Cyclone Vardah and restorations
Last Monday (12th December 2016) Cyclone Vardah devastated Chennai City, pulling down thousands of trees and throwing normal life off track for days. Unlike during the floods of last year…
December 2016
Arrival (2016)
Arrival (2016) is a sci-fi film on how a linguist manages to understand and communicate with aliens who have made their arrival at 12 different locations on earth. Her mission…
Moana (2016)
Moana (2016) is a recent animation film by Disney for which trailers have been running in cinema halls for months. My son convinced me to take him and his friend…
A Small Fortune by Rosie Dastgir
A Small Fortune by Rosie Dastgir is a novel with a simple plot. The debut author manages to transport us literally to the Asian neighbourhoods of North England. During my…
Cash for wedding in family
எனக்குத் தெரிந்த வங்கி கிளார்க் ஒருவர் வேலூர் அருகே ஒரு சிற்றூரிலுள்ள ஒரு வங்கியில் பணிபுரிகிறாள். தற்பொழுது நாட்டில் நிலவும் ரூபாய் நோட்டுகள் தட்டுபாட்டால் வங்கியில், பணியாளர்கள் பெரும்பாலோர் காசாளர் பணி செய்ய வேண்டியுள்ளது, அவ்வளவு கூட்டம், வாரத்திற்க்கே கோடியை தாண்டாத…
Chennai 600028 Part 2 (2016)
This is the sequel to the hit Chennai 28 film that came a decade ago which propelled the actors like RJ Siva & Jai to stardom. The story follows many…
Dear Zindagi (2016)
The title intrigued me – Dear Zindagi (2016) and idea of seeing Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt was enough for me and wife to see this film. The story…
For God’s Sake by Ambi Parameswaran
Promise – large promise – is the soul of advertising; Samuel Johnson (1709-84). For God’s Sake: An Adman on the Business of Religion by Ambi Parameswaran is an interesting read.…