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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Of crooked roads, twisted laughs and a quirky ride. Cast: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Paul Dano and Alan Arkin. Genre: Dark comedy  |  DVD priced at: Rs 599 If you could accompany the Hoover family on any one road trip, it should be the one where they all pile into their weather-beaten Volkswagen T2 [...]


Europe too expensive for you? Visit the tiny island of Mauritius to live a laid back French lifestyle, without having to shell out much. Enjoy the sea-laden air, local sega dances and interesting water sports. I landed at Mauritius thinking, how different can be it from Mumbai? After all, majority of their population is Hindu. [...]


“The perfect crime lies not in the execution, but in the cover-up.”               -Meenal Baghel   It’ll take all of a few clicks on the Internet to acquaint oneself with the Neeraj Grover murder case. But devil lies in details, and it suffices to say that author Meenal Baghel [...]


It is interesting to note that Ashok K. Banker’s version of the mythological saga Ramayana is published under the genre of ‘Fiction.’ For it well feels like one, thanks to the surprisingly eerie details Banker fills our mind with. Banker reconstructs the epic poem, and painstakingly so. I’ve read the first book – of the series [...]