The Meltdown Log

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  This is yet another movie review. As you've probably noted by now - I've had some time on my hands to watch these movies. Be...

Produced by Vishal Bharadwaj, and directed by Abhishek Chaubey this movie is about 2 incorrigible thieves - played by legend Naseeruddin Sha...

A "Crash" -like amalgamation of separate story threads involving different people living in the city of Mumbai, Mumbai Meri Jaan s...

The most recent movie directed by Raju Hirani, whose portfolio consists of the phenomenally successful Munnabhai series. 3 Idiots is essent...

Me and the wife at a SuperTarget recently. She's off browsing some section of the store. I wander off to check a nearby section. I turn ...

Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the International Panel on Climate Change or the IPCC is presiding over some of the toughest scandals to hi...

Five Rupees has a very interesting discussion between three political science PhD candidates on the Indo-Pak issue in the backdrop of the I...

Among the things we expat Indians invariably ask about when we get to any destination outside of India is - Does this place have any Indian ...

The whole debate on climate change and who needs to take responsibility and do what continues to rage with no end in sight. The so called d...

The discovery of water on the moon now confirmed by several different moon missions, and most recently by a NASA probe deployed via the Ind...

Tehelka's latest edition has a series of stories/pieces on how racism is not something new to Indians - they are indeed old experienced...

Origins 06: Amar Chitra Katha Amar Chitra Katha (or "Immortal Picture Story" as translated by me from the Hindi title) or ACK is ...

Apparently, people have been following fake tweets from tweeters who are pretending to be real NHL players. Now what does that remind crick...

Maybe I still carry a grudge with my parents for cutting (figuratively speaking) me from Cable TV in high school in India. Twice. Both befor...

Shashanka Ghosh first created this memorable multi-layered character, a spoof on Old Westerns of the Clint Eastwood kind, and on boisterous ...

The "Cash for Clunkers" program has finally wound down. I guess those who had "clunkers" but still couldn't make up ...

India and Pakistan have problems. Several. Once again, they're trying to talk those problems out in the backdrop of India trying to shak...

... Then Passion For Cinema or PFC is the place for you (see new feed on right as well). I've been a regular reader at PFC. Being a fol...

In a world suffering from a severe recession (sounds like a movie trailer opening line that - "In a world where..." Ok. Ok. Moving...

You spend a little bit more time than you used to looking behind you - worrying about who's trying to screw you. Call it a "Welcome...

Just finished watching Titan A.E. a little while ago - or at least I caught the second half of the movie. Been almost 10 years since the mo...

Why? Because: "As we grow older and more experienced, we overrate the accuracy of our judgments." - (Malcolm Gladwell) Malcolm Gla...

Gotta love corporate speak. The Onion does a take on it .

Race (and or Racism) is still in the lead by some distance, although I've been told Time is extremely patient and will probably make a m...

a. Revisiting the "Foundation" series by Isaac Asimov. b. Also, playing an old DOS game that I used to enjoy back in the day. It...

As is the case, when we all start with a ton of ideas and intentions, we almost always end up with not having done anything about most of th...

Well, according to "The Real IPL Player" , apparently the power that be have unearthed our Fake IPL Player . Whatsmore according t...

No. No. I'm not about to say that the previous day's cricket games - despite them being fairly tense and nailbiting - have upstaged ...

(IPL = Indian Premier League; an Indian city-based franchise cricket league/tournament currently in its second year being held in South Afri...