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Movie review : OK Kanmani

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When inquired about his last two films not striking chord with the audience, Mani Ratnam’s reply was I think it was me. My narration went wrong. I failed to communicate lucidly, and failed to convey my story in an interesting and simple fashion. He is spot on. With an uncomplicated game, this time he went with lively characters in the busiest of Indian backdrops, Mumbai. The trademark Ratnamesque witty chatter between the lead pair, the cheer and the charm are well and truly back, albeit in his tried and tested urban rom-com setting.

Ok Kanmani, is a film about a young couple (Aadhi played by Dulquer Salman and Tara played by Nitya Menon) who end up living under the calming shadow of an older one (Ganapathy played by Prakash Raj and Bhavani played by Leela Samson) and the outcome of this consequence.
Aadhi happens to be a game developer and Tara wishes to study architecture in...

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Book review : 2014 the election that changed India

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Rajdeep Sardesai gives an informed and knowledgeable account of the events that shaped 2014 Indian general election. The book give a background account of all the major political players who were in the fray in 2014. In the process, the book brings into perspective almost antithetical upbringing, lifestyle, political ideas, working style, campaign management and decisiveness of two major contenders for the pivotal post of prime minister, Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. The content further covers the major happenings of the UPA-2 era in a news anchor’s perspective and views. The meta-parts about workings of indian journalism/news channels, the gossips/rumors a newsman gets to hear, the author’s relationship with politicians, both big and small, young and old and his views about them makes up the book’s interesting portions.

Rajdeep is a well-known and renowned news anchor/journalist...

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OSX commands

Wonderful post to harness the power of OSX command line terminal.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2614879/mac-os-x/top-20-os-x-command-line-secrets-for-power-users.html

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