25 years on, and the poisoning in Bhopal continues…Let us not forget…A company that still refuses to take legal responsibility of the disaster, and to provide enough health damages (Rs. 25000 for life-long suffering?) and clean up the...
Topics: Bhopal, Bhopal tragedy, Dow Chemicals, Environment, Justice, Nation, Union Carbide

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I have time and again pondered over the pitiful situation that we have as Bollywood as a brand name representing Indian cinema to the world outside (just google with “bollywood+jocalling” to see my posts on this topic). For a long time, it...
Topics: Bollywood, Entertainment, India, Indian Cinema, Movies, Shashi Tharoor

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I have high regards for composer Ilaiyaraja. Of late, however, the maestro has begun to show some sort of musical sterility in his works. There is no variety or fresh approach in his music anymore. His music doesn’t move you or excite you much...
Topics: Entertainment, Ilaiyaraja, Movies, Music, ONV Kuruppu

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I don’t know if it is because you guys are past your age of “getting jiggy with it” or worried about the rising number of young people in India and taking your old-vs-young revenge on them, but what the local news papers have been...
Topics: IT Amendment Act, Law & Order, Nation, Porn, Sex

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Singer Sainoj, who has sung the song “Thaamara Pookkalum” from the movie “Orkkuka Vallappozhum” (one of my most favorite songs of the recent time) has passed away yesterday. He was a winner of the musical show “Gandharva...
Topics: Entertainment, Music

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