258 Pages With his debut book, ‘Five Point someone’, he enlightened us that there is a lot more besides swotting going on in an IIT students life. By reading his second narrative, ‘One Night @ the call centre’ we realized that complaining customers aren’t the only ones who call in. And Chetan Bhagat’s third and…
Author: Deliciously Alive
Book Review: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Human Nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil. My children have had other birthplaces, and, so far as their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth – Nathaniel Hawthorne,…
My bad!
It’s been a blooper-free time on the Dubya front for a while now. And I had safely assumed that maybe US President, Mr George Bush wouldn’t out-stupid himself anymore. My bad. ‘Coz he proved me wrong, and how!He comes along making the mother of all inane statements by proclaiming that India is to blame for…
And if you need to know more about me, you only have to ask…
Tags make for a great blog post. Especially when each time I write a post, it ends up as my magazine article instead! 😉 So, when I spotted this rather nippy and interesting Tag on Suniti’s blog, I asked her if I could borrow it for mine, and she Tagged me, pronto! Thanks, Suniti!:) A…
A News Channel informed me…
…that Madonna is looking to adopt an Indian Baby. I’m offended, Madge. Really! *sulking* I am right here and you need to go looking all over the place! Let me explain. I am Indian. I used to be called Baby, till I refused to answer to it (when I was 10 years old, if details…
Quelle Horreur!
Dear Heather, Now that you’ve managed to get your hands on your ex-husband, Sir Paul McCartney’s millions *a few of the many, many more he still has, mind* I just hope you’d start dressing better. (Truly curious to know what might have made you want to dress like a harlequin. Temporary blindness? Dressing in the…
Movie Review : Juno
Juno (Ellen Page. Precocious, wonderful, confident, perfectly cast. Ah! I could go on and on about her!)is 16. An implusive ‘experiment’ with boyfriend Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera) and Juno is pregnant. After a few moments of minor disbelief at finding herself pregnant, Juno decides to go in for an abortion. On her way to it,…
Movie Review: 27 Dresses
Jane (Katherine Heigl, endearing) plays the perpetual bridesmaid who attends every wedding she can with the firm belief that the Brides will return the favor when it’s her turn to walk down the aisle. She keeps her bridesmaid dresses, 27 in all, lined up in a bursting closet, even as she dreams and hopes for…
New Year! New Thoughts! New Post!
Ever so often, the desire to evolve drives me to cast a sweeping glance through my attitude, my life, and the people in it. After a swift, and at times contemplative, reckoning, I sift through my thoughts, ideals, people, and everything that affects me and my day-to-day living. Retaining the gist of what has worked…
Movie Review: Aaja Nachle
Directed by Anil Mehta. Produced by Aditya Chopra.Starring: Madhuri Dixit, Konkona Sen Sharma, Akshaye Khanna, Kunal Kapoor, Divya Dutta, Ranvir Shorey, Vinay Pathak, Raghubir Yadav and others. Running time: 145 mins. Rating : ** A dance studio in New York, where shapely instructor Dia (Madhuri Dixit) is coaching foreigners in dance, in Hema Malini-accented English,…