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Samit Basu

Novelist. Best known for fantasy and science fiction work. Most recently, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport (Tordotcom)
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Caption this

This is from the marginalien’s recent cartoon, where the jabberwock drools over suki, but ive seen this expression on jai’s face sometimes. So caption this: What has the Jabberwock just heard?

Not the right time

to approach anyone for a film deal, methinks. Writers and filmmakers havent been getting on too well. There was the whole Vidhu Vinod Chopra wanting to beat up Suketu Mehta thing some time back, and now Ashok Banker thinks Mahesh Bhatt was his long-lost sibling’s daddy.

Hot

So hot. Too hot to do anything, especially work. Frequent reminders of how friends in Bombay and Cal are enjoying the monsoons dont help either. Need to move, I think. This flat is killing me slowly.

Another weekemd whizzed by

faster than Adams’ deadlines. Stuff that happened: Missed various deadlines for GICS. Wonder if they still want me to work for them, given the drastic drop in interest on both sides. Got coated with makeup (apparently I have good skin) and sat under lights for hours shooting for the sitcom. Didnt forget my lines, which … Continue reading

Batman begins

They spent some 100 million dollars promoting it, so further plugs from me would be somewhat superfluous.Its brilliant. Easily the best Batman movie, trotting home miles ahead of the rest.Go watch it. Now.

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Please send all hatespeech/abuse via email instead of posting on my blog. Its quicker deleting abusive email than abusive comments – you have to sign in and click thrice, instead of once.Thanks for your consideration.

The Duck Survives

First I was afraidI was petrifiedKept thinking that my blog was lost,My blog had diedBut then I opened up my templateAnd I saw something was wrongI grew strongI learned how to carry onHTML?Oh what the hellI just opened up some cachesAnd then something rung a bellAnd though it was well past midnightThere was no need … Continue reading

Posting in darkness

My blog has disappeared again 😦

Spotlight

Will be acting again. Roped into cast of English sitcom as last-minute replacement; final rehearsals today and shooting this week. Which means I now have to start learning lines and all of that. Will be interesting acting again – will probably goof up in a number of innovative ways, but chose to take it up, … Continue reading

Eeeya-ei! Who me?

Never really liked Mad TV when i first saw it…but now, having to watch the monstrosity that is GICS on a regular basis, Ive come to like all other comedy shows. This is my favourite Mad TV skit Behind the Scenes: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s New Movie (#609) Arnold/Main character – Will SassoClone 1 – Will SassoClone … Continue reading

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