Last week I watched a 2007 documentary titled <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0912592/">My Kid Could Paint That</a>. It chronicles the rise and fall of four year old painter <a href="http://www.marlaolmstead.com/home.html">Marla Olmstead</a>. Watching the film was an academic exercise for me. However, it was also enjoyable. I took notes on a number of things as I watched. The most […]
French Rally Behind Rogue Trader As Fraud Scandal Spreads
He is the man who nearly broke the bank … and who is fast becoming a hero to millions of his compatriots. Jérôme Kerviel, the 31-year-old trader whose fraudulent stock market transactions last week cost his employers Société Générale £3.7bn, was yesterday in a Paris police station after being taken into custody around 2pm by […]
Crusaders of Live Music
The Stone, one of New York’s newest avant-garde clubs, stands on an unmarked street corner in Alphabet City. Besides a finely printed name by the handle of the outside door, only the sounds of a vibrating bass string and brushes spinning across a drum head give the venue’s existence away to a passerby. No food […]
Hollywood’s Handsome Hunks
Men with the X-factor 20 years of People’s picks for top hunks in Hollywood They are the sexiest men alive, and they’ve been around since 1985. Let’s have a dekko into their oomph— The high priests Because three of these guys not only subsequently found God but became defacto representatives of their religion: Mel […]
Kababs with Nawabs
It is the most ethical and homely place to be !!! The greatest thing bout it is that even if a person abuses u he will say " aap bewakoof hai!!!"…. Hence lucknow is a place of fun and culture at the same time.Lucknow has always had strong cultural links from the time of the […]
The child-killing education system of the state.
30/10/2007 The Education Policy and it’s implication In the life of Oscar Wilde, Hesketh Person quotes the famous man of letters as saying ,” Every body who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching—— that is really what our enthusiasm for education has come to .’’ The idealistic projection of romantic […]