My list of ten best documentaries


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

Can non-Indians win spelling bee?


Can non-Indians win spelling bee? Beats me too, How can Indians learn million languages of their own and learn English additionally to an extent of winning spelling bee? Apparently they do, with “yemm..wo..wo and then yenn”. If you look at other side of this, Spelling bee cannot be conducted in any Indian languages. Only English … Continue reading Can non-Indians win spelling bee?

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

Maharashtra Police, they are second to only the Scotland Yard of Britain


This is what you might have heard, or may be variant of it "This Maharashtra Police, I tell you, they are second to only the Scotland Yard of Britain - Big B". I have heard the same about Hyderabad police , even Vijaykant (Captain) quotes in a movie that Tamilnadu police is second only to Scotland … Continue reading Maharashtra Police, they are second to only the Scotland Yard of Britain