Chennai Book Fair 2018
A visit and shopping spree to Chennai Book Fair is an annual event for me that I look forward to. And in last few years, it’s become a pilgrimage that…
January 2018
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), the winner of this year’s Golden Globe award is a movie that exceeds your expectations. The title of the film and its byline conveys…
The Matrix (1999)
Lately, I have been (re)watching many of the exceptional sci-fi films of last century – La Jetée (1962), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Primer (2004), Blade Runner (1982), The Terminator…
All the Money in the World (2017)
All the Money in the World (2017) directed by Ridley Scott of Blade Runner (1982) fame is one of the films that has been nominated for this year’s Oscar and…
Tamara (2016)
Tamara (2016), a French comedy film that is about the growing up crush of a teenage girl by the same name. “Tamara” (aged 15) is living with her single mother,…
Indhiya Payanangal by A.K.Chettiyar
ஏ.கே.செட்டியார் எழுதிய இந்தியப் பயணங்கள் பயணப் புத்தகங்கள் என்றாலே எனக்கு ஆங்கில எழுத்தாளர்கள் தான் நினைவில் வரும், ஆனால் எழுபது ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னாலே தமிழர் ஒருவர் உலகத்தின் பல கோடிகளுக்கு சென்று அதைப் பற்றி புத்தகங்கள் எழுதியுள்ளார் என்பது பெருமையானதொரு விஷயம்.…
Library closing down
I love to visit libraries and bookstores. During my school days, I used to frequent a local library called “Raviraj Lending Library” at Usman Road, T.Nagar, Chennai. In a large,…
The African Doctor (2016)
The African Doctor (Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont) is based on an inspiring true story of an African family trying to settle down in a conservative rural France of the 1970s. A…