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Major General Atma Singh, now retired who won the Vir Chakra for gallantry for his role in the Laungewala battle fought in 1971 now claims that no ground battle was ever fought there and the army [...]
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I love this Marie ad in Marathi [hat tip: Sampada]. It has a distinct Marathi flavor, complete with one of our favorite exclamations - hatichya maari (a kinda damn it!) What’s more, Shah Rukh Khan is now spreading his endorsement tentacles in the regional markets as well. Poor Ashok Saraf! Who’ll pay attention to his [...]
Patrix | Ads, India, Videos | 2 Comments »
India is all set to pass an anti-torture law. So no more ‘tire mein daal ke dhone ka‘? Now, how the heck will Indian police ’solve’ crimes?
Marrying Abhishek Bachchan may have been Aishwarya’s worst decision at least career-wise. She had to turn down a lead role in Will Smith’s new movie for Karva Chauth.
Patrix | Asides, India, Movies | 8 Comments »
Seen outside the Konark Temple complex. Some pun, eh?
Patrix | Fun Weird, Images and Photography, India | 3 Comments »
With the wedding ceremony and the reception over, everyone was much more relaxed and eager to get some sightseeing done. Unfortunately for us, we couldn’t really sleep in or have a lazy morning as we were supposed to get our wedding registration done in the local government office. Even though more than 300 people witnessed [...]
Patrix | India, Personal, Travel | 8 Comments »
Ash and I have been looking for avenues to donate money to charity in India. Our previous personal donations have gone to AID India and Project Why in addition to those donation drives at DesiPundit. We prefer donating to more direct causes instead of large organizations like Red Cross which are already inundated with attention [...]
Patrix | India, education | 2 Comments »
Everyone around seems more interested in the happenings on the wedding night than the wedding itself but unfortunately, those details cannot (or should not) be divulged. So if you came back expecting those details, you can leave now so I can proceed with the more ‘boring’ details :)
The wedding ceremony and lunch followed by the [...]
Patrix | India, Personal | 11 Comments »
Blogging your wedding day can be a difficult task because it might be the one post that your children or even you are most likely to read about in the distant future. You want to capture all the details but everything seems like a blur because so many people and so many things happening on [...]
Patrix | India, Personal | 21 Comments »
The wedding rituals started with the haldi ceremony which is done first at the groom’s home and later at the bride’s home. In Oriya tradition, they have a similar ceremony to kick off the wedding rituals called Mangan Handi which has something to do with pots that I am not completely sure of. Ash wasn’t [...]
Patrix | India, Personal | 4 Comments »
On day two, our wedding party at Ginger had only ten people in the morning and the rest were due to arrive later that afternoon. We had arrived a day earlier just to be on the safe side and avoid the vagaries of the airline industry (one of my dad’s planning characteristic). The haldi ceremony [...]
Patrix | India, Personal, Travel | 7 Comments »
Seen outside a hotel next to the one we were staying at. No reports yet on any women molested outside this hotel. But so many conflicting messages especially the one that says - Tease your Hubby - simply boggle the mind. Feel free to add your comments. We were mostly speechless.
Patrix | Ads, Fun Weird, Images and Photography, India | 4 Comments »
From a much heated discussion with few friends.
A married woman with two girls in an abusive relationship with her husband should not divorce him because it might affect the ‘arranged marriage chances’ of her daughters in the near future i.e. divorced family ke ladki se kaun shaadi karega.
I was the only one (strangely) who found [...]
Patrix | India, Personal | 13 Comments »
We’ll be leaving for India in a few hours and I get the same mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness that I feel each time I make this trip. As Ash pointed out recently, my India trips have always coincided with a major relationship change in my life and this time is no different as [...]
Patrix | India, Personal | 10 Comments »
Hilarious! As Amit says, watch if before some idiotic desi gets offended and calls for its ban.
Patrix | India, Videos | 4 Comments »
Ajit Wadekar is credited with enormous cricket successes as an Indian captain in 1971 and later as a coach in the early 90s. In my opinion, he was simply lucky to have the right players that guided India to victory. I am not doubting his talent as a cricketer because frankly neither have I seen [...]
Patrix | India, Rants, Sports | 8 Comments »
My brother, Aditya who is a little more into the multimedia aspect of blogging than I am has dragged his fiancee, Prachiti into the Web 2.0 world as well. Considering the time he spends on IndiCast with Abhishek, I guess the only way Prachiti could do that was by joining them. She has gone the [...]
Patrix | India, Videos, Weblogs | 4 Comments »
Indian women who serve as village chiefs (pradhans or sarpanches) do an excellent but thankless job of leading their community. But then so does your mom with your home.
Patrix | Asides, Governance, India | 1 Comment »
Why the fuck can’t we take a joke and have to run to our daddy-courts for every petty ‘insult’? As SRK should have said to Manoj Kumar, take a chill pill, yaar but he choose to apologize when there wasn’t any need to.
Patrix | Asides, India | 1 Comment »
So much finger pointing and I’m surprised these self-proclaimed Nehru lovers never thought of taking a pail of water and a rag to do the job themselves. Perhaps Nehru wouldn’t have done it either.
Patrix | Asides, India | 3 Comments »
Explores the brother-sister relationship brought together during their father's last days.
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Poignant but slow narrative of an orphaned girl living with her aunt in rural Maharashtra.
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Stunning and engaging narration. Raw violence and personal struggles of ordinary guys in a tough neighborhood.
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Underwhelming. Johansson is miscast but continues her run of being the 'other woman'.
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