Tag Archives: Views

The August 2014 issue of Reader’s Digest magazine (India edition) is out quite on time, we however were caught in some tight schedules and the reviews for the same are delayed. This issue carries forward the attractive new layout with only one change, the half fold cover page is not there this time. But it doesn’t affect to the magazine ... Read More »

Curious by seeing famous writer/poet Gulzar’s name associated with it, we bought Half a rupee : Stories (Kindle Edition) at very affordable rate from Amazon. The book is translated in English by Sunjoy Shekhar. We have already posted our views and reviews about the same in the first segment of reviews for this book. Book Title : Half a Rupee: ... Read More »

Budi Kaki (बुढ्ढी काकी, actually it should spelt as Buddhi Kaki/Budhdhi Kaki) a story by Late Munshi Premchandji (known as the Shakespeare of Hindi Literature) is focused on another social issue. It is emotional depiction of the ignorance faced by the old people by the modern(!) generation. TV Serial : Guldasta Producer : Sunil Batta, Drashti Films Writer : Munshi ... Read More »

After making the debut together in Student Of The Year which was an okay film, Alia and Varun are again seen together as a lead pair in the recently released Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. The movie is not a masterpiece but it holds a good entertainment quotient for sure. Here are our views and reviews for the same. Movie : ... Read More »

First published in 1927, The Big Four reminded me of a 70’s Bollywood masala entertainer. Powerful villains, look-alike long separated twins, impostors, kidnapping, a long chain of mysterious murders, a big conspiracy and a happily ever after at the end of it……Sounds familiar…isn’t it? Especially so with all the remakes we have suffered recently of films from those good old ... Read More »

It is often said that genius people are somewhat mad. Possibly their passion for something make them focused on the target and ignorant of everything else, is responsible to create such image. This episode have references from the following stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A study in scarlet The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans The Adventure of the Naval ... Read More »