Malayalam cinema today lost one of its pillars. One of the “shilpis” and evergreen actresses of Malayalam cinema, S. Sukumari fondly called Sukumari Amma by her fans and industry friends passed away in a Chennai hospital today, March 23 2013 as a result of a Cardiac Arrest. To the uninitiated, she was one of the…
“A long time ago in a Galaxy far, far away” said the tagline for the Star Wars franchise when it was launched 36 years ago. If it were today, people would probably think this to be a teaser ad for some mind-boggling feature in an upcoming model of a smartphone being readied for launch in…
As I said in the previous part, I don’t have money to buy an apartment. But even if I did would I have bought one? I doubt it. I don’t think I would ever buy an apartment in India because I get claustrophobic in apartment buildings among other things. These other things are taken from…
Notwithstanding all the arguments put forward in the previous part, the single biggest reason why I am not buying an apartment in Bangalore (or anywhere else) is because I don’t have the money to pay for it. “But who has that kind of money? You can take a home loan no?” they will say. No….
The World is full of overbearing and nosy people who believe they exist for the sole reason of poking into others’ affairs and to enforce the standards of what they believe are the “accepted norms” of “society” on how to lead one’s life. Their primary weapon of choice is irritatingly repeated questions, like “What do…