I Love Hindi Swear Words

There’s something about cussing in Hindi that gives me immense satisfaction. I think it manages to convey just the right amount of viciousness mixed with nonchalance.
I find swearing in English to be a bit too conversational. Nothing bears this out more, I think, than the fact that I get increasingly potty mouthed when tipsy. I’m [...]

Why Do You Blog?

I was reading fellow Desicritic Shantanu Dutta’s piece on blogging and how it makes him uneasy to observe the way the internet has made it easy for one to feed and/or proclaim one’s obsession, and I found myself going off on a tangent.
Although IndieQuill is only six months old, I’ve been on the blogging scene [...]

Movie Previews for Oscar Season

Now that the Venice Film Festival has come to an end and the Toronto Film Festival is drawing to a close without my ever having gotten near them, I thought the time had come to do a brief round-up of movies that everybody’s going to be discussing until the nominations are announced for the Academy [...]

Tommy Lee vs. Kid Pebble: Bitchslapped!

MTV’s VMA is apparently the gift that keeps on giving.
Lost in all the Britney brouhaha was the news of a bitchfight that went down between two of Pamela Anderson’s exes - rocker Tommy Lee (you know, the one who lovingly documented the adventures of his penis and then laughed his ass off as millions of [...]

Britney at VMA: Sarah Silverman Did It

Well, MTV, it was a long, hard struggle but you finally did it - you have plumbed the depths of pop culture and won the title of Supreme Trainwreck Transmitter. I don’t know who on earth can top the disaster that was Britney Spears at the VMAs this weekend but I’m sure someone is already [...]

I’m a Rockin’ Girl Blogger!

…really? Me?!
Well, that’s what the always rockin’ Sujatha of Blogpourri fame thinks and here’s the proof so shut your pie hole! Seriously, though, it’s always nice to be appreciated and I’m thoroughly ashamed that it took me this long to acknowledge receipt. What can I say? I’m a rockin’ girl blogger who needs a lesson [...]

Jennifer Lopez Can’t “Do It Well”

Everyone tells me that director David LaChapelle (Amy Winehouse’s Tears Dry on Their Own, Christina Aguilera’s Dirrty) is some kind of genius artist and now I see they’re all absolutely correct. David LaChapelle is a genius and his art is hypnotism. It obviously required great powers wielded by a master to convince Jennifer Lopez to [...]

Santhi: Sports, Gender and Suicide

Just a few months ago, Santhi Soundarajan was the butt of late night jokes on American TV and the subject of outraged editorials in Indian newspapers as the Indian woman athlete who failed a gender test.
While details are scarce and confusing, news reports have it that Soundarajan, who won the silver in the women’s 800 [...]

Knoxville Clowns Kick Nazi Ass

Who: VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK rally vs. Anti Racist Action Clowns
Where: Knoxville, Tennessee
What: Best. Story. Ever.
Fact: This actually happened.
The story begins in tragedy. On January 8, 2007, the bodies of 21-year-old Channon Christian and 23-year-old Christopher Newsom were found in a trashcan behind a house and near some railroad tracks respectively. Further investigation revealed that both [...]

Aag: Nisha Kothari Was Set Up

Ever since Ram Gopal Verma ki Aarrgghh [credit where credit is due: Raja Sen] was released, everybody keeps asking the same question: why did he make it? I think I know the answer.
He’s trying to get rid of Nisha Kothari.
Above is a clip of his latest “muse” Kothari… er, hopping around with his favorite chikna [...]