When 35-year old Kiran Desai was nominated for the Booker, there was quite a stir created since she was following the footsteps of her thrice-nominated, renowned author-mother, Anita Desai. However, when she won it, people wondered when her mother would follow suit. After this victory, Kiran’s first book was suddenly transported into limelight. Heralded only [...]
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#2 – Whose Poster is it Anyway?
It’s been more than a year since the first part of this article was put up. Since then, I have become more open-minded about Bollywood and its sensibilities though there are some things that never change. Take a look at these pictures and you’ll know what I mean. It was fun compiling these as it was [...]
Launched: Google Drive
Yes, it’s finally here. After years of speculation; Google launched Google Drive, which is their cloud storage service. In theory, it existed ever since Gmail came out with its insane storage capacity; the only catch was that it lacked an interface. However Google Drive is more than just network storage. Google is plugging it as [...]
Instagram for Android
After Temple Run for Android, another popular iOS app recently made way to the Android platform. Android users have waited quite a bit for Instagram. For those who don’t know, this is a photo-editing app which has strong social networking features also. Imagine Photoshop for dummies, maybe? And now that the app is finally here, [...]
And The Winner Is…
Felicitating yourself because no one else will do it seems like a rather narcissistic tendency to me. Despite the fact that a lot of Indian movies are ruthlessly lambasted by critics well worth their salt, the industry does find a way to get back at them – by rewarding itself and feeling mighty proud about [...]
Movie Gravy: Film Harvest 2012
From the 16th to the 20th of March, Bangaloreans experienced the city’s first international film festival. – Film Harvest 2012. Held at the amphitheatre at UB City, it was organized by the Prestige Group along with eminent art and cinema personalities like Kannada film director Girish Kasaravalli and music director Ricky Kej. Finally, Bangalore saw the [...]
Eristoff Invasion 2012 – Pune
David Guetta – a name that lately, cannot go unnoticed without causing a stir of excitement. His latest album, Nothing But The Beat was an immense success. Collaborating with artists from R&B, Hip Hop and Pop like Lil’ Wayne, Usher, Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj and Sia, there was no way that this album could go [...]
Review: The Land of the Wilted Rose
According to me, one of the most important elements that go into the making of a book is the writer’s choice of words. However, in Anand Ranganathan’s The Land of the Wilted Rose, this basic element itself seems to have gone wrong. The first page itself is enough to put any reader off. At first [...]
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