Please Jo, don’t go: speaking of Mozhi

What kind of futility is it to attempt to speak a few words about Mozhi, a movie that magically transports you into a world where words lose all meaning!
I didn’t know till a couple of days ago that Mozhi was supposed to be Jyotika’s last movie. After three hours of the movie, I come out […]

Pachaikili Muthucharam: a family “derailed”

Gautham Menon takes a break from his similar-themed cop flicks and explores the concept of infidelity and its effects on a loving family in a slickly-made, technically brilliant movie, in which Arvind Krishna’s camerawork, Harris Jeyaraj’s songs and background score compete with Sarathkumar for the tag of hero. I will take an early bet on […]

And Vodafone paid these guys $19 billion?

The following letter was sent to an executive working for Hutch South a month ago. I did not want to publish it. But since they still haven’t responded satisfactorily, I care zilch about them.
Hi,
Before you discard me away as just another grumpy customer, please read the following experiences I have had (endured) with your Customer […]

Want cash?

Wednesday afternoon, right after lunch, the phone rings…
Lady: Mr. Vijay Krishna?
Me: Yes.
Lady: I’m calling on behalf of ICICI Bank. Based on your credit card transactions, we are pleased to offer you 25000 rupees cash
Me: (heck, I spent less than 25K, so how did I get lucky?) That’s very nice
Lady: Are you interested, Sir?
Me: Yes, ma’am. […]

How to beat Barcelona?

Genius has an infinite capacity to self-destruct. Which is what Liverpool found out to their great joy at the Camp Nou last night. How else can a team, which cannot lay claim to even a few seconds of imaginative / creative play, beat the reigning European champions, whose degeneration looked complete? Discipline is the word. […]

Review: AapkaVideo.com

I’m supposed to get paid for writing this review. Despite this, I hope to present my honest opinions.
Because quite a few Web 2.0 ideas are easy to replicate, these services give rise to clones. We know many sites that try to ride on the popularity of Orkut, Flickr and Digg. Video-sharing, revolutionised by YouTube (as […]

Conspiracy theory

Liverpool are reportedly upbeat in their preparation to face European champions Barcelona next week. Barca do not look like the force they were last year, and the recent spat between Samuel Eto’o, Ronaldinho and Frank Rijkaard has made things only worse for them.
There has also been talk of the Premiership’s Big Three trying to sign […]

Selection charades

For all the talk about getting the right combination and infusing young blood, India’s squad for the World Cup is just plain old fare.
I would pity the selectors though. They really had little choice, and once you saw Sehwag’s name on the sheet, you knew they had thrown in their towels. Here is a man […]

“F***ing disgrace!”

… is what Arsene Wenger told Alan Pardew as he couldn’t stomach Marlon Harewood’s late winner for West Ham United against Arsenal.
Some moments from today’s game:
42 mins: Henry breaks into the box from the left, seems lose the ball then throws himself to the ground. He’s very, very lucky not to go into the book […]

C’mon ye Reds!

A friend writes in to ask why I don’t write about football these days…
Well, it’s been quite a while since I wrote about anything at all. But football? The going has been so good for Manchester United this season, I don’t want to sing praises and, as luck would have it, brace for a downturn.
Meanwhile, […]

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