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If you are in the restaurant business, you are always on the lookout of the next ‘different’ theme that will attract people. Punit Sablok had a similar ‘brainwave’ when he decided to model his new restaurant [...]
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Update: If you are here for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, you might want to check out these online telecast/webcast options.
Since I am receiving a ton of google searches for information on online streaming video for the 2006 FIFA World Cup [original post], I am putting up a short list of instructions to get things [...]
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Update: If you came here looking for the Cricket World Cup streaming options, you might want to check out my recent post.
Just a day ago, I was busy trying to figure out which football matches at the group stage I should bother watching. I couldn’t watch them all because I don’t have cable and going [...]
Patrix | Recommended, Sports, Technology, United States | 19 Comments »
The football season is upon us and the world is revving up for a month of pure madness…except for one country – United States. Admittedly, there has been a growing interest in the country for soccer and Team USA has qualified for the fifth consecutive time and heck, even reached the quarters last time around. [...]
Patrix | Recommended, Sports, Television, United States | 5 Comments »
Back in the days when I was an architecture student who viewed the world with rose-tinted glasses and brimmed with optimism, I was also gullible enough to listen to all kinds of stuff that was spewed out to the unwary public. One such ‘stuff’ that was sold under the guise of ‘spiritual science’; if at [...]
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This movie will be a must-see. I have read the book and have literally sworn off MacDonalds’ since then.
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What is it about Sachin dismissals that keeps the rants coming in? Granted that he has been failing for a long time now and his dismal form continues even though his other lesser regarded colleagues keep on scoring. The most recent is the hullabaloo about the Wankhade crowd booing its favorite son. Theory is, if [...]
Patrix | India, Recommended, Sports | 10 Comments »
The Wachowski brothers next movie has been eagerly awaited even though the final two parts of the Matrix trilogy didn’t quite live up to expectations of its fans and critics alike. The rumor-mill meanwhile was busy churning up dirt about Andy Wachowski’s sexual leanings and his fantasies; regardless of their correlation to his movie-making skills. [...]
Patrix | Movies, Philosophy, Recommended | 6 Comments »
Hate corporate culture as much as you wish to, but sometimes there exists certain benefits that earlier was simply not available. For e.g. Starbucks Coffee is targeted for corporatizing coffee culture and commercializing it but in fact, it has been shown that it has encouraged and even helped flourish the creation of local individual coffee [...]
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The latest offering by Times Square Records (released on March 7, 2006) is a compilation of Asha Bhosle numbers on a 2-disc album. The singing sensation, Asha Bhosle needs no introduction but yet for protocol sake, I will attempt to do so. Younger sister to the Nightingale of India (Lata Mangeshkar) might be an almost [...]
Patrix | India, Music, Recommended | 7 Comments »
Regardless of the title, this post might venture beyond the realms of a book review and try to scratch some memories from my recent past. Simon and Schruster sent me couple of books by Indian authors last fall and although I wasn’t obliged to review them; I ventured down that path for the sake of [...]
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These days, Ash has a new favorite word: Arrrgh! and she uses it frequently to express bouts of frustration. I rib her whenever she uses it. But something happened this weekend that made me steal her word and use it more emphatically. I bet you will too when I am done explaining.
Let me start at [...]
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I just got back from touring the hurricane-affected areas of South Louisiana and New Orleans. I have lots of tales and images to share. I’ll try putting my thoughts into words sometime tomorrow; too tired and sleepy now.
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The second edition of meeting bloggers took longer to publish than I would have liked. Anyway, I was glad to have met many blogger friends, although I wish I had more time to meet the ones I couldn’t. Yazad, Ravikiran, Anand, Charu, Gautam, Neel, and Sonia, I wish our schedules could have matched but then [...]
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Let me apprise y’all about the couple of blogger meet ups I have had so far. I have met only couple of them so far but both have been pretty interesting. Angelo, an active member of the brilliant SEA-EAT blog and Bahraini pundit dropped in during my stay at Bahrain. He chanced upon my blog [...]
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I am having the time of my life here in Bahrain. The food simply has been awesome and now I realize why Ash was so eager to get back home to have her mom’s cooking. Also, I am beginning to understand the real reasons behind my brother’s decision to return to India. Truly, the way [...]
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So finally I reached Bahrain after taking a rather hectic and circuitous route via three airports; not too pleasant airports I might add. We land in Bahrain and find out that our bags have decided to extend their vacation in Paris; checking out the Louvre, I presume. I am sitting here in Ash’s dad’s [...]
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Amit Varma wrote on the joys (at least, one of the many) of blogging few days back. I cannot help but agree and I have cashed in on the joys he talks about several times during my blogging stint. I have met Diya (Speed), Alpha, Yogustus, Star, Queer, Spaceman, Selva & Ramya, and Semantic Overload [...]
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Oh, what a beautiful mornin’,
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin’
Ev’rything’s goin’ my way
I finally had my first brush with American theatre this past week. Sponsored by the benevolent endowments at Texas A&M’s MSC OPAS, I along with other select international students were offered free tickets to two theatre performances. This program was [...]
Patrix | Music, Recommended | 11 Comments »
It has been almost a month and three games into the season; I hadn’t been inside the roaring Kyle Field at College Station. Sometimes voted as one of the best college football atmosphere on game day, Kyle Field inspires a sense of awe whether you are outside looking up toward its huge ramps or inside [...]
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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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