Entries from October 2007

October 29, 2007

The Excellent, The Good, The OK

I watched 3 movies last weekend and for the first time in a long time, returned my Netflix DVD’s in time. So, I decided to celebrate my churning out a mini-review for the 3 movies for the blog. Since I cannot write very well, there are no spoilers.

Darjeeling Limited- Funny in parts but I do [...]

October 29, 2007

Politicians

Bobby Jindal is the new Arnold Schwarznegger – an immigrant ascending to become the Governor of a state. Jindal’s platforms are conservative and alarming. Repealing hate crime laws, total ban on abortion and teaching intelligent design should not be laws of any land. I hope he is like every other politician- who promise [...]

October 23, 2007

Victoria’s Secret, is it?

In a kick-ass (no puns intended) action to protest the Burmese Government, Burmese embassies across the globe have been getting female underwears because the supersitious junta members believe that touching a woman’s pants or sarong will make them lose their strength. I thought men gain strength if you touch the aforementioned things but then I [...]

October 18, 2007

So near yet so far

The Gathering has won the Booker Prize for this year beating out Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People. I was rooting for Indra as he is a friend and a co-supporter of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy survivor’s struggle for complete justice. The book has finally found a publisher in the United States and it will soon be [...]

October 17, 2007

if you have better things to do, please do not read this

There is something about Mary that I want you to know – She is a niners fan. See the last few minutes of the movie and she confesses that she ditches Favre because she is a Niners fan.
“Obama is vice-president’s distant cousin” says Cheney’s wife.. With that revelation, one more thing is now a [...]

October 16, 2007

You, me and the farmer

Agricultural crisis is not limited just to India. Farmers are getting driven out of their farms everywhere. In 1935 there were 6.8 million working farmers in the US; today the number is under 1.9 million. Suicide is now the leading cause of death among US farmers, occurring at a rate three times higher than [...]

October 11, 2007

it is hard to stay on top

I am not sure whether the republican debates are TV events but this news definitely should have been. This is the master of all contests and in a country where obesity is a religion and beef, pork,chicken are worshipped, this should have been televised. Oh my God, a leg here, a hand [...]