Do you know what it is like? to talk to a wall? cold, unmoved and silent all that you plead and call Do you what it is like to be ground to dust? respect and dignity held close, like a cigarette butt crushed do you know what it is like to have wasted [...]
Posted by: pankajunk on: November 24, 2010
The Backdrop Guzaarish was 3 hours of relentless “koi….kuch….bbolta..kyon…nahi..hai..bhai” moments in A.K Hangal (of Sholay) terms, or “HA HA HA HA HA…..babumoshai….HA HA HA HA HA” moments in Rajesh Khanna (of Anand) terms (remember when your blood froze from that most morbid cackle). Matlab melodrama ki Maa, tragedy ka Taya, dukh ka Dada. Bollywood’s idea [...]
Posted by: pankajunk on: November 19, 2010
though we’ve barely just met, how do i feel so comfortable around you? is it that we knew each other in a last chat lifetime? when i romanced em ‘ in the Romance room as sincereguy8, and you were the talk of 20s Love as sassycowgirl2?
Posted by: pankajunk on: November 16, 2010
While I was doing my Chomsky post last night, I chanced upon a new video, that kept me up for most of the night. It is a BBC video interview about Linguistics with Chomsky, his field of expertise. The first thing that struck me is the lucidity with which this subject of mind boggling complexity [...]
Posted by: pankajunk on: November 15, 2010
My current obsession with Chomsky must be well known to the readers of this blog by now. I have seen almost every last one of his political videos online, and can almost lip sync him by now. It was refreshing to find a video series of him speaking on Humanism, and related subjects, subjects that [...]
Posted by: pankajunk on: November 6, 2010
The sky was rosy pink with the vivid scheme of an opal Twilight flooded the landscape with the mellow hues of a pearl The world was at rest and the air mild and tranquil. The birds stirred in their nests high up in the swaying trees The daffodils nodded their heads in th scented puffs [...]
Posted by: pankajunk on: November 5, 2010
There are bad movies = pick any bollywood movie Then there are “bad” movies = robot Then there are movies which attempt to be “bad”, but end up being “”bad”” = bad = dabang
Posted by: pankajunk on: November 2, 2010
It is not easy to agree with either side on the recent Ayodhya verdict, even if you start with the simple intent of siding with fairness, and none of the power and political agendas of those involved. It ultimately raises the question of the nature of Justice. Or quite simply, the right thing to do. [...]
