Category: Guest Blog
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Button’s Mechanics and Schumi rants
Guest Blog – Prabhu Krishnamurthy The year 2004 has seen Michael Schumacher notch up 11 victories out of 12 races. It is thrilling and wonderful for a schumi fan, but at same time it shows how Ferrari as a team work. In the words of STAR-Sports commentator Dont get bored by this season. You are…
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A tale of two Flip-flops
Guest Blog #27 – Anand C OK, we’ve all heard this one. John Kerry is a flip-flopper… Hardly! Here’s the “glass is half-full” view – This is not the first war he has flip-flopped on. He fought the Vietnam war and then fought against it (by testifying in front of the Senate). As independents say,…
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Glass-bangles Vinayaka (OR) Beauty is skin deep?
Guest Blog #26 – Anand C Two films that make the cut as ones I recommend to friends who want to watch “good” tamil movies (apart from the usual suspects) are Pudhiya Padhai and HouseFull. To me, both are fresh even today. However, not many people appreciate the recommendations. Their main peeve: could not tolerate…
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Joy of getting something unexpected…
It’s awesome to get little surprises when you least expect them…listening to an NPR interview with Matt Damon, and watching Catch-22 with the Director’s commentary qualify as two of that kind. A large part of Matt Damon’s interview focussed on the little things behind the Good Will Hunting screenplay (and how he got one of…
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An ode to 90 school children…
Guest Blog #24 – Anand C [reproduced with permission] Could not find anything that expressed the mix of emotions on the Kumbakonam incident better than Caught in the Bud on Balaji’s photo-blog …
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