Archive for March, 2012

Top 10 All Time Favourite ‘Guilty Pleasure’ Movies
March 31, 2012, 4 Comments

We all like watching movies and depending on the mood, the occasion or the time of the day, we like watching different k ...

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Movies Critical Digest 29.03.2012
March 28, 2012, Comments Off

1.  Anybody who has ever watched Ocean’s 11, Fight Club and more recently, Moneyball will know that Brad Pitt rea ...

India’s Hunger Games
March 26, 2012, Comments Off

India has its own version of the “hunger games” playing out that is turning out to be every bit as dramatic ...

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Recipe for a Tussle: Constitution Drafting in Nepal
March 22, 2012, 1 Comment

[A guest post by advocate Semanta Dahal arguing against the recent proposal in the Nepalese Constituent Assembly for a s ...

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Tech Innovations to Fight Corruption
March 20, 2012, 1 Comment

A litany of corruption scandals in India have been making headlines for the past year. These scams are being brought to ...

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Voters Call for Meritocracy in Politics: Government Seats are Not Family Heirlooms
March 18, 2012, Comments Off

For those that have dismissed Indian politics as irreversibly sclerotic and corrupt, the results of the UP elections are ...

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Dow Shalt Not Pass: A Response
March 18, 2012, 12 Comments

[A response by Kartik T to Arghya, Umakanth and Prateek]  On the issue of Dow Chemical’s (part) sponsorship of the Lo ...

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Blame the Indian Government: A Response
March 17, 2012, 3 Comments

[A guest post by Prateek Andharia in response to Arghya and Umakanth] This is in response to Arghya’s previous post, i ...

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Response: A Twisted Tale – Reviewing Kahaani
March 17, 2012, Comments Off

Recently, I have been fiercely arguing with an anonymous film critic (I make time). The scope of our arguments were epi ...

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A twisted tale – reviewing Kahaani
March 16, 2012, 8 Comments

A point which has bothered me time and again about professional killers in movies is that often they are shown dressed a ...