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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

By Guest Blogger at 10 November, 2009, 1:34 am

It’s a ghazab beyond my understanding why a houseful audience at Regal cinema, a small sample of the larger audience around the country and probably the globe, would pay money to have themselves derided for 2 and surplus hours and come out saying, ’saaru timepass hatu.’ I went with friends, all of whom are well-educated and represent the upper middle class of the socio-economic strata of our economy. They whole-heartedly endorsed the majority opinion. I was, am and will continue to be disturbed by the willful apathy of people towards themselves.

How to read a company’s annual report?

By Guest Blogger at 26 April, 2009, 10:48 am

The annual report is the most under utilized document by the investor even though it is the most crucial document of the company. Sure, a financial analyst reads the report thoroughly but it is rather unusual to hear an individual investor going through an annual report of the company. First of all, what is an [...]

Top 3 things to remember before choosing an online investing website

By Guest Blogger at 13 April, 2009, 7:48 am

One of the reasons online broking as an investing tool has become popular because the user can avoid the hassles of negotiating stock prices or even for that matter the stock with their brokers. Online broking is an easier way to deal with your own portfolio without any outside interference so that later on you [...]

Film Notes: ‘The International’

By Guest Blogger at 3 April, 2009, 4:42 am

Tom Tykwer, the director of The International previously made Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. I happened to stumble across that film while wanting to stop pressing the buttons on my remote and it gave me reason. After a while, I forgot to switch out even during the breaks, not wanting to miss even a few seconds of the post-break return. That film had a magnetic charm, much like a good perfume which has a Proustian essence.

The Straight Story/Local Hero

By Guest Blogger at 9 March, 2009, 9:35 am

This is not a movie review. This is not even what I usually title as ‘My Thoughts’ in order to avoid the trappings of a movie review. This is just one of those things that one must do in order to justify, mitigate, fulfill the order that your mind is giving your body. In my handicapped-by-lethargy case, it’s only seldom that it translates into action.