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Just another blog?: Rang de Basanti!!
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Saturday, March 04, 2006. RdB is impressive, refreshingly different - it could be mainly Rahman's music which was almost path-breaking. But, though it overwhelmed the other aspects of the movie, the movie in it self was rather a unique product. Acting was of a high quality - Aamir was extra-ordinary, but you come to expect it from him. Since Lagaan, his penchant for perfection has been obvious. But, there were other stand-out performers too - particularly Atul Kulkarni and Sharman Joshi. 3 What surprised...
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Just another blog?: December 2005
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005. Aaru - Surprisingly good! Sorry if you are not a Tamil movie afficionado). This (and a hundred variants) is the standard masala thriller plot and Aaru (means Six, and is the nick-name of the hero) is no different. But, I enjoyed it - more than I did Ghilli (nick-name of the hero! And as much as I did Saami (again, nickname of the hero! The disappointment of course was the music - too standard, and the sequences too similar to Ghilli. Lyrics an improvement though - again ty...
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Just another blog?: Free Speech and e-Speech
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Thursday, February 09, 2006. Free Speech and e-Speech. My supervisor Vincent is not in today! I meekly told him something about three buses missing me when in fact I had chased the first bus that refused to take me in till the next bus stop and got in (I was impressed by my own tenacity! Now when I came in 'only' fifteen mins late today to show my apologetic attitude, he is not in! I started with a great willingness to get started on work on my own. Nevertheless, this whole topic of Islam, Cartoons and F...
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Just another blog?: January 2006
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Sunday, January 29, 2006. Suffer the Intellectuals - Note. Http:/ boards.charlierose.com/board/topic.asp? It has an online version of the article I mentioned in my previous post. May not be the whole version I think. Posted by Vikram, Son of Bala : 10:53 AM 0 comments. Thursday, January 26, 2006. He gives insights into why well-meaning intelligent individuals do this borrowing ideas from George Orwell and common sense. What struck a chord with me was one paragraph where he points out about more often tha...
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Just another blog?: NUS Blood Donation, Chemistry and other such things
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006. NUS Blood Donation, Chemistry and other such things. Note: Am experimenting on a blog entry variety that assumes everyone who reads knows everything I know - will be fun to see how much people understand. 1) NUS Blood Donation. NUS - have been there many times. First when my bro was a student. That was when I made up my mind that I was coming to Singapore to study come what may. Many more times since I came to Singapore, albeit a NTU student already. My IA work is now hittin...
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Just another blog?: Suffer the Intellectuals - Note
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Sunday, January 29, 2006. Suffer the Intellectuals - Note. Http:/ boards.charlierose.com/board/topic.asp? It has an online version of the article I mentioned in my previous post. May not be the whole version I think. Posted by Vikram, Son of Bala : 10:53 AM. Comments: Post a Comment. Vikram, Son of Bala. Otherwise the average guy. View my complete profile.
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Just another blog?: Suffer the Intellectuals
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Thursday, January 26, 2006. That's the name of an article by Owen Harries - maybe it is because I am not that well read, this struck me as one of the best pieces of intelligent non-fiction writing. The central theme of the article is the concept that how most intellectuals who are too caught up in the present and with ideologies that they have already subscribed to often predict very wrongly. Even under intoxication, I will no longer refer to myself as an intellectual (or aspiring one) - now it sounds li...
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Just another blog?: March 2006
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Saturday, March 11, 2006. A Different type of 'Ghandi' joke. It all started with a humbling message on MSN saying that my blog was a lot of fun. This was particularly pleasing as just a week ago, a 'friend' had made a joke about me being one of those 'bloggers'. That friend, it came to light, had gone through every one of my posts dutifully before doing the decent thing of commenting about it. Whatever dude! I was actually laughing out loud! I did not of course stop with reading the blog. Here is a sampl...
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Just another blog?: February 2006
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Thursday, February 23, 2006. This time around, The Oscars will be eagerly awaited. The Oscars have never meant anything great to me. Except a couple of times. In the days of DD, when I heard 'Thevar Magan' was nominated, I was hoping to hear from someone if it did win (Thevar Magan was only sent to the Oscars). Now, I can appreciate a lot of movies in a great depth - mainly because I have seen lots more now. I was pleasantly shocked when I could notice Spielberg's genius in the form of lighting effec...
