Teaching Sanskrit Bollywood Ishtyle

Got this in an email today. Too deliciously hilarious not to post…

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
‘Bhavatah samipe kim asti?
Mam samipe mata asti…’
Ahmedabad: That’s the mother of all dialogues Bollywood has ever produced. And, if you still couldn’t get it, here is another clue — it’s Hindi cinema’s most explosive faceoff, the fight between the two top stars [...]

Did you know?

Some pretty cool stats in here even though I don’t agree with all the predictions.
What caught my eye:
1 in 8 American couples who married in 2007 met online
And a new catchphrase: “BG“ (Before Google)

And a refined version of the earlier video, with better graphics and a cooler audio remix IMHO…
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Creativity and being a genius

Here’s a fabulous talk by Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of the hugely successful Eat Pray Love on nurturing creativity. I loved her anecdotes about the poet Ruth Stone and the singer Tom Waits. I know exactly what they go through. Most of all, the new “attitude” (she explains it in her talk) that she [...]

Kaminey – My review

I’ll admit it. I did have high expectations going in to see Kaminey. And despite getting yet another dose of Mumbai gangsterism, my expectations for the next Vishal Bhardwaj movie remain high.
The Bombay mafia has been depicted in Bollywood as early as Awaara (“it was called Bombay then” just as Guddu articulates on our desperate [...]

Water crisis and land degradation: India Environment report 2009

The ministry of environment & forests in India just published a “State of the Environment” report for 2009. The report was prepared in collaboration with a venerable NGO called Development Alternatives. It is a clear and honest reflection of where India stands, and what it needs to do. A few key points

Priority 1: A looming [...]

Russell Peters and Aseem Chhabra on Bollywood movies

I was watching my friend Aseem’s insightful comments on “Dil Se”

and I stumbled on this Russell Peters take on Bollywood. Hilarious stuff.

Dilbert

Too funny…