I was on the way from Bangalore to Thrissur on the 12677 Bangalore – Ernakulam Intercity Express when this incident happened. I like this train and the journey because the train is fast, sticks to the time table, has only 10 stops, the scenery is excellent and tickets are easy to get. So I had…
Bangalore is well known for its WTF traffic and crumbling infrastructure, and everyone in the city with a vehicle will have their share of stories of woe to tell. The other day it was my turn, an incident which would ruin my entire weekend and the next Monday, set me back by around Rs.10000, cause…
They sell their souls and four years of their life hanging on a promise that they will be bestowed with some kind of world-changing ability of technological mastery, only to realize later (when it is too late) that they have been trapped and are left hanging in a vicious limbo for all eternity with a…
When you are making a movie about giant alien robots, make a movie about the damn giant alien robots, and not about human histrionics, teenage angst and love life crises! Leave those to drama movie makers. As with all sequels, the movie lost track of it’s core plot and characters. I had hoped against hope…
Yesterday, India’s uncrowned king of bubblegum literature, Chetan Bhagat, decided to celebrate Father’s Day by recycling an old locker room joke about child custody and a Coke vending machine. Minutes after the tweet was published, all hell broke loose and a shitstorm of outrage ensued on Twitter with all kinds of people, trolls, bots and…
The 20th movie in the Bond series, the fourth and final one to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional English (MI6) secret agent. A landmark movie as it was the last in it’s current running timeline for the past 40 years. Bond goes rogue defying M to find who had sabotaged his mission and landed…
This is my 50th post on this blog. Thank you all for your support and love! Keep reading! :) Google is up to it again with it’s tricks of truth. As with the Justin Bieber and puberty thing, Google always knows not just the answers, but they are also good enough to make sure to…
Director – Todd Phillips Cast – Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helmes, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong. Genre – Comedy Watch Because – Some funny moments, Entertaining second half Dont Watch Because – Tries too hard, Missing situational humor, Does not live up to expectations, Shoddy direction, editing. Rating – ♥♥ and a half out of 5 VERDICT –…
“Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young” This is the title of an original essay written by Mary Schmich which appeared in a Chicago Tribune column in June 1997. The contents of that column later contributed and became famous as lyrics to Baz Luhrmann’s cult music video: Everyone is Free (To Wear Sunscreen) and…
You are older than you think! Making you think many things happened “recently” is a trick played by your sub-conscious to make you think you are young and kicking. Inspired by XKCD’s Epic diagram that makes people think they are old based on movie release dates, and then 40 things that make you feel old,…
The private buses of Ernakulam-Kochi, the mainstay of the city’s public transport options, have progressed from being a menace on the city’s roads to an outright danger to life. The were called the “Red Devils” before, but now with the body count stacking up, they are called the “Red Killers of Kochi“. And two days…
(The earlier title for this post was “Salim Kumar, we are proud of you!” But after the Mullaperiyar comment episode, I have changed it to the present one above). If there was ever an under rated actor in Malayalam cinema, it is Salim Kumar, the talent that has won many a heart in Kerala with…