Month: March 2012

This should’ve come up when Sachin retires, but the voices of people calling for his head has risen so loud  that my sorrow of bearing witness to it, needs to be vented which would of-course fall pathetically short of describing the one who immortalized a game of mortals . An awfully simple tribute to someone,… Continue reading What the diminutive legend Sachin means to a cricket frenzy nation called India!

‘Shala’ is a very impressive Marathi movie released in January 2012 based on a Marathi best-selling novel ‘shala’ which means school. Movie is directed by Sujay Dahake who says it is about ‘the Emergency period, in the Indian democracy through the eyes of a teenager.’ This movie won hearts and awards too. It has also… Continue reading Shala: Marathi Movie Review. So who wants to go back to school again ??

It’s funny how pleasant evenings pursue you at the most unassuming. It was one such evening where, taken over by a state of non-doing, I  came across the invite for the french movie Intouchables. The screening was organised by Alliance Francais, Manipal in the MCES(Manipal Centre for European Studies, near the Police station) building at… Continue reading The Intouchables : Alliance Francais, Manipal

An open question to each and everyone of you in MIT who had resumed their daily life in Manipal today. In case if you were busy with gupshup, assignments, SP, Dee Tee and what not, there happened to be a candle light vigil at the Venugopal Temple in the campus this evening. I had gone… Continue reading An Open question and a Lasting tribute. . .

Enraged! Demanding ! Immovable. The students set standards when they get together and voice their opinion. Something similar was witnessed in front of the Manipal edu building on 15th march after the sad demise of an MIT student due to indifference on the behalf of the authorities. The occurrence of this ignominious event has swept… Continue reading Callous Indifference or an unforeseen murder?- A spectator’s account