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Some poems
Here’re a few poems I like, arranged in no particular order: Emily Dickinson - We never know how high we are: We never know how high we are, till we are asked to riseAnd then if we are true to plan, our statures touch the skies The Heroism we recit...
Movie Review: Kung Fu Panda (2008)
I first learnt about this movie when I was in Delhi taking coaching at ALS Interactions for (what else) the IAS exam; a girl there used to carry a cross bag which was KFP themed. I thought, therefore, that it had to be some sort of chick-flick; and, ...
Movie Review: In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Post 'Crash', I had huge expectations from director Paul Haggis; and he has not disappointed this time. Bolstered by an anchoring performance by Tommy Lee Jones, ‘In the Valley of Elah’ – ostensibly a murder mystery wherein Jones seeks to find ...
Tundey Kebabi \'franchised\'
I want this to be seen by many of you guys, especially those who’re from Lucknow. It’s so because of the horrifying experience I had, and I don’t want anyone else to undergo the same: I ordered Biryani from the Tunday’s at Picnic Spot Road, t...
Another day in Paradise
Note: I wrote this piece about three months back, and now feel like putting it up here. I was in a negative frame of mind when I wrote this, and the cynical attitude is all-abound. I’m feeling low, and this had been so for quite some time now, th...
Utopia
I was listening to this U2 song, from ‘The Joshua Tree’, and couldn’t help noticing the similarity in spirits between this and that great Tagore poem, “Where the mind is without fear…” However, this song is upbeat, whereas the original Ta...
