The Menstrual Blues

Reading Aspi’s & Co’s entertaining accounts of period-related woes brought back a few memories my own. Chief among them is the day N, my best friend since kindergarten, came armed with a scandalous piece of information for a sleepover.
“Do you know what this means?” she asked, writing down the word “period” apropos of absolutely nothing.
“Sure,” [...]

Clever Ideas

Every so often I come across short snippets of news from around the world that are positively genius but never get mentioned here because they’re just so amazing in and of themselves that writing about them would be gilding the lily. But why shouldn’t you all read about these things just because, you know, you [...]

India vs. Oz: Pout Fest

Maybe it’s because my brothers refused to let me do anything other than play fielder (at the very end of the field) or, even more humiliatingly, be a wicket that I’ve always been sort of prejudiced against cricket. But that was before India went to Australia.
I was informed they were playing some sort of series [...]

Oscar Schmoscar

What does it say about the world’s biggest, glitziest, humongous-est, celebrity-est, wonderful-est, award show ever that watching Gary Busey (from Entourage - how thrilling.) awkwardly molest Jennifer Garner on the red carpet (update: clip below! Thanks Ian!) was the most fun I had? Yeah, snoozefest. In fact, it was so boring, I’m using a clip [...]

Top Ten Shashi Kapoor

As requested by Beth, here’re my top ten must-watch Shashi Kapoor movies. Except they’re not my real Top Ten because she’s already seen a bunch of my favorite Shashi movies like Kaala Patthar, Junoon, Trishul, Aa Gale Lag Jaa (oh, come on! Admit it, you loved it too!), Do Aur Do Paanch, Namak Halaal, Sharmeelee, [...]

First Time Movie Star

Over at BethLovesBollywood, Beth has been running some hilarious clips from the Bachchan stable circa late 1980s - early 1990s. Otherwise known as my childhood. Which is why I’ve actually seen all the stuff she’s put up and more - courtesy my neighborhood cablewala and video shopwala (remember those? The true victims of internet piracy, [...]

5 Little Insights

(Above NSFW)
Insight is right! I really need to stop posting so much. Jawahara and then Anindita tagged me for the following:
Post 5 links to 5 of your previously written posts. The posts have to relate to the 5 key words given (family, friend, yourself, your love, anything you like). Tag 5 other friends to do [...]

Breaking News: Cricket Makes Money!

OMG! It’s a modern day slave auction! Hardworking athletes, heroes of their nations, drawn into a hideous human cattle market, suffering the supreme humiliation of having a price put on their talent. What is the world coming to?
Except, of course, these so-called slaves get paid a lot of money ($42 million for 78 players), willingly [...]

On Sania Mirza

Balbir K. Punj is not one of my favorite writers nor do I agree with him on nine out of ten subjects. However, once in a while, he writes a column that bounces off a thought that I’ve had in the past. Like this latest one:
Tennis prodigy and India’s hope for the world tennis crown, [...]

Jodhaa Akbar

I love historicals. Love them. Whether in print or on film, there is nothing I love more than a good period drama. And when the story revolves around royalty, it really makes me happy because there is something particularly fucked up about people who handle huge amounts of power. I understand it can’t have been [...]