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The Debt | Movie Review

If you made the crowd who read Safari magazine through 1990’s when it was published only in Gujarati, you would remember the war stories edited by Nagendra Vijay, ranging from the missions of the Indian armed forces during the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan to the exciting missions from the world wars. Movie : The Debt Director : John ... Read More »

The Cuckoo’s Calling (Cormoran Strike series) by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling) | Book Reviews

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

J K Rowling is undoubtedly one of the most gifted writers around today. The fact is self-evident considering the super success of her Harry Potter series. We never had enough of it. Then she departed from the world of magic and wrote a tale of small town (The Casual Vacancy) located in the very real world that we are living ... Read More »

Kalidas and Shakuntala | Bharat Ek Khoj Hindi TV Serial On DVD | Personal Reviews

Kalidas was arguably one of the most talented poet and dramatist around the world. Though he created stuffs only in Sanskrut (Sanskrit) language; his creations are famous around the world. Best known for his magnum opus अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम् (Abhijñānashākuntala or Abhijñānaśākuntalam); Kalidas’ creations include विक्रमोर्वशीयम् (Vikramōrvaśīyam), Mālavikāgnimitram, कुमारसम्भव (KumarSambhavam), मेघदूत (Meghadūta) and others. Due to his incredible input into Sanskrit literature ... Read More »

Hero | 2015 Hindi Film | Bollywood Movie | Personal Reviews

Movie remaking should be allowed or not, is a million dollar question (literally:)). Let us talk only in the aspects of Indian films, specifically Bollywood movies. At one end we see some movie disasters like “Ram Gopal Verma Ki Aag” (remake of “Sholay”) and “Zanzeer” (remake of “Zanzeer” starring Amitabh Bachchan and Pran); on the other end there are films ... Read More »

Vikas Swarup | Introduction to An Author

Writing is a calling that wasn’t always on the list of most recommended vocations, especially when the authors were at mercy of big publication houses. Poets had to have a “job-that-paid-bills”, and practice the writing in a corner of their study with a hope that some day their work will see the light of the day in form of a ... Read More »

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