Archive for May, 2008
Assembly Elections and Bacchanalian Orgies
With the state assembly elections coming up, a friend of mine called me up frantically and said that there will be no alcohol available on the 8th, 9th and 10th of this month, as alcohol is used as the standard means of buying people's votes. This closure of watering holes, and restricting the supply of alcohol is a futile exercise as those with [...]
Movie Magic
There has been a progressive increase in the media's interest towards a particular movie, with each passing big budget release that happens out here in our country. Movies have tie-ups with soft drinks, television programs and IPL teams, which in turn help(?) in promoting the movie further so that hapless souls can venture out to watch them in [...]
Wine Snobbery Further Mystified
I am not a wine snob. I just know that wine comes in red and white varieties, and some of it is cheap and some of it is expensive and some of it is three days old, like in the Golconda variety types or some of it is so old that it predates Jesus himself. That is all I know about wine. Honest. Nothing more and nothing less. Maybe if some wines [...]
The Coucal Collaterals
Saturday, the 3rd of May 2008 saw me attend my first ever book launch. With this book launch, I now know two published authors personally, one of them being my friend Vikarna's dad - Dr.Krishna Rao who wrote the book whose launch I attended, and the other being a certain Aswath Venkataraman a.k.a Kodhi, who's book launch I wasn't invited to. [...]
