Before I knew anything about the movie, I made a sweeping statement. “The West loves poverty in India, and India loves what the West does,” I told a friend with that hollow, distant, ungodly voice. I was wrong. We must thank the filmmakers behind Cidade de Deus and Slumdog Millionaire for bringing forward a truth [...]
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Can we all please go to the toilet?
“Where is the restroom?” asked someone during my visit to IIMB in early 2007. That may have been my first encounter of “restroom” usage in the Indian English vernacular. While I honestly am not a sexuality-ist, my instant reaction had been, “Gay.” What I meant by it was, “Lame.” That day, I heard several people [...]
My Last Words For Now
I can’t immediately recollect the last time I wrote something in such a hurry. The current reaction time is nineteen milliseconds less than the last time I had been pinged by a girl on Gtalk. You must understand this desperation to say my last words and more importantly forgive me for its un-intelligibility if I [...]
The Joke Books Called Indian Newspapers
Indian newspapers have been around for a very long time. Some of them are even older than the Banyan tree behind your grandmother’s house in the village. While the tree gives shelter and reduce pollution, what worth do the newspapers have? When I read a forwarded article from The New Yorker or The Guardian, I [...]
Movie Review: Flavors
Mr. are Mrs. Gopalkrishna come to USA for their son’s marriage with a white woman. They are strangers on a mission here, making a wholehearted attempt to welcome the new culture that their son has decided to marry. Mr. Gopalkrishna believes in his son and wants to hand over a parcel to his superintendent’s son [...]