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This is a solid B, the kind I used to watch 20 minutes/day. Once Appa and I finished reading Kumarithuraivi, and before we settle on our nex...

This novel has ghost visitations, folklores and mystical visions, all running in parallel with down-to-earth, hardworking, tough people who...

Musk, 2 days ago: Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28,...

In 1311, when Sultans were harassing Hindu gods, the rulers of Madurai decided to secretly move Meenakshi to Aaralvaimozhi in Venaadu. Almos...

I was 8 when I saw the original Vikram. My mind couldn't grasp the world of stolen nuclear warheads, undercover agents and the implicati...

Me: Does Wanda Vision get better? Friend: Yes, if you're a Marvel fan.

There are two ways to enjoy a Nolan film. The hard way is to watch it with your friends, get high, discuss the contraction and expansion of ...

US and China have built two vastly different internets that are reflective of their political systems. One is messy, open and chaotic. The o...

Soul (Disney+) & Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix) Joe Gardner, an aspiring Jazz pianist who roughs it up as a middle school music ...

The unsmiling no-name no-nonsense protagonist who talks 3 words per minute, keeps going about his business until fate intervenes and a makes...

It's hard to get the take-me-not-serious tone. Just not taking the writing & production values seriously doesn't provide the ton...

Warning: Spoilers. Aronofsky likes to study characters cracking under pressure. In 'Black Swan' it's the beautiful, timid, perfe...

The Tamil blogosphere, 'critics' and 'pundits' are abuzz with Shankar/Rajini combo taking Tamil cinema to the next level. Wa...

Once in a while you see a movie which features a stellar performance that you don't know what hit you. Isabelle Huppert's role in T...

This book by Praveen Swami - India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad: The Covert War in Kashmir, 1947-2004 (Asian Security Studies) - boasting...

David Brooks writes a column that I wanted to write about Elena Kagan, Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court. Here are the final lines:...

Faisal Shahzad bought a used SUV from someone nearby in a face-to-face transaction, did not scrape the VIN off the engine, loaded it with H...

As I grew up and opened up to a variety of experiences I gradually lost my affiliations that made what was me during my formative years. I...

Writing is like hitting the gym (what a flimsy metaphor to begin with). The more you do it, the better you get at it (and the nonsense conti...

.. blogging will resume this weekend. Thanks for checking.