I completed the manuscript of “I’ll do it my way” on May 22, 2010. After that, I’ve spent the last week re-rejuvenating my spirit. Snatches from the films I watched and the books that I read… Capote: Let’s start with the worst film of the lot – Capote. Philip Seymour Hoffman won 2006 Academy Award [...]
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Reading & movie watching
Posted: May 26, 2010 in Books, Cinema, UncategorizedTags: Capote, Cinderella Man, On Golden Pond, The Kite Runner
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“Each of us will come to the end of this life On earth; he who can earn it should fight For the glory of his name; fame after death Is the noblest of goals” As a student of English Literature, one is often taught that the history of this genre begins with the epic poem [...]
Amongst my goals for the time when I take a break from work is the wish to complete the books that still remain unread. So the 60 books that I would like to read in this time are… 1.Beowulf 2.The Odyssey 3.The Illiad 4.The Second Sex – Simone de Beauvoir 5.Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov 6.Don [...]
To Sir With Love
Posted: March 10, 2010 in Books, CinemaTags: Braithwaite, Sidney Poitier, To Sir With Love
I re-watched To Sir With Love the other day, and followed this up with reading the book for the first time. The interesting thing is that I came away from both the film and the book with an overwhelming sense of it being very British. But I don’t remember even noticing this element of the [...]
I finally completed Brick Lane by Monica Ali after almost a year of attempting to read it. The book that has its action situated in a real neighbourhood called Brick Lane in London first captured international headlines when the residents of the area protested against the attempts to make the book into a film. Most [...]
The Magic of Thinking Big
Posted: June 3, 2007 in Books, Life and Living, The Working lifeTags: David Schwartz, management, The Magic of Thinking Big
I’m into reading management books right now. Not because any of them are the gospel truth on how you should manage yourself or others. But, I do believe that when you are leading people, it’s important to always expose yourself to different ideas on leadership. Here are some of the ideas that interested me from [...]
When Spiderman is for Adults
Posted: May 27, 2007 in Books, CinemaTags: children's books, children's films, Spiderman
Most Indians of my generation who think in English would have vivid memories of the wonder years when we first discovered Super heroes in comics. Remember your first brush with Phantom, Spiderman and Superman? I am not completely sure why, but I do remember that Spiderman was my favourite. It could have something to do [...]
Thoughts on The Namesake
Posted: April 3, 2007 in Books, CinemaTags: Irfan Khan, Mira Nair, Tabu, The Namesake
I’ve been curious about The Namesake ever since I heard that Mira Nair was working on the film. I’ve always watched out for her films since the days she got my attention with Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala. She disappointed me with Kamasutra and Vanity Fair was okay… But, she more than made up for [...]
I am part of the Bangalore Book Club on Orkut, where one of the members asked a very difficult question. What are your ten favourite books? Here’s what I said… 1. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 2. The Outsider – Albert Camus 3. The Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad 4. Things Fall Apart – [...]
About The Da Vinci Code
Posted: May 31, 2006 in Books, CinemaTags: Christianity, Dan Brown, Holy grail, The Da Vinci Code
I watched the big row over the screening of The Da Vinci Code unfold with much amusement. Ban. No ban. Ban. No ban. So, the Indian government dithered. How did a second rate book get to be so important? Okay, okay, I am probably being a little harsh. The Da Vinci Code does have its [...]
