I highly recommend this set of ten documentaries. I rate all of them above 9.5/10. I know there are many more which may be as good as these; I just did not have a chance to watch them. Please feel free to recommend them to me. An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore. You already would … Continue reading My list of ten best documentaries
Category: Society
Movie review : Raajneeti 2010
Raajneeti was a neat and decent movie, one more from Prakash Jha. I dint feel it was fantastic, definitely not a masterpiece as most of blogosphere felt. It wasn’t bad either, considering most of the Bollywood movies of this genre are disasters. I would rate this 6.5 out of 10 overall. Movie is well presented … Continue reading Movie review : Raajneeti 2010
Retail economics
I need to understand few things in retail marketing, answers anybody ? If a product can be offered in “buy one, get one free” deal, why same product can’t be offered in averaged “half price”? Why governments offer subsidy on buying a new car by scrapping an existing one, even it is in running condition? Why return … Continue reading Retail economics
Qasab, one less evil!
Its official now, the last remaining gunman is going to get hanged, till death. He is proven to be guilty of murder (Yes, that’s what they call it!) and waging war against the nation. This is one opportunity for India to send the message across to a bunch of lunatics, “if they think about this … Continue reading Qasab, one less evil!
10 Public Intellectuals
The Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll was conducted in November 2005 and June 2008 by Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (US) on the basis of responding readers' ballot. Noam Chomsky : American linguist, philosopher, libertarian socialist Umberto Eco : Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher, literary critic Richard Dawkins : English evolutionary biologist author Atheist Václav … Continue reading 10 Public Intellectuals
The Bach 