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 //   //  May 17, 2012  //  2 Comments

In Defence of Tim Burton

Many feel that Tim Burton has become a bit of a one-trick pony; that the whimsical genius behind Big Fish (2003), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Beetlejuice (1988) has been replaced by a hack with a fetish …

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 //   //  May 8, 2012  //  No Comments

Talking Politics: Indian MPs Excite and Frustrate Oxford Audience

[A guest post by Anup Surendranath and Dhvani Mehta on a fascinating tete-a-tete with a delegation of visiting Indian MPs in Oxford on 16th April 2012] Apparently when Devi Lal, the ‘tau’ of Indian politics, was …

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 //   //  May 8, 2012  //  2 Comments

The Avengers (2012)

Admit it.  You thought this film was going to be a self-indulgent Robert Downey Jr vehicle.  I was certain that Downey, being the most bankable star in the group would get all the limelight with some …

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 //   //  May 2, 2012  //  2 Comments

The Social Experience of Going to the Movies

Sometime back, in response to a comment that I seem to have all the time in the world to watch every single movie that is released, I cited my lack of social life as a definite …

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 //   //  April 28, 2012  //  5 Comments

Reminiscing about Pep — A retrospective on Guardiola and his team, 60 years from today

The man is sitting with his back slightly hunched on the edge of a black easy chair in his home in the Nilgiris Hills in Southern India. His thin silvery grey hair sits like a crown …