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Entries from November 2007

Reviews: Saawariya vs. Om Shanti Om

November 13th, 2007 · 4 Comments

i got to check out both Saawariya and om shanti om, thought i’d write down a bit on what the bollywood diwali-faceoff.
saawariya: i think the reviews are a harsh and mis-guided. this movie isn’t meant to take you on a thrill ride, nor an emotional melodrama, nor a ‘paisa-wasoool’ entertainer, nor a boy-girl feel-good love […]

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore

Happy Deepavali

November 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments

the best to you and yours from me and my family.

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore

Early Diwali

November 8th, 2007 · No Comments

got the fun rolling today with some early fireworks . got up for the ‘naraka chaturdashi’ and got the fireworks going. these days, you don’t have to dry those fireworks in the sun anymore.. they explode just fine without all that hassle.
all the desi peeps out there that haven’t experienced diwali recently, you are […]

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Tags: Chai · Bangalore

OpenSocial Déjà vu

November 7th, 2007 · No Comments

a few days ago, google rounded up a consortium of social networks not named facebook and launched an open API called OpenSocial for querying and working with the walled social graphs maintained by the respective social networks. as far as i can understand, programs can now be written using a common JS-based language such that […]

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Tags: Silicon Valley · Web

Caste Your Vote

November 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Originally uploaded by spandana

spotted outside the rail nilayam building in secunderabad. a freudian slip?

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Tags: Chai · Politics