Film Review: Bombay Talkies (2013) | 100 Years of Indian Cinema | Karan Johar, Zoya Aktar, Dipakar Banerjee, Anurag Kashyap

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 5/14/2013 3:39:45 AM

'The stories of Dipakar Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap stole the show. Kashyap‘s finale was the show stopper Nawaz … that man can steal the show, loving him more and more. Vineet Kumar Singh… when he emoted, he cried we emoted and we cried, we would feel it, goosebumps… Don’t Miss, If you miss it, then […]'

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The Saturday Morning Mix…

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 5/11/2013 5:59:03 AM

'Friends are lifelines, and good friends who make merry are awesome lifelines. We have this practice of missed calls/calls early in the morning to the group of us who are now serious fitness buffs making our mornings sweaty in various ways on the field, courts and the pool. There is quite a fitness buffy-ness in […]'

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One of the best feelings in the world…

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 5/9/2013 6:42:32 PM

'is to set an alarm for 5:45 am, but wake up at 5 or even 5:30 am and wait for the alarm to ring… and end it. Yes! I’ve beat itto see the morning today … The body clock is so tuned to wake up at 5 these days so that I can go jump […]'

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If I had a Pug for a Hostel Pet ;)

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 5/8/2013 3:19:59 PM

'I want a dog for a pet. Even a pug would do in my new room at the hostel. It is the very first time I am allotted a single room in my long hostel life up until now; the perks of it are beautiful, the downs are not that bad either, but now without a roommate [...]'

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The many levels that bind you to someone….

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 5/6/2013 3:49:41 AM

'Yes, there are many many many levels below the surface up in the head deep in the heart that binds us to another. And most of the time or initially we realize one or two or at the max say 5*similar interests. Let me start with something basic.  How do we start smiling, chatting, talking [...]'

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PacMan, Inkey, Pinky, Blinkey & Clyde

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 5/2/2013 3:10:38 AM

'While playing Pacman, trying to move around eating the dots and dodging Pinky, Inkey,Blinkey and Clyde, there are times when I get stuck between two of the four or all of them together and suddenly there is no way out. All of a sudden a smooth ride along the maze eating all the smaller and [...]'

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Of Comfy Films… Yodha, Jab We Met, Julie & Julia, You’ve Got Mail, Harry Potter … on a Holiday

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 5/1/2013 5:58:28 AM

'Caveat: Too many asides do spoil the flow of a post, but couldn’t help it today… one it is a holiday, two I just finished watching Yodha yet again, three, I am on the verge of watching another Harry Potter film for the nth time… heights of joblessness or relaxation on a holiday.. take it [...]'

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Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 4/28/2013 4:21:10 PM

'Ah! there you are today I found you at last Between those trees Behind their leaves Slowly rising Over the courts. You look so full today! Swaying in the breeze I feel, a white full circle between the leaves. The lights are out You look brighter Sparkling are you for a change Ticklish, you are [...]'

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One of the lessons swimming taught me…

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 4/28/2013 9:27:00 AM

'I don’t know whether you swim, but if you don’t try it because it’s an experience to be in a space of a pool of just water, so deep that our feet never touches the floor, far away from the walls that our hands don’t reach the railing, all you have is water around, and [...]'

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Film Review: Annayum Rasoolum (2013)| Malayalam | Rajiv Ravi | Fahad Fazil, Andrea, Sunny Wayne

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 4/27/2013 1:13:07 PM

'I loved the film. Rajiv Ravi Thank you The initial review said that some more editing and the film would have been perfect. What I feel, well that editing was not required at all. The pace is slow because the film requires that pace to narrate the kind of story it narrates. And such an innocent love [...]'

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Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 4/27/2013 10:10:41 AM

'It is when you don’t have it with you or you have lost it that you know the meaning of it all. People have said it time and again, but who among us take sit seriously to treasure the moments when it is ripe and active. And what do we do, we mourn over the [...]'

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Film Review: Immanuel (2013) | Malayalam | Lal Jose| Mammooty, Fahad Fazil

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 4/22/2013 6:05:11 PM

'In a sentence, you will not feel guilty if you haven’t caught it yet! The best line from the film: Fahad Fazil to Mammooty: “You are my Hero Mammooty replies with a smile and pat on Fahad’s cheeks. This could be the real entering the film. A real life admiration for his hero, Fahad Fazil would [...]'

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Food Review: Sheera Poori, Roadside | Ghatkopar | Mumbai

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 4/21/2013 11:46:25 AM

'The 3 (usually a crowd in popular parlance) of us yearned to have some good Kerala Food for dinner, and in Mumbai one of the places we have located for some authentic Kerala food is a place called Sunny’s at Shell Colony, Govandi Chembur. When it comes to food in our hostel, the plans are [...]'

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The Mumbai Book Fair| Hiranandani Gardens,Powai April 13-21, 2013

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 4/20/2013 8:44:33 AM

'According to the organizers, it is the first of its kind in Mumbai, organized by Spandan Foundation and they plan to make it an annual affair. ———————————————- I got to know about the Mumbai Book Fair through a Facebook group I am part of called RAPO - Read and Pass On (a Book), and then it was a chain [...]'

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An exam without copying ;)

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 4/19/2013 7:52:40 AM

'The end semester started today, and I had an exam duty first thing in this morning. This time I had to invigilate a senior batch of post graduates sitting in a small classroom spread out for adequate space to stretch their arms for a three and a half hour paper. It is funny that the [...]'

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Swimming Highs :)

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 3/16/2013 7:19:27 AM

'the springboard jumps, I love the rush, the drop into the water, the little helplessness underneath if any and then the rise back to the surface, for air and finding the body all ready to swim Not to drown, run or walk, but to swim Filed under: .....On Campus...., 2013, Carpe diem, Swimming'

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A Lent Regiment – Waterborne :)

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 3/14/2013 5:34:56 AM

'Has it been over a month… And it has been an on the move kind of month as well, where a moment of rest had to be scheduled into the hectic schedule and  when the alarm rings, all tools down and rest takes over until it was time to go on to the next task. [...]'

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The Myna Duo

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 2/19/2013 12:51:24 PM

'This is what happens almost everyday. I see one of them and then I see another one, they fly into the mess hall, hop on to the tables, eat and drink together, screech in bird talk for a while, gather some attention – some in admiration, some delight, some hate, some anger, some detest, some [...]'

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Children Playing

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 2/17/2013 1:36:23 PM

'As I went walking this morning, I met these 5 kids on their bicycles – a mix of boys and girls, ranging from around 5-10 years of age. They were all tanned from playing in the sun mostly in school playgrounds, now all set to go somewhere. This was early morning folks, around 6:30, on [...]'

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Blogadda Book Review: Men on My Mind (2012) | Radha Thomas | Rupa | Chick Lit

Author : PNA      Blog : Pins N Ashes      Date : 2/5/2013 7:15:47 AM

'Men On My Mind by Radha Thomas My rating: 3 of 5 stars As the title reads the plot is about the different men on the mind of an Indian Girl at different places in the world at different times in her life. Her roller coaster ride from age 7 into adulthood with a variety … Continue reading →'

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