Everyone thought that Krishna Vamsi had lost his touch and Anthapuram was the last of his impressive movies. NTR Jr was similarly written off after the failure of successive movies like ……., ……., ……. (Please fill the blanks). But both are back with a fatal vengeance and unfortunately it is not just on their critics. Krishna Vamsi tries to do a Shankar – packaging socially relevant themes in a commercial...
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Dirty Doles and Perverted Poors
Kuffir has been a strong votary of direct money transfer to eradicate poverty instead of numerous employment generation programmes which have been in operation under various names. Initially, like many others, I too was not very keen about the idea. My apprehensions were the usual ones like misdirection of expenditure of the allotted doles and a possible dent in the potential creation of infrastructure....
Friday, November 24, 2006
Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi.....
Banu: hiMe: hiMe: saw the movie?Banu: yeah manMe: kaisa tha?Banu: Nice .. hard hitting in the sense of what happens so fast to Vikram MalhotraMe: doesn’t the song now seem more beautiful?Banu: yeah. its goodMe: he is truly a baawraBanu: exactly..Me: the way he rests his head on her shoulders in the end........and still persists with his love … baawra bawre se iss jahan mein bawara ek saath ho, iss...
Monday, October 09, 2006
Suspended Animation
Bheegi bheegi bheegi jaadu bhari lamhon ki ye raateinDekho karne lagi hoon main boondon se baateinBoondon se baateinBoondon se baatein main boondon se baateinBoondon se baatein main boondon se baateinI shall be away for more than a month. Till then, I leave you with these pictures.Wish me luck for my...
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Transparency Begins at Home
So there are things worse than having pesticides. [Link via Kuffir] But more than this, it hurts to know that media has let off these guys easily. Look at the way how they covered the reservation issue. They gave airtime to every remotely relevant point of view. Not that all of it was bad. While juvenile idiots were given opportunities to show off their pretensions of ‘saving the nation’, they...
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Edukotla Andhrula Atma Gauravam
It is disgusting to hear YSR, saying that the issue of separate statehood for Telangana would be decided by Sonia Gandhi. The State Congress Chief even says that “she would be the ultimate word on it.” Irrespective of the outcome, can someone please tell me who is she to decide. Does she belong to this place? Did she win an election from here? Is she aware of the history of this region? Or can she...
Saturday, August 12, 2006
I Have a Vision .......
You Are a Visionary SoulYou are a curious person, always in a state of awareness.Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connected to your soul.You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable.Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings.You have great vision and can...
Friday, August 11, 2006
Sex Appeal
It seems that August 14th is ‘Half’ Valentine’s Day. Now these are those dreaded days which remind me about my miserable single status. My life has become as barren as the parched Telangana lands. Such infertility, that some of my cells commit suicide on a regular basis by drowning themselves into water. I am unable to stop this cellular genocide as I am incapable of providing them with their counterparts...
Friday, August 04, 2006
Monsoon Wetting
The rain has held back for days and days, my God, in my arid heart. The horizon is fiercely naked---not the thinnest cover of a soft cloud, not the vaguest hint of a distant cool shower. Send thy angry storm, dark with death, if it is thy wish, and with lashes of lightning startle the sky from end...
Friday, July 28, 2006
Telangana - Whose Cause is it Anyway
Seven years ago, on a cloudy but warm winter afternoon, a bunch of sophomores barged into our class. They finally managed to snatch a time to get themselves introduced to us, en masse in our classroom, in the typical engineering college way. A short bespectacled guy ordered us to introduce ourselves giving details of our school, intermediate college, academic aggregates and our future aims. We were...
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
President - Yes, Prime Minister
Congress is truly the party of Aam Aadmi. Every aam aadmi is a leader in the party. Every aam aadmi becomes its spokesperson. No, you don’t need any authorization to express your views on behalf of the party. At times, you don’t even need to be a member of the party. One such aam aadmi spokesperson is Mr. Harish Khare. After the exit of Anand Sharma to the cabinet, Mr.Khare has self-appointed himself...
