Staying unemployed for over two and a half months with no signs of the next ray of light can be very depressive. More so, if you are an expat in a foreign land. You feel trapped. You can’t leave the … Continue reading My daily fight to avoid depression: Part 1 – Mental Engagement
I realised there is no write up on the internet on all the classy things Manchester City do / have done, that make them more aristocratic than the rest. While the Premier League media always debate around the money spent … Continue reading Pep Talk 24: Eight Classy ManCity gestures which make them invaluable to football
Sriram Raghavan’s movies have always guaranteed minimum quality standards. The ace director who gave us epics like Ek Hasina Thi, Johnny Gaddar and Badlapur, can always be entrusted with your ticket price – more so if you are a fan of … Continue reading Movie Review: One helluva unpredictable ride, Just buy your ticket Andhadhun!
Sitting atop Puaka Hill, in Pulau Ubin island, is one of the most scenically serene and tranquil places to be. You could go into a trance just staring at blanks – quietly, undisturbed by a factory, vehicular or human noises. … Continue reading Singapore: Puaka Hill trail Pulau Ubin
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
A four minute video blog I shot and uploaded a month ago (18 July 2018) with my daughter Arushi describing what makes Singapore the best country in the world to live in. Do note the YouTube link shows a mid … Continue reading Vlog: Missing India but Singapore is best country in the world to live in
Generalization and divisiveness are centuries old global trends. If I commit a mass crime here, Singapore papers will report it as ‘Indian Banker does …’ .. that’s two generalizations; and it’s fair. But I would expect both, Indians and bankers, … Continue reading Movie Review: A flawed ‘Mulk’ has its heart in the right place
In a way Fauda (meaning chaos) is an antithesis to the recent Netflix Series Sacred Games. Whereas all destructive decisions in Fauda are attributed to the will of Allah (albeit wrongly), Sacred Games stays clear with the notion that ‘Bhagwan ko … Continue reading Netflix series: Fauda is a tribute to the chaotic human mind
I have tried to piece the entire chain of activities that lead to cow-related lynchings happening in India, the last eight years. Thanks to an excellent debate conducted by NDTV’s ‘The Big Fight’ show, with anchor Vikram Chandra. The key … Continue reading Politics: Stitching together facts behind India’s ‘cow’ related lynching incidents
The opening two lines of Sacred Games go thus – Bhagwaan ko maanta hai? … Bhagwaan ko lu@d farak padta hai. (Do you believe in God? God doesn’t give a fu&k). In between the two lines is a camera shot … Continue reading Netflix Series: Sacred Games is India’s answer to Narcos
