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As Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Sanjay Dutt-Saif Khan starrer Parineeta rolls into our lives with yet another sprawling array of lavish sets, period costumes and haunting melodies, a large chunk of our nation’s devoted movie-watching public will be reading the credits and wondering, once again, ‘Based on the novel by Sarat who?’But Indian audiences down the … Continue reading
Reviews are opinions. That’s all. And I’ve had so many of them over the years that they tend not to stay in my head longer than it takes to read them. When I was much younger I’d walk around the house and put together long letters in my head to the reviewers I’d never send. … Continue reading
Its going to be a while before The Manticore’s Secret is out. FInished it last December. Its scheduled to come out this December. So dont look for it just yet. The Swedish version of Simoqin (and for the last time, its spelt Simoqin, not Simoquin) is apparently out. have asked for a copy. most intrigued … Continue reading
From his journal…Dear Neil, In the cell phone pic that Roger Avary took, are you wearing a shiny gold disco jacket, or do you just have a parasite of some kind attached to your back? If the former, you have my sympathies.–Mary Dell It’s just a red traffic light reflected on the back of the … Continue reading
For something that’s really raising up a stink in the blogosphere, go to mediahaMeanwhile, here are excerpts from a similar lawsuit: 2. That you and the Nostril are indulging in the misinformation campaign against my Armpit and are deliberately damaging the reputation, goodwill of my Armpit and defaming the employees of my Armpit and other … Continue reading
read it, its fabulous. with this sort of source material, how did they manage to make the movie so terrible?specially loved the appearances of katy carr and pollyanna in that terrible school in north england.
After extensive research, i have uncovered Five good things about being a writer1. Publicity2. Occasional job satisfaction3. Moral ground4. Free copies of own book at time of publication5. Free food Five bad things about being a writer1. Abject poverty2. Obesity3. Personality disorders4. Loneliness and desparation5. Supreme insignificance
“What I try and do is: 1) Finish it. 2) Put it away. Drawers are good. Don’t look at it for a week or so. 3) Read the whole thing, doing my best to pretend that I’ve never read it before. 4) Fix the big things. (These tend to be things that pop out at … Continue reading
has emerged, squealing and kicking, into the world. It has to be washed, cleaned up and made presentable, but at least it’s out…now I can go into the post-pregnancy therapy thing.
Just remembered Im also supposed to write a story for Puffin kids anthology by the 10th. Splat! goes my brain on the microwave door.
Samit Basu 