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Blogger's Block - Enemy of the State?
For long people such as this person have been complaining about blogger's block. The Indian Government, with its utmost sincerity in alleviating the problems of its beloved citizens has solved the problem once and for all. Block the blogs. Naa rahegi baans, Naa bajegi bansuri.I am unable to access any of the blogs hosted at blogspot. But yes, I can definitely access debonairblog (No, I am not giving...
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Affirmative Action and Reservations – The Missing Links
The recent reservation debates, while drawing comparisons with Affirmative Action (AA) of USA, fail to highlight the proactive facet of AA. AA is superior to our reservations both in letter, spirit and scope. While the Indian reservation system extends to the Government sector alone, the historic Executive Order 11246 issued by President Lyndon Johnson covers almost 200,000 government contractors...
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Godavari - Celluloid Sweetness
A movie that deserves more than one post. I hope to make atleast one detailed post in the near future. Actors, photography, music, lyrics and background score - all merge as harmoniously as the waters of Godavari, the Paapi hills, the hues of sky and the rays of the sun. Veturi’s lyrics are truly beautiful. When a lyrically challenged guy (me) could understand and appreciate (though not completely)...
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
N.Ram and maR(a)N - Comrade at Arms
When I made this post, I thought that the doomsday prediction was limited to Tamil Nadu. But after I came across this, I realised that things were far worse than I thought.What is worse is that "The Hindu" has refused to publish the article by Sevanti Ninan, whose column "Media Matters" is one of the best critical evaluations of the Indian media.I had known since long about Hindu’s DMK relations....
Thursday, June 01, 2006
'Under'Cover Stories - Sex, Lies and Surveys
I stopped reading magazines ever since India Today carried Natasha Singh’s suicide on its cover page. And the way tabloidification of magazines has happened since then, I never had to regret my decision. A recent edition of The Week (unable to fish the hyperlink) chose to carry on its cover a survey on sex at workplaces. Initially it dint interest me as I neither have sex nor work. You see I have...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
DMK Victory - Manufacturing Manufacturing Consent
Now that the DMK has come back to power, it would be keen to fulfill its promise of free Colour TV with cable connection. While giving colour TV would not be much of a problem (atleast logistically), the cable connection could prove to be a tricky issue. The Government could start a state-owned service provider. But if it does, then I am sure it would not be allowed to compete with other providers...
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Sania Mirza - The Secretarial Saga
Seems there is no end to the Govt’s appeasement of Sania Mirza. The latest I hear is that the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh (or the Home Secretary) has to personally deliver the Padma Sri award, which she did not collect when the First Preacher of the nation was giving away at the Ashoka Hall. Apparently, the Bhagmati Begum was busy losing a set or a skirt or both at some county tennis tournament....
Sunday, April 16, 2006
India Fashion Week 2007 – A preview
Now that both the fashion weeks have come to a close, here is a preview of what to expect next year. More splits and Chennai, Kolkatta, Bangalore and Hyderabad have their own fashion weeks. At Chennai, Karunanidhi accuses Jayalalithaa of diverting the cloths meant for Tsunami relief to the fashion week. At Kolkatta, only red garments (I don’t think the Marxists are leaving Writers’...
Sunday, April 09, 2006
OBC Reservation - Replies to the Editor
The following are the letters that appeared in The Hindu yesterday. Surprisingly, not a single letter was in favour of the proposed OBC reservation. It seems to be consistent with the latest biased reporting of The Hindu. OK, that would make the topic for another post. For now here are my responses to the letters.The report that the Human Resource Development Ministry is considering the Mandal Commission...
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Economic Survey 2005-2006
Lyndon Johnson once said that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg. It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else. But reading economics is just the other way round. It seems hot to others, but not you. Unfortunately, this week I faced a Hobson’s choice of reading...
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