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23 March, 2008
Last Supper(s)
Not Da Vinci’s masterpiece but some of these are funny all the same.
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22 March, 2008
The writer’s life
Maybe Theroux was not vindictive. Maybe he was being nice?
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Arts and entertainment at 4:05 AM
21 March, 2008
Anatomy of a masterpiece
An exhibition of centuries old Chinese art at the Met. (Related article.)
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 7:07 AM
12 March, 2008
Ecstatic absurdity
Documentarian Errol Morris in conversation with Werner Herzog.
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Arts and entertainment at 7:45 AM
19 January, 2008
This week, get to know Australia
"Mind-expanding factoids about the lesser, conquerable nations of the Earth.” - via The Onion.
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 7:41 AM
17 January, 2008
Top Shelves
Top 10 bookshops from around the world, from the Guardian. -via Prufocks page.
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 8:05 AM
01 January, 2008
More Books of the Year…
... from Chandrahas Choudhury and Sanjay Sipahimalani. and some more from Lounge.
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Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment at 8:49 PM
31 December, 2007
Michiko Kakutani, William Grimes and Janet Maslin…
... pick their books of the year.
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Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment at 11:56 PM
26 December, 2007
The Year-End Mega Matrix
New York magazine’s ‘oversimplified guide to the year in culture.’
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 7:17 PM
23 December, 2007
Cinematic Pearls
A good year for old-movie buffs - DVD releases from 2007
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 7:57 PM
22 December, 2007
The Ten Best Films of 2007
Here’s Roger Ebert’s list. (Via Smoke Signals.)
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Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment at 3:28 AM
21 December, 2007
The best novels you’ve never read
Sixty-one critics reveal their favorite underrated book of the past 10 years.
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 8:04 PM
hi, im a wii :)
The top tech ads of 2007 include a wii ad I quite enjoyed. ;)
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 8:37 AM
18 December, 2007
“LOTR is essentially trivial”
Intelligent Life interviews Philip Pullman.
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Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment at 2:29 PM
13 December, 2007
An Embuggerance
Terry Pratchett announces that he has early onset Alzheimer’s.
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Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment at 8:09 PM
01 December, 2007
The History of Indian Science Fiction
Arshad Said Khan lays it out. (Via email from Gautam.)
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Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment at 11:56 AM
23 November, 2007
A Map of Literature
Enter names of authors you like and find new authors you may like.
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 11:33 PM
100 Notable Books of 2007
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Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment at 4:38 PM
13 November, 2007
Tagore and his India
An essay by Amartya Sen from 2001.
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 5:26 AM
07 November, 2007
How to write sex scenes
Steve Almond gives us a 12-step program (link NSFW). Frankenstein’s bolts, huh?!
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 1:34 PM
04 November, 2007
Paintalicious
What can I say… just enjoy the creativity!
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Arts and entertainment at 4:02 AM
31 October, 2007
Googlize this!
Reading in a digital world or as Kevin Kelly wrote: “A single liquid fabric of interconnected words and ideas.” Related article.
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 9:25 PM
Hansel and Gretel
Art from the Metropolitan Opera, NYC.
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 9:23 PM
26 October, 2007
Short and simple, this isn’t!
Steven Johnson’s research reveals that basically, short, simple sentences not only sell more books, but spread ideas farther and faster. - via.
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 2:34 AM
13 October, 2007
Funny Thieves
Some of the best-known names in comedy stole their gags.
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Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment at 11:46 AM
10 October, 2007
Celebrity Blogs
Neil Young, Tori Amos, David Beckham and many more, listed here. (Via email from Gautam.)
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Amit Varma in
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Blogs at 12:18 PM
04 October, 2007
Not Rebels But Misfits
Check out Louis Menand on the Beat Generation.
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Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment at 11:31 PM
12 September, 2007
The funniest tech comics…
... are very, very funny. (Via email from octa8on.)
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Science and technology at 4:28 PM
07 September, 2007
The movie quiz
Take it and find out how much you know about Hollywood movies from the last 25 years.
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Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 11:35 PM
Coping with Death
Written and directed by Ignacio Ferreras, this animation short won several awards for best animated and short film.
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Arts and entertainment at 11:33 PM
Elephant in Kerala
So it’s about 10.45pm, and we’re headed in a tourist taxi to Siena Village, a resort a few kilometres…‘The Businessman Panicked’
I don’t know why, but I find this kind of funny. And what’s with the quote marks in that…
This Video Hurts the Sentiments of Hindu’s [sic] Across the World
Sita Sings the Blues: The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told
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The Hard Edges of Modern Lives
Dev.D doesn't flinch from depicting the individual’s downward spiral
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#106 - Generalissimo 76
Sample clues
9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
Bombastic Little Creep
Question by Amit Varma
This character’s creator described him as “insufferable”, and called him a “detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep”. On August 6 1975, the New York Times carried his obituary, the only time it has thus honoured a fictional character. Who?
