The best movies and books are those that that help us forget the realities of our daily existence, and take us on a journey wild and fanciful. The wilder the journey, the better the experience. But, if somehow the wild journey can be put across as believable, the experience of the journey is enhanced manifold. The Harry Potter books and movies manage to do just that. A boy living with muggles takes on a journey into a mystical land of magic and wizardy – the idea appeals to all children, and to all of grown-ups, who still are children at heart.

Surprisingly, what later became his style, originally came from a need to hide his inner insecurities: falling long hair streaks probably to hide his face pimples. His discomfort with his broad nose, pimples, dark skin and two accidents – resulting in broken nose and burnt scalp – were put under cover by artifacts which helped him create a style of his own. His androgynous features, resembling his sister, were probably the manifestations of his feminine inclinations and soft vulnerable self

I had seen it in a hundred pictures, and probably a thousand times in movies. It wouldn’t be any different, would it? I am not much of a sightseer anyway. I doubt if I would have been to it even if I had been living in Agra! But I had a growing feeling that the ˜never been to Taj” label should be taken off as soon as possible. I was just looking forward to some suitable time for it, when it all fell in place. I tried not to get too disappointed. But at that moment, the Taj seemed so close, and yet so far. Anyway, I told myself, what was there to get disappointed about, it was just a monument, and it wasn’t going anywhere.

Tweet Newspapers and television news channels a couple of days back woke up to report the fact that one Dr. Binayak Sen had been finally released on bail. Binayak Sen who? … must have been the question many would have asked. It’s not their fault really. The media does not jump at human rights violations, […]

Tweet “Why do they allow making of cigarettes, if they want us to stop smoking them,” says Rohit, a 25 year old management student living in Delhi. As per WHO (World Health Organisation) tobacco is one of the major cause of deaths in India, accounting for over ten lakh deaths every year. In spite of […]

Tweet While most people would consider being tall a boon, bestowed by the almighty himself on a select few, people who have achieved this putative ‘elevated’ state of being would beg to differ. While the vertically challenged curse their fate and their height, same is the case with those on the other end of the […]

Tweet Elections are here, and this time the media is playing a big role in pushing the youth and the citizens of India to vote for a better tomorrow. The special “Jaago re” campaign has been designed for creating awareness among the citizens about the need to vote by engaging them in the process of […]

Tweet The results of the Indian General Elections, 2009 are out. Most pundits, and exit polls, had predicted a hung assembly for India, with the UPA(United Progressive Alliance) gaining a slight edge over the NDA(National Democratic Alliance). But, on the morning of May 16, when the results began to come in, the whole country was […]

Tweet On February 22, 2009 Slum Dog Millionaire won eight out of ten academy awards it was nominated for. The categories it won in included Best Picture, Best Director, Music (Song), Music (Score), Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography and Writing (Best Adapted Screenplay). It was a first of it’s kind, as no movie from India […]

Tweet Who else to believe in this horrible world of men, if not even your brother and father! The woman then has to take help of an outsider to protect herself from her own devilish creator or protector. The most protected and sacred of all relations has been tainted by a few extremely materialistic, stony […]