Gitanjali - Maduraiites Amnesia

For some reason, I find my brethren extremely selfish or probably they are affected with some form of Amnesia. I checked the Public Library for any unofficial notices from the local mafia to ban any literary material that would provoke the senses of an individual thereby allowing them to question the dire position of democratic [...]

Scribble of the day - 44

Bodyshoppers

I wouldn’t be surprised if Erik Prince and Al Clark ran as Republican nominations for 2012. In other words, it is like M.K.Alagiri and P.M.Mannan running for the posts of Home Minister and Law & Order Minister, respectively.

Veteran cycle-rickshaw puller and MGR aficionado, Dope Duraisamy, sarcastically sings:

“கடவுள் ஏன் கல்லானார்?
மனம் கல்லாய் போன மனிதர்களாலே…”

Slumdog Millionaire - Review

If you don’t know much about Danny Boyle’s style of movie directing, then I would recommend you to watch Trainspotting. A dark humour on Society with focus on heroin addicted characters. Only this time, the dark humour is targeted at Indian class divide with tinges of religious violence.

The narrative style of Slumdog Millionaire reminds me [...]

Scribble of the day - 43

Postmortem

How come Governments always come up with a name for terror networks enemy?

Slumdog Millionaire - The Pooch on Hooch

A.R.Rahman, the Music Director, is waken up by a phone call from Danny Boyle, the Director of “Slumdog Millionaire”. Danny Boy, as he is fondly referred to, tells Rahman that “Slumdog Millionaire” has been nominated for Oscars under nine different categories. Rahman, known for his utter humility, says “Masha Allah”. Danny Boy hangs up the [...]

Slumdog Millionaire - my ass

What exactly is “Slumdog Millionaire”?

The dog that inherited the late Princess Diana’s property after a legal battle.
The dog that grew up drinking fat-free asli (read: pure) Bollywood milk.
The dog that always peed on Zeenath Aman’s poster.
Just another overrated dog.

Skype outsources its Customer Service to Elbonia

Caution: Raw expression of human emotion

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If you have ever used Skype, the online voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) based telephone service that lets you to call landlines and mobiles (around the globe) at a fixed monthly subscription or call other online skype users for free, you will notice that they do not have an online [...]