My Football pilgrimage demanded a country side sighting between the weekend La Liga and midweek Champions League games. We decided to spend this break covering south France. Our first stop was Toulouse, a quiet, sleepy, high on architecture, quaint and … Continue reading Travel: Seven unique observations at Toulouse, France
Bruges (Belgium) was chilling at 4 degree Celsius. The clock had just struck midnight. The roads were empty. There was a slight drizzle in the air. We managed to find a kebab joint (open late) to have a bite of … Continue reading Travel: When someone made you blush, laugh aloud or feel loved
Jumanji 2017 starts with the concept from the 1981 children’s fantasy book (by same name) written by Chris Van Allsburg and ends with the 1987 chartbuster ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ sung by the greatest hard rock band ever, Guns n Roses. … Continue reading Movie Review: Jumanji – Welcome to the Jungle, We got fun and games
“What time do they turn the mist off?” Yes, that was a travel query asked to a UK based leading travel agency guide. Fear not, each of us would have asked silly travel questions one time or the other. But … Continue reading Travel: Top 40 stupid complaints ever
Bollywood 2017 will be remembered as the year it matured from candy-floss chick-flicks to ‘slice-of-life’ comic scripts. Tumhari Sulu belongs to the same (refreshing) genre as Hindi Medium, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan & Qarib Qarib Singlle. Each of … Continue reading Movie Review: Tumhari Sulu is tribute to the Spirit of a Housewife
Am not a fan of superhero movies, but there are sacrifices, once a while, you make for kids! On my ‘Hulk’ son Ishav Das’s insistence took him to Thor Ragnarok over a dad-son bonding weekday. Here are my brief notes of … Continue reading Movie Review: Visual delight & standard superhero stock make Thor Ragnarok
Irrfan Khan was the sole reason us gang of friends entered the movie hall this weekend. India’s only serious and flourishing export to Hollywood comes across as that large dollop of supreme quality butter. You add him to any dish … Continue reading Movie Review: Qarib Qarib saved by Irrfan Singlly
To survive in a family one needs to often make compromises and adjustments. Today, for sake of my kids laughter and wife Trisha’s timepass, I sacrificed four hours of my life in Golmaal 4, waiting every minute for the ABCD … Continue reading Movie Review: Golmaal 4 will make Amol Palekar sore
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
