And so here I am, in yet another place, after yet another move. Most people balk at moving from one house to another, let alone one state to the next. But our journey has been across vast distances, taking us to cultures differing widely and forcing ou...
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LAUGHTERGLOWThe unlikely team of Raj Kumar Santoshi and Ranbir Kapoor serves up a comedy that casts a spell (well, at least for a while). Plus, the latest Madhur Bhandarkar exposé. NOV 8, 2009 – I THINK I STARTED WARMING UP TO Rajkumar Santosh...
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DIWALI LESSONS: THE SEQUELLast week, we picked on “Blue” to bemoan wannabe-Hollywood narratives. But as “Main Aur Mrs. Khanna” demonstrates, the pure-Bollywood narrative isn’t doing any better.NOV 8, 2009 – THIS COLUMN, LAST WEEK, TUR...
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{"title":"Between Reviews: Diwali Lessons: The Sequel","post_url":"http:\/\/www.desipundit.com\/baradwajrangan\/2009\/11\/07\/between-reviews-diwali-lessons-the-sequel\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.desipundit.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-11-07 04:42:45","summary":"DIWALI LESSONS: THE SEQUELLast week, we picked on \u201cBlue\u201d to bemoan wannabe-Hollywood narratives. But as \u201cMain Aur Mrs. Khanna\u201d demonstrates, the pure-Bollywood narrative isn\u2019t doing any better.NOV 8, 2009 – THIS COLUMN, LAST WEEK, TUR..."}

The greatest strength of science is that it tries to avoid dogma. Theories, explanations, hypotheses, everything is tentative, true only as long as the next piece of data does not invalidate it. This is how science progresses, by constantly checking an...
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{"title":"A wrong kind of religion; Freeman Dyson, Superfreakonomics, and global warming","post_url":"http:\/\/www.desipundit.com\/ashutosh\/2009\/11\/04\/a-wrong-kind-of-religion-freeman-dyson-superfreakonomics-and-global-warming\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.desipundit.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-11-03 17:18:31","summary":"The greatest strength of science is that it tries to avoid dogma. Theories, explanations, hypotheses, everything is tentative, true only as long as the next piece of data does not invalidate it. This is how science progresses, by constantly checking an..."}

How far would you go to heal a loved one?The Horse Boy is a story of a family that traveled half way across the world to understand their son; to heal him. Journalist Rupert Isaacson and his wife, Kristin, a professor of psychology set on a journey to...
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