Month: January 2005
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Saarang 2005
[Pic:eer-music] Chennai is yet to take a breather from the crowded book fair but then there’s no time. Saarang 2005, the cultural mishmash of IIT Madras is happening again. I shouldn’t be saying it’s happening. Because as the IITians says, it isn’t an event. Saarang is a state of mind. And this yearly festival starts…
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Indibloggies 2004
Indibloggies is the Indian version of Bloggies. These are awards given away for the best blogs during the year. This blog, lazygeek.net was the Best Media Indiblog, last year. This year the name has been changed to Best Humanities(arts) Indian Weblog. Am not sure why they had to change it ? Anyway, this blog is…
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Round-up – Chennai Book Fair 2005
As usual there are books and bookworms in Chennai. However, the Chennai Bookfair 2005 isn’t only about them. Strangely, the book fair is getting very sociable. A typical social gathering than just a book buying crowd. But if they are able to translate the visitors into book buyers the goal is reached.
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Amitav Andaman and Amrish
Amitav Ghosh, the writer of The Calcutta Chromosome, writes to The Hindu about his experiences on The Tsunami disaster in Andaman as a three-part series. Amrish ‘Mogambo’ Puri passes away. In pictures. His last film was Kamal’s yet-to-be-released Mumbai Express. This year’s Bhogi went without fogging any flights and the traffic. It’s improving every year.…
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The Incredibles movie review – Unbelievably Incredible (!)
Why would Vishnu incarnate as Rama in the epic of Ramayana and be sent to exile? He needs to kill Ravana. Thats one perspective. Being a staunch bhaktha of Shiva, it’s the path that Ravana chose to attain Moksha. Thats another. Put both into a single glass and see through it. I am sure you…
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