Jism – A Breakout film for Bipasha Basu – A Must Watch for Us
Bipasha Basu entered Bollywood with a bang in the 2001 hit “Ajnabee”, a Bolly-Holly interpretation of Consenting Adults (1992). Bipasha was nom...
Month: July 2008
CNBC Stars – Bartiromo and Burnett – A Bollywood Rasik’s Perspective
In our earlier article on CNBC (Watching CNBC – A Bollywood Rasik’s Perspective – July 12), we drew a humorous analogy between the rumor...
“Wall Street was Drunk” Or Is Network-Cable Television Media Drunk?
Compare the following two statements: “It is undeniable that the combination of excessively low interest rates maintained for a protracted period of ...
Iraq & Tibet – Strategic Will of The American and Chinese People
Editor’s Note: This week, the Television and Print Media in America has written numerous articles on Iraq. This has prompted us to write our views on this...
Did CNBC Management give us a market signal?
“Fast Money” has been a major hit for CNBC. This is a show for active traders who like to trade stocks for quick profits. Hence the name “Fast...
So You Think You Can Dance – Read, Watch and Enjoy
These clips were brought to our attention by two friends of this blog: Madhav Chavan of Pratham Fame (www.pratham.org) and Rachel Saltz of the New York Times Th...
When I feel Life has been Unfair to me, I think of Karna
Have you ever felt that Life has been unfair to you? That some how, fate has not allowed you to be all you could have been, to achieve all that you could have a...
MahaBharat – World, India, Karna-Arjun, Bollywood
With more than 74,000 verses, long prose passages, and about 1.8 million words in total, the Maha-Bharat (The Great story of the Bharat Dynasty) is one of the l...
Indonesia’s Celebrated Actress – A Fan of Shammi Kapoor and Dil Deke Dekho
Indonesian actress Christine Hakim, a six-time recipient of Indonesia’s prestigious Piala Citra award for best actress, grew up watching Shammi Kapoor fil...
Omkara – Watch Othello Come Alive – An Absolutely Must Watch Film
I prefer Ajay Devgan’s “Omkara” to Lawrence Olivier’s “Othello”. Let me take you on a journey to show why I mean what I say....