As the mother of a six-year-old, I had looked forward to TZP (I think this abbreviation only works if you pronounce Z as zee) with interest. Thanks to the previews, I had expected it to be an illuminating, instructive, slightly documentary-style manual on parenting in general and handling a dyslexic child in particular.
Given Aamir Khan’s [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Talking About Taare Zameen Par
Posted in Movies, tagged Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary, dyslexia, Taare Zameen Par on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Terry Pratchett Rah Rah Rah!!!
Posted in Books, tagged Alzheimer's, Discworld, Satire, Terry Pratchett on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Seems incredible that I began reading Terry Pratchett only a year or so ago. Methodical soul that I am, I have now nearly completed the Discworld series. Having bored everyone witless by tom-tomming Pratchett’s virtues from the rooftops, little wonder that a friend recently took malicious pleasure in informing me that my current [...]
Going Techno
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mortified at the lack of visitors to my own private Idaho, I hereby sell my soul and enlist some Technorati Profile help. Which means I shall have to blog far more frequently than I am accustomed to because obviously the traffic on this blog is going to become uncontrollable! Does that ACTUALLY mean a post [...]
Why I Will Not Watch Bollywood Comedies
Posted in Movies, tagged Bollywood, Heyy Baby, Hindi comedy, Partner, slapstick, Welcome on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I remember watching an interview with the mild-mannered Amol Palekar once, in which he pointed out, in characteristic gentle fashion, that in most Hindi films, the director’s idea of a laugh was to show someone sitting down on a cake, for instance, or slipping on a banana peel. I must have been about [...]
