A DVD-retrieval trip to Sarnath’s led to a dinner invite, so Stoob and I trooped happily through the mud of Pocket 40 to the bijou Banerjee residence, where India’s first graphic novelist forcefed Stoob Horlicks (this was because Stoob was allegedly ill, and Ovaltine was not available). We were talking about forthcoming projects and so … Continue reading
Truly wonderful movie, witty, romantic, touching, even scary, combining the off-beat humour of The Office with gently moaning, flesh-chomping zombies straight out of movies like Dawn of the Dead/Night of the Living Dead. Everyman heroes, tea, cricket bats, a world where the solution to everything, even Judgment Day, is going down to the pub for … Continue reading
Koushik, supersleuth Bantul the Great
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?
capn jack sparrow says: vill you be my…wulentine? Antara says: i vill i vill. capn jack sparrow says: (rose) capn jack sparrow says: i hef for you a…roze capn jack sparrow says: (parcel) Antara says: a roze is a roze bhy any uther naym. capn jack sparrow says: i hef for you a….parl naycles Antara … Continue reading
The Indian print media recogmizes the wonderful work zigzackly is going at tsunami help.
Bitter Rain – by Rahul> It was raining cats and dogs out side. I, Rahul, woke>up and pushed the talking button of my American>talking table clock. “ It’s seven thirty a.m. and the>temperature is eighty degree farenhite”. I jumped up>from my bed and ran to the bathroom. Suddenly the door>bell rang. “ Wait a minute … Continue reading
“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
Just saw Dhoom. Made me realize ive watched a lot of action movies…can identify the source of nearly every shot. of course, dhoom is a movie i relate to deeply from my personal biking experience. yes, you didnt know it, but im a speed racer. most memorable bike-related incidents. 1. in control of bike as … Continue reading
So, I watched KB2 again, sat down in front of that ol’ computer, said ‘you and i have unfinished business.’ ‘baby,’ said the computer, ‘you aint kidding.’ so i wrote another chapter.