Monthly Archive for May, 2005

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Run Jhola Run

Published on May 21, 2005 in India and Politics. 10 Comments

Saisuresh Sivaswamy rues the death of activism in Mumbai in his column in Rediff. His point: Mumbai could not care less for the procession led by firebrand Medha Patkar in support of slum-dwellers whose dwellings had been raised to the ground. In previous decades under the stewardship of Shabana Azmi and a host of other luminaries, Mumbai would have been brought to a halt by the sheer weight of passionate numbers. Now there is no more sound and fury. He wonder why.

Maybe the answer lies in the question itself.

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Revenge of the Sith—the Review

Published on May 20, 2005 in Reviews. 3 Comments

A caveat: I grew up watching Star Wars. My dad took me to see Star Wars Part 1 (now Part 4) in Metro theatre, Kolkata in 1980 and ever since then I have been a junkie. In 1981 when my dad was a visiting professor at Cornell and I was going to school in Ithaca, I got further sucked up into the Star Wars ethos buying almost 20 action figures and watching the next installments of the epic and fighting with my schoolmates of whether C3PO was cooler or R2D2. Hell I even saw the cartoon spinoff—the Ewoks whose title song went :

We are the E E E E E Ewoks, one happy happy family.

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More Mad Cow Disease

Published on May 19, 2005 in India. 1 Comment

Ok here’s a quick question.

Of all the burning issues associated with Indian urban life, which one do you think would grab international attention?

Cows. Yes that’s it.

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Kentucky Fried Cruelty

Published on May 13, 2005 in Comedy. 5 Comments

KFC keeps chickens in inhuman conditions and treats them sadistically. Ok that’s not what the post is for. It’s for a bit of irony. Well more than a bit. Watch the video here.

The person doing the narration is Wham Bam Pam Anderson. In the course of the narration, she pours out 2 gems which I thought were kind of ironic coming from her.

1. They (the chickens) are bred to be top-heavy.
2. Their (the chicken’s) weak legs cannot support their heavy chest.

Ahem….ahem……

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Turns 500

Published on May 12, 2005 in Bollywood, Memories and Reviews. 12 Comments

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge turns 500 this week. For 500 golden weeks it has been running at Maratha Mandir and in an age of short attention spans, rapidly evolving ideas of entertainment and a whole lot of choices, such longevity is to be applauded. And analyzed.

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