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[Experiences] Exams 101

December 16, 2010

Pencils, Anti-malarial drugs, Electric cables, Mobile towers… Seems like I am getting ‘out-of-syllabus’ already! First you have, a mother of an extremely energetic and attention-seeking toddler. Multiply that with the learning cells, in a completely...

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Movies

[Movies] Inspired by Inception

November 12, 2010

Experienced a movie or was it a dream? No, way too logical to be a dream. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSyQ3K0xnYg&w=560&h=349] The layers of the seemingly complex subconscious presented simply! The stunning visuals, spatial magic, surreal performances are...

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[Education] Laments about us, the Learned Lads and Lasses!

October 27, 2010
Tagged as: College, Education, Learning, School

After spending some hours digesting certain really shocking material, I feel compelled to share my understanding of how the unborn potential in most of us, was poisoned prematurely. From October 2010 “Now, what is that...

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[Experiences] A Step into Thirty

August 8, 2010

Thanks for the condolences and appreciation of my honesty! 🙂 Tomorrow, I step into the next half of my life and feels like there’s so much to begin afresh. A quaint, joint Bday celebration with...

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[Movies] Gurushetram / Tamil 2010

August 7, 2010

Drugs. Movies with this background, was way down on my list, only a notch above horror movies, which is a complete no-no for me. Such was my aversion to these movies, that anything with this...

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[Random] On Metaphors

August 5, 2010

A budding village in ruins. A few, scattered well-built houses in disrepair; Bricks laid lay abandoned. Cobwebs, dust and broken rods eclipse what could have been. An opportunity; A possibility – To build a town,...

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[Movies] Whatever Works / English 2009

January 30, 2010

How can one write a review for a movie that didn’t end? Well, why not? You walk out of so many Tamil movies and throw away so many Hollywood discs in disgust, to quote Woody...

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[Experiences] New Mom’s blues…greens..and yellows!

December 21, 2009

Disclaimer: Ahem! If the following blog seems too whacky, please excuse it on account of my sleep deprivation! From Haiku : The Beginning As the caption goes, my life has taken a very colourful turn....

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[Mellinam] iPaatti Live on Radio Mirchi

November 12, 2009

An interesting day today. To think I was hesitating to do this, seems very ironic now! Last night, I had serious qualms about making it to Radio Mirchi for a show on iPaatti. Decided to...

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[Experiences] The US Years

August 4, 2009

It is a year and months five since I returned home for good. I believe that my thoughts are now well soaked to give a complete perspective of my life abroad. Having worked offshore for over...

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[Movies] Italian Film Festival

July 14, 2009

In my rating scheme, I am beginning to move up the slot for Italian movies, quite close to the French. A couple of masterpieces are the reason for this ‘falling-in-love-all-over-again’ phenomenon. Don’t Tell/2005 Imagine watching a...

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[Random] Expectations

July 12, 2009

Why this unbearable curse on humanity? A world without it?! – My boggled imagination: As wide and far as the mind can see… Peaceful faces, saintly beings. Is that indifference in every face? They name...

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[Movies] In the Mood for Love / Chinese 2000

July 9, 2009

An enchanting movie set in 1960s HongKong. The outward appearance and the attire of the characters are so comfortably western whereas the feelings and the societal constraints, through the movie, mirror Oriental philosophies. It is...

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[Books] The White Tiger

July 8, 2009

Rarely is a booker quality material, a page-turner! The White Tiger is of this rare combination. Every page just propels you, wanting more. I was surprised to find myself laughing out aloud at some of...

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[Mellinam] Meeting Ma. Se

July 5, 2009
Tagged as: iபாட்டி, Mellinam

Mission: To collect comments to feature on the back cover of iPaatti, Mellinam’s first product. The catch, the book was in production and all we had in hand were the art samples, the music and...

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[Movies] International Films right here in Chennai

July 2, 2009
Tagged as: Film Festivals

Movies…I have rolled in laughter, sympathized, empathized and shed many tears over this grand illusion. In my years in the US, one fascinating thing that kept me going was the ease of movie-watching. At one...

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