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Monthly Archives: January 2019
What’s your choice – Bullet ? Or Poison ?
Hindi novelist, Surendra Mohan Pathak’s serial hero – Sunil Kumar Chakravarty is in no way any less than the popular heroes / heroines of the foreign crime-detective fiction world. The way detectives like Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Perry … Continue reading
Watan Pe Jo Fida Hoga, Amar Woh Naujawaan Hoga …
Himalay Ki Bulandi Se Suno Aawaaz Hai Aai, Kaho Maaon Se Den Bete, Kaho Behno Se Den Bhai (Please listen to the call has come from the heights of the Himalayas. Ask the mothers to give their sons and the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Review
Tagged Ashish Kumar, Chaand Aahen Bharega, Johnny Walker, Kalyanji Anandji, Mala Sinha, Movie Review - Phool Bane Angaare (1963), Mukri, Mumtaz Begum, Nasreen, O Raadha Poochhe Teri Sakhiyaan, Raaj Kumar, Sambhal To Le Dil Diwaana Zara Theher Jaana, Shammi, Sushil Kumar, Tapasya (1976), Watan Pe Jo Fida Hoga Amar Woh Naujawan Hoga
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Never lose hope, every labyrinth has a way out
In life, we come across difficult times when almost everything seems to be going against us, when we face such ticklish problems that cannot be discussed sometimes even with our closest ones, when we are concerned less about the solution … Continue reading
Mercifully human-beings can forget and they should
I have a very sharp episodic memory and I often (undesirably) boast of it. However a novel of my favourite authoress – Dame Agatha Christie has given me a new perspective of thinking. This novel is Elephants Can Remember which … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged Ariadne Oliver, Book Review - Elephants Can Remember (by Agatha Christie), Dame Agatha Christie, Elephants can remember but we are human-beings and mercifully human-beings can forget, Hercule Poirot, Old sins leave long shadows, psychological basis of the story examining the mental status and the thought-trains of the characters involved, Unravelling of the suspense on a layer-by-layer basis just like an onion is peeled off
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Stay awake ! Criminals & sinners roaming around !
Jaagte Raho ! Have you ever heard this loud voice of a watchman in your locality in the darkness of late night hours ? I have heard it. The watchmen of now-a-days do not send such yells but the watchmen … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Review
Tagged Amit Maitra, Aye Wai Duniya Deve Duhaai, Crystal Globe Award, Daisy Irani, Ek Din Raatre, Jaago Mohan Pyare, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1957), Moti Laal, Movie Review - Jagte Raho (1956), Nargis, Pot calling the kettle black, Raj Kapoor, Salil Chaudhry, Sombhu Mitra, Thandi Thandi Saawan Ki Phuhaar, Zindagi Khwab Hai Khwab Mein Jhooth Kya Aur Bhala Sach Hai Kya
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