Masakali!

Well, I buttume the breastle of this post will be understood by most of you. After all it is in plain English and is not as difficult to comprehend as our consbreastution. And yes, the profanity filters have ensured that no obscene word has crept through my text and I won’t be embarrbutted later. After [...]

Slumdog Millionaire: Does it even deserve an Oscar nomination?

Published in February 5th, 2009

Posted by Anshu in Film reviews, India, Viewpoint

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The script of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire is a much better version of the original book- Vikas Swarup’s Q & A. However for the life of me, I cannot fathom why it is being lauded as Oscar material. The film revolves around the life of Jamal Malik (Dev Malik), a young lad from the slums [...]

No problem being a kidney donor: Try telling insurance companies that!

Published in February 1st, 2009

Posted by Anshu in Our life and times, Research, Viewpoint

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The latest in research confirms what I knew all along: That a kidney donor is as healthy as the rest of us. A person who has voluntarily donated a kidney lives just as long and are as healthy as others who have a kidney. Their risk of landing up with kidney failure, cancer, high blood [...]

Luck by chance: Go watch it!

Published in February 1st, 2009

Posted by Anshu in Film reviews

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Zoya Akhtar’s debut venture ’Luck by Chance’ features her as the writer and director. And she does live up to the genetic baggage she carries on her shoulders- of both her parents being successful script writers and her brother Farhan being a director worth his money. The script has been etched by someone who has closely witnessed the nuances of life [...]