Of movies and music February 22, 2009
Posted by Anurag Gaggar in India, Movies.1 comment so far
Movie Reviews
On most Fridays, I find myself going through movie reviews of the new releases to find out if a visit to the movie theater is called for. At times, the reviews end up revealing a lot about the story line that I am not really interested in knowing before watching the movie. I am just looking to find out if, and what, the reviewer liked about the movie.
I recently came across this movie review site – Wogma (Without giving the movie away), which is aimed at reviewing Bollywood films in a true to its name style. I still have to assess if the reviewers’ tastes match mine and have bookmarked it for a weekly visit.
There’s another nice website – Upperstall – which has a lot on Bollywood including some well written movie reviews.
Rehna Tu
Loved this track from Delhi-6.
Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi, Music: A.R. Rahman
Rehna Tu
Hai Jaisa Tu
Thoda sa dard tu
Thoda SukunRehna Tu
Hai Jaisa Tu
Dheema Dheema jhonka
Ya phir junoon
Thoda sa resham
Tu humdam
Thoda sa khurdura
Kabhi to arr jaye
Ya lad jaye
Ya khushboo se bharaTujhe badalna na chahoon
Ratti bhar bhi sanam
Bina sajawat, milawat
Na jyaada na hi kaam….
Recession and Lipsticks February 4, 2009
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This week’s The Economist has an interesting piece on lipstick sales in recessionary times. While you would expect sales of non essential items to go down in a recession, there is some evidence (reliable data of historical lipstick sales is hard to find) to suggest that lipstick sales buck the trend. The hypothesis is that since lipstick is an affordable indulgence, women tend to buy it more in difficult times.
Makes sense?
Related article in The Telegraph
‘Lipstick Effect’ in full swing, economists say
