A handful of thoughts

Kabir Khan’s New York is a brave movie and a realistic one at that. It is the story of 3 New Yorkers as the promos have already told you; and how the 9/11 attack on manking changes their lives forever. If that sounds like a cliche to you, I’ll tell you it is, but never […]

Television ads always meant a lot to me in my growing years. Though I didn’t quite understand the fineries of the advertising trade then, I always loved the stories they told. Sometimes they were about the an office worker who was bullied by his colleagues because his shirt was not white enough; and then one […]

Olypub is a pilgrimage for all those who love - beer, beef, Kolkata and life. Its a truly old place - one of those that emit the ‘old is gold’ feeling quite strongly. Old low black leather sofas, equally old ACs and cobwebbed pedestal fans and a loyal band of clientele who drop in in […]