Archive for May, 2011

How BS Yeddyurappa has Survived 11 Attempts to Remove Him (so far) – Part III
May 30, 2011, 5 Comments

Part I | Part II | Part III Almost as I write this, another Karnataka-related crisis turns up out of nowhere to torment ...

FC Barcelona – a work of high art
May 29, 2011, 8 Comments

If there was any doubt preceding the game about the stature of this Barcelona team, it was put to rest in magisterial fa ...

How Do You Know? (2010)
May 27, 2011, Comments Off

This is good, strong, character driven cinema masquerading as rom-com fluff.

How BS Yeddyurappa has Survived 11 Attempts to Remove Him (so far) – Part II
May 26, 2011, 3 Comments

Part I | Part II | Part III In 2010, when the BJP’s campaign to oust Ashok Chavan as Chief Minister of Maharashtra ...

The Best and the Worst of 2010-11
May 25, 2011, 4 Comments

The Guardian’s football writers as they do at the end of every season have picked their best and worst from the 2010-1 ...

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Done-to-Death Tides
May 23, 2011, 3 Comments

How can you tell if summer is really here? No, it’s not the heat or that sudden desire to take long vacations. It& ...

How BS Yeddyurappa has Survived 11 Attempts to Remove Him (so far) – Part I
May 23, 2011, 7 Comments

Part I| Part II| Part III Another attempt at the (political) assassination of BS Yeddyurappa fails. That makes it the 11 ...

Understanding Mamata
May 22, 2011, 10 Comments

This post puts forth a view that most readers of this blog will not approve of. It is an understanding of what I call th ...

Vacations
May 21, 2011, 5 Comments

(This is a supremely personal take on an issue most working adults in this country find hard to live with: Supreme Court ...

Roland Garros and the Prospect of a New Champion
May 21, 2011, 5 Comments

Of all the Grand Slam tournaments, I love the French Open – or if you prefer, as I do, its more endearing name, Roland ...