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A Worldview from 80'E & 25'N: Harry Potter and Neo Skywalker
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A Worldview from 80E and 25N. Arm-seat Action, Mundane Fantasy, Strictly Personal. Media, Cinema, Sports, Culture, World at Large. Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Harry Potter and Neo Skywalker. Once upon a time, on a planet pretty much here. For me (and maybe more of my ilk),. Used to the kind of cinema which the critics call kiddie stuff for grown-ups , studios call blockbusters, and we call thrilling fantasies,. Is an engima. All the movies I have enjoyed since, ET. In our times is possibly Matrix. A combinat...
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A Worldview from 80'E & 25'N: A Mighty State
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A Worldview from 80E and 25N. Arm-seat Action, Mundane Fantasy, Strictly Personal. Media, Cinema, Sports, Culture, World at Large. Monday, December 01, 2008. I saw Michael Winterbottom's 'A Mighty Heart'. Most of my ilk also aspire India to be an Israel. However, as the Big Fight on yesterday's NDTV 24x7, we actually do not know how to go about it. Some want to destroy Pakistan,. Some want to ban politicians, some democracy. We lost 150 lives during a religious stampede in Jodhpur a few months back. ...
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A Worldview from 80'E & 25'N: Random Notes on a Demented Year
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A Worldview from 80E and 25N. Arm-seat Action, Mundane Fantasy, Strictly Personal. Media, Cinema, Sports, Culture, World at Large. Sunday, January 04, 2009. Random Notes on a Demented Year. As I hardly had any time to write, I thought I will put in some words about things I thought about during the year, but never managed to deliberate upon. The Year of Terror. There was no stand-out Hindi film in the year. As I missed Welcome to Sajjanpur. I thought Jodhaa Akbar. However, in English, The. As Vir Sanghvi...
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A Worldview from 80'E & 25'N: Slumdog Millionaire****
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A Worldview from 80E and 25N. Arm-seat Action, Mundane Fantasy, Strictly Personal. Media, Cinema, Sports, Culture, World at Large. Monday, January 26, 2009. It is very difficult to be objective about the phenomena called Slumdog. The Golden Globes and then the Oscar nominations have easily made it our own Couching Tiger Hidden Dragon. No disrespect meant to Awara. From my own worldview, the story of the underdog succeeding against insurmountable odds has already been told quite well by Nagesh. Buffs, if ...
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A Worldview from 80'E & 25'N: Rise. Resurrect. Rejuvenate.
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A Worldview from 80E and 25N. Arm-seat Action, Mundane Fantasy, Strictly Personal. Media, Cinema, Sports, Culture, World at Large. Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Rise Resurrect. Rejuvenate. If the Batman can overcome a fatal mortal threat in the most primitive fashion, who are we not to try? A sonata, to punch on the keyboard. If you grow up in small-town India, getting access to Phantom and Mandrake was a darn side easier than the adventures of the DC and Marvel heroes and heroines. Those days. The interluding...