Mumbai Meri Jaan (Mumbai My Darling)

Kaun Kehta Hai, Aadmi Apni Kismat Khud Likhta Hai? (Who says a man scripts his own destiny by himself?) ha raham, ha raham, farma e-Khuda… (remember Him, and keep chanting his name…) ha raham, ha raham, farma e-Khuda… mehfuz har kadam karna e-Khuda, e-Khuda (… and He’ll make sure each…

10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009

Updated: Now with trailers! It’s that time of the year again. 2008 brought us some great films. Let’s see what’s in store for 2009. Here are the 10 most exciting movies to come in 2009: 10. Terminator Salvation (May 2009) – ‘John Connor&…

The Tilt-Shift Illusion

Update (9 Jan 2009): TiltShiftMaker gives your photos that delightful tilt-shift look (via Boing Boing). After some playing around, I think that the manual effect in Photoshop or Gimp gives better results. Couple of weeks back, I saw a sample video which had an impressive mix of time-lapse and tilt-shift…

Where is the "Common Man's" Mobile Application?

Half of world’s population has a mobile phone, yet, only 21% of the world’s population uses the Internet. On my last visit to India, I was not so astounded to see the milk-man or the rickshaw driver to have a mobile phone. What I was astounded…

Olympics Galore

India has reason to celebrate. Abhinav Bindra claimed the men’s 10-meter air rifle shooting title at the Beijing Olympics. India’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in an individual event. The state of sports in India has been on a downhill path. More than a billion people, but…

Vidvaan Sarvatra Pujyate

What is power? Is it wealth, is it affluence, is it assets, what is it? Philosophers have thought about this, [and] they have found the seat of power — knowledge! “A king is honoured only in his own kingdom, but a man of knowledge is honoured everywhere.” Filmmaker…

Scenery on a Detour

A happy person is one who enjoys the scenery on a detour. Are you, enjoying, the scenery? Watch out for the Rabbit in your Headlights.…

House of Cards

Radiohead just released a new video for their song “House of Cards”. It’s a ground-breaking experiment with capturing 3D images. Forget about your house of cards And I’ll do mine Fall off the table and get swept under Denial, denial The infrastructure will collapse From…