Young INDIA Go INDIA: Before Dev. D

Young INDIA Go INDIA: Before Dev. D: "Yes, Dev D is a very good movie. I wonder why it is being appreciated by many people; seems odd when other..."

Before Dev. D

Yes, Dev D is a very good movie. I wonder why it is being appreciated by many people; seems odd when other light-weight feather-type films make so much money in India. But as the popular saying goes in Hindi.
“time time ki baat hai pyaare”
(it’s all a play of time)
In time, we will know more about good films that were ignored by movie lovers.
Dev. D fans are talking about the movie breaking taboos and bringing a ‘new wave’ in Hindi cinema. Well, there have been movies that have done that before with respect to women liberation. I guess most fans have not been tuned to films of Amol Palekar. Of course, he is a low budget, art film-walla. So many people won’t go to theatres to see his movies. But they will recognise the liberated woman when they see her on screen, embellished with music and songs. Women liberation is not to be searched. It is to be waited for and then when given, it is to be applauded. Till the next time.

The Idea of Free Lunch

Verna was a Virgin

Cricket and the Indian Woman–Part One

Women’s interest in cricket is a sudden development, propelled mostly by the advertisements projecting cricketers as demigods. In the year 2003, model and actress Mandira Bedi became popular for hosting a cricket-discussion program during the World Cup cricket matches.
Her immense popularity had little to do with her knowledge about cricket and more with the plunging necklines of her saris and the unavoidable amount of cleavage on exhibit.

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Gulzar at the Jaggery Market

“I feel like I have come to a jaggery market. My own stature has become like that of a common fly that tastes sweetness from one pack to another.”
Gulzar Shab said that he was overwhelmed by the amount of praise he received from the different artists. I was at a private function where the eminent writer-filmmaker was honoured for winning the Oscar for “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire.

What we Really want to know??

What Men Really Want to Know

Owing to the female mind’s impulse to test eye shadow and blush (cosmetic) on my face when I was in a hurry, I walked out of my home forgetting to wipe out the colourful powders from my face.
Few men looked at me. It’s not that I was looking funny; men, as is their nature, will look at anything that reminds them of women.
Many times, their inquisitiveness about your well-being and work-life is actually a ploy to know about the women in your life.
When men ask one another “so what do you do?” they mean to ask how many women you work with and if they are desirable.