Free Virtual Tour of Egyptian Heritage Sites
Like many others, I wish to travel to Egypt to see the great pyramids and the tombs. Egypt Tourism has created 3D virtual walkthroughs (Smithsonian Magazine article) of a few…
April 2020
Kangaluku Appaal Idayathirku Arugil by Thiru Maalan
கண்களுக்கு அப்பால் இதயத்திற்கு அருகில் தேர்வும், தொகுப்பும்: திரு மாலன் அயலகத் தமிழ் எழுத்தாளர்களின் தேர்ந்தெடுத்த சிறுகதைகள் தமிழ்நாட்டிற்கு வெளியில் வாழும் தமிழ் வாசகர்களுக்கு, தமிழ்நாட்டு எழுத்தாளர்கள் அறிமுகமானவர்கள், அவர்களின் படைப்புகள் பலவற்றையும் படித்து இருக்கக்கூடிய வாய்ப்பு இருக்கிறது, ஆனால் தமிழ்நாட்டில்…
Varane Avashyamund (2020)
Varane Avashyamundu is a feel-good Malayalam film. Available on Netflix India. A single mother (Shobana) and her daughter (Kalyani Priyadarshan) are living in an apartment complex in Chennai. In the…
Murder Mystery (2019)
Murder Mystery (2019) is a comedy, mystery film released on Netflix. Starring Adam Sandler as an average New York Police officer Nick Spitz and Jennifer Aniston, who comes as Audrey…
Sillu Karupatti (2019)
Movies like Sillu Karupatti (சில்லுக் கருப்பட்டி) are rare and they make Tamil cinema proud. The film by Director Halitha Shameem is an anthology of four individual stories – each from…
How I lost my laptops and got them back?
I don’t know what’s with my family and losing stuff in convention centres and airports. A couple of years back (in 2016), while attending a Microsoft Conference in Atlanta, USA…
Spy Intervention (2020)
Spy Intervention (2020) is a comedy spy film, that was pointless & goofy; if you tolerate that, then the film can be a bit entertaining. I can’t say the film…
Sweet and Sour Neem Flower Dish
With instructions and under the watchful eyes of my wife I managed to cook a few dishes this week. The first was a sweet, sour dish. Ingredients were Neem Flowers,…