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India seriously a weird land, to understand it, or even get the feeling that you are understanding a bit of it, would be a very bold statement. I don’t remember who said it, but described it precisely, “Anything you say about India, the opposite is also true”. Thats based on modern experience, and when we …
After Ittefaq, another movie trying to recreate a mystery from the past, ‘Murder on the Orient Express’. The difference, Ittefaq tried to re imagine the original plot, however Orient Express retains the original plot, however the flaws are similar. The new movie is sleek, with revamped characters, minor changes in the background story for each …
One significant disconnect between me and my History textbook was over the events of the third Battle of Panipat. Ask any Maratha above the age of seventy, educated or otherwise. The mere mention of Panipat brings out an uncanny sadness. The pain of a singular event is carried down by generations in their collective memory. …
