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The November 2015 issue of Safari (a knowledge magazine from India) – Gujarati edition is published quite on time and here are our Views and Reviews for the same. Being a Diwali edition this issue is expected to be richer in content and it is indeed a 100 page magazine. Of course price is also raised for the same, but ... Read More »

The first scene of the first episode of US TV Serial House Of Cards sets the environment properly and the viewer know what to expect ahead. Here is the famous dialog from that scene. Its ok!!! There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong. Or useless pain. The sort of pain that’s only suffering. ... Read More »

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 »

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 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 »

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 »