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I’ve been watching too many films. The unusual thing is that most of them have been good. I know it’s strange. But it’s a lucky streak.
Mary and Max is one of the sweetest films I’ve seen in a long time. Two brilliantly etched characters – living rather far from each other, and so different [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art | 3 Comments »
Gives me great delight to announce that this blog has been nominated for the Indibloggies in the Humanities Blogs category. I am not entirely sure what a Humanities Blog is – but I suspect it’s a category for the vagrants – those who write, and never have one issue to write about.
Funny thing is, [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Self | 7 Comments »
Having depressed the shit out of myself after reading up on girls wanting breast implants at the age of 9 and other things, I thought I’d cheer myself up a bit.
So I write about Up. What a fantastic, fabulous and brilliant film. Loved it to bits. Up there on my list with Wall-E and Finding [...]
Posted on November 17th, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art | 8 Comments »
Two seemingly unrelated posts. One on how the notions of ‘dark skin is indicative of inherent evil tendencies‘ seems to permeate an animated series for children, and the other on young kids dressed up by their parents – in clothes which are inappropriate.
Some of us are saved from the fate of low self-esteem thanks [...]
Posted on November 17th, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: People, Rants and Rambles, Self | 4 Comments »
I turn 28 in a week’s time, and I never thought I would be dog-less at this age. But having grown up with dogs in the house, I know it’s a huge responsibility. It’s also a matter of space. And with all the travel that comes with my job, how can I have any animal [...]
Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Photographs, Self | 10 Comments »
A couple of weeks back I found myself in Germany. More specifically – in Cologne. Now Germany has never been on my must-go-to map, except perhaps Berlin. There’s very little I actually know about that country. Except perhaps random pieces of useless information about politics and history. I guess in my mind, I never equated [...]
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Photographs, Travel | 4 Comments »
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