Archive for June, 2008

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Posted on June 25, 2008. Filed under: Books | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

YayyY!!!! I finally got my own ‘A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS’ A gift from S I know…I know…the book came out long time ago…and I was equally desperate to read it..but somehow I could not manage to get hold of one I loved ‘The Kite Runner’ and now that I [...]

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Henna for your Hair

Posted on June 25, 2008. Filed under: Beauty Tips, Health, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The one advise (amongst many) my mom gave me as a teenager was ’Never apply any kind of dye…it damages your hair and and it is  irremediable’ and I don’t know why but this advise I took very very seriously Hair loss is a major problem among men and women. You constantly listen to people talking [...]

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Recipe: Chapala Pulusu (Fish Curry)

Posted on June 23, 2008. Filed under: Food Glorious Food, Photography | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Let me first start this post with some beautiful roses I got from a special someone

{Click on the roses for larger version}
My Chapala Pulusu (Fish Curry) recipe was long over due. I am a great lover of my mom’s (and aunt’s) fish curry. It’s finger lickin’ good. Till date, I have prepared this dish only [...]

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Silverstone and Weekend Movies

Posted on June 21, 2008. Filed under: Entertainment, Movies, Sports | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last weekend, we were lucky enough to get a few tickets for World Series by Renault at Silverstone…YES! the F1 circuit We couldn’t make up our mind till the last minute….but me…all excited about visiting Siverstone…brain washed S and a couple of friends. It was a nice warm day…and when we entered the [...]

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Movie Reviews: THe Incredible Hulk & Dasavatharam

Posted on June 13, 2008. Filed under: Entertainment, Movies | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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Brief reviews of the two movies I watched yesterday. Manged to watch one after the other O
HULK:
I LOVED THE MOVIE! Edward Norton (HULK) is one of my FAV actors. There’s this innocence about his face. There’s so much love in the movie. 
Incredible HULK is definately different to the previous HULK since this HULK doesn’t want [...]

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AR Rahman in Concert and Weekend Movies

Posted on June 12, 2008. Filed under: Entertainment, Movies, Music, Videos | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was trying to find a video of Malalai Joya on youtube and ended up watching a few videos of AR Rahman Live in Concert in US…back in 2005. Why do musicians I love always go to the US? Why don’t they come to the UK?
AR did tour the UK once, way back in 2004 and [...]

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A Woman Among Warlords

Posted on June 12, 2008. Filed under: Human Rights, Life, NEWS, Politics, Videos | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

…..a Woman Among Warlords follows the campaign of a woman running in Afghanistan’s first democratic parliament election in more than 30 years. 27 year-old Malalai Joya, one of the country’s most famous (and controversial) women since 2003 challenged the power of warlords in national politics. Forced to live in hiding and surrounded by armed guards, [...]

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What I didn’t like about Sarkar Raj

Posted on June 11, 2008. Filed under: Entertainment, Movies | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I went to the movies yesterday to watch Mongol but my plan backfired. After some emotional blackmail’ing’ by S, I sat through Sarkar Raj. I was not mad about watching this movie after reading Raja Sen’s rediff review…and I also had an inkling that it would not live up to the prequel Sarkar.
I cannot get myself [...]

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