (tears roll always) got me attracted to cartoon movies, then Despicable Me’s adoption concept (that too by weirdo villain Gru) made me wholly appreciate the depth of Hollywood animation movies. … Continue reading Movie Review: Despicable Me 3 is only Minions on a fun spree
I will forever be thankful to my parents for struggling hard to groom me inside a private Christian english medium school – back in the 1980s, the perceived gold standard of schooling. So too should be my entire generation – … Continue reading Movie Review: Hindi Medium is funny, Irrfan bang for your money
Elections 2017 – Ten fun facts (far away from the non stop verbal diarrhoea Yogendra Yadav & Mani Shankar Aiyar are throwing on television channels!) 1. #BJP winning approx 63% of seats (435/690) of #Elections2017. Orange Holi it is. Holi … Continue reading India: Elections 2017 – Ten fun facts & cartoons
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
Walt Disney’s 2016 year end offering Moana has already grossed 250 USD million and on way to become a mega hit. Touring the amazingly beautiful islands of Philippines, we decide to continue our trend of watching a movie while vacationing. … Continue reading Movie Review: Moana is enjoyable but becoming standard Walt Disney template
PM Narendra Modi’s surgical strike on black money by demonetization has got hoarders scurrying. Indians being ones blessed with above average brains, insensitivity and pro-activity, have chalked up various ways to dispose Rs500/1000 notes. From dumping in river Ganga, drains, … Continue reading India: 30 funny ways black money owning rich people hit with Demonetization
One of my ‘Work-Life’ balance rules is mandatory family outings midweek. Some weeks we dine, sometimes movie, other times just recreate out. This excites my daughter, Arushi, even on boring Mondays; and over the years, instilled into her a habit … Continue reading Movie Review: Storks deliver a cute movie
