From Philip K. Dick’s 1978 article “How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later” (emphasis mine): The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. George Orwell made this […]
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Guess who?
It’s Ravana. Watch the trailer if you don’t believe me. Ashok Banker is on a roll: … But their (Rohit Vaid and Abhimanyu Singh, of Contiloe Pictures) enthusiasm, love, and passion for the project hooked me. I signed on, despite myself. Surprising myself, my family, friends. And so Mahayoddha Rama was born, an animated film […]
Hats off To Chak De
Ever since I got into running a couple of years back, I have become fascinated with sports, especially because it is so character-building. For example, one of the things I’ve learnt (the hard way) is team spirit, both in trekking as a group and in running (which, in my opinion, was one of the reasons […]
Mano Murthy did it again
It’s been 5 days since I saw the movie, but the title song of Amrithadhare is still playing on and on in my head. As far as I’m concerned, it’s going to be one of those classic songs. Nee amrithadhare KoTi janma jothe gaathi Nee amrithadhare Ihaku paraku sangathi Nee illavaadare naa hege baaLali? … […]
Anakin becomes Vader
Just returning from the first-day-first-show screening of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Great movie. Don’t miss it, especially if you know a bit about Star Wars :) Now, I have to get back to work… P.S: Don’t trust the Jedis
Reelity
When you have cousins flying over from Canada and Australia and everybody catches up, you tend to do stuff together. We went bowling and watched Musafir on Sunday. The movie is worth watching just for Sanjay Dutt! He’s amazing. My favorite dialogue of the movie is (in Hindi) "Taqdeer teri chutti pe. Maut teri sar […]
Great movie after a great day
It was a good day for work. I worked non-stop in refactoring my project and cleaning up the code. So, I ended up the day by seeing "Ocean’s 12" at PVR Cinemas at Forum with my friend Azmi. The movie’s great. I liked the plot. There’s only word to really describe it – slick. Really […]
Galaxy of neck and heads
I’ve been down with fever since the past two days :( I watched a part of the ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ movie and one sentence really stood out for me: Men are the head but women are the neck. We can make the head turn any way we want. Food for thought! Another interesting […]
The Samurai Identity
I watched the "The Last Samurai" yesterday – excellent movie. Those Japanese are so disciplined and honourable and spiritual (well, atleast according to the movie). I couldn’t believe it was actually Tom Cruise – this is the first movie of his that I really appreciated. Read "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum – this guy […]