Posted on December 31, 2007 by Amrita
Have a drink!
Here’s the last post of the year and I was wondering what to say to all of you wonderful people whom I’ve met this year. Something funny, poignant, sad, meaningful - a good, old fashioned rant, maybe?
But then I thought, is that how I plan to ring in the New Year? Am I [...]
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Posted on December 29, 2007 by Amrita
… who spends way too much time on the internet. I completely forgot to put this up but it’s still December 20-something so no loss, no foul. Enjoy!
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Posted on December 28, 2007 by Amrita
Aamir Khan’s directorial venture Taare Zameen Par is the story of a dyslexic boy and his struggle to fit in. On a deeper level, it is the story of all of us, an exploration of our feelings of inadequacy, our fear of failure and the things we do to hide it.
Ishaan (young Darsheel Safary, who [...]
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Posted on December 27, 2007 by Amrita
In the short time it took for me to run out to the store and get back, thirty people were killed and one unarmed woman was shot dead. Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and a leading candidate in the upcoming polls, was assassinated by an unknown gunman as she left a rally in [...]
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Posted on December 26, 2007 by Amrita
Rakhi Sawant has a Christmas spirit and it’s out for blood.
To begin at the beginning, there was a show called Nach Baliye. The Indian version of Dancing with the Stars, it went one up on the American show and upped the irritation and must-see quotient by eliminating the trained dancing partners (copyright issues with the [...]
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Posted on December 24, 2007 by Amrita
By the time some of you read this, it will be the 25th of December. To others, it will still be Christmas Eve. To all, I wish happiness, health, kindness, joy and peace. Even if it isn’t a religious holiday for you, it’s still nice way to spend a day, isn’t it? Honoring the birth [...]
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Posted on December 21, 2007 by Amrita
There is a scene in Sudhir Mishra’s recent release, Khoya Khoya Chand, where Rajat Kapoor’s lecherous movie star is busy playing Svengali to a particularly inept newcomer played by Soha Ali Khan. At the end of some “naughty” banter, Khan is supposed to slap Kapoor’s face but is unable to lift her hand against the [...]
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Posted on December 20, 2007 by Amrita
Just in time for the holidays, Current.com airs its version of It’s a Wonderful Life in the latest edition of “SuperNews”. It’s a Horrible Life asks that all important question: what would happen if George Bush had never been born?
Would there be world peace? Would Dick Cheney still be a dick? Would Osama be any [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2007 by Amrita
Varsha Sabhnani, an Indonesian of Indian origin, and Mahendra Sabhnani, her India-born husband, were today found guilty on all charges pertaining to the illegal detention and abuse of their Indonesian domestic help. Newsday reports:
Mahender Sabhnani looked stunned as the verdict was read. Daughter Pooja started crying. Another daughter, Dakshina, collapsed backwards in her seat. Then [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2007 by Amrita
This little piece of gossip about Pete Doherty’s new drinking buddy - his cat - made me think of all the celeb-related tragedies that have befallen pets in the past year or at least made the news. Here are my top ten people who shouldn’t be allowed near an animal.
10. Ellen deGeneres - Because she’d [...]
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