“My ass hurts”, complains Jackie Chan before final fight. Sitting through this endless yawnfest, I know how he feels. Chan wears shoes in temple and pisses of a floating sadhu. Sherawat wears malfunction-prone ghagra choli and pisses of conservative aunties. In between East on East ignorance and BS spewing mystics, there are just two YouTube [...]

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This one’s for my hard rockin’ ladies. Detail Custom tailored for you Bess.

I enjoy the game of “Spot the samples”. Beat Konducta Vol 3-4: Beat Konducta in India Where else? Stones’s Throw Records.

This is the second entry in my Cultural Mashup series. What was the inspiration? I grew up in “Hindi-Russi bhai-bhai” era. The prize of almost every drawing competition I won, was a set beautifully drawn, badly translated Russian childern’s books. A generous gift from ???? ????????? ???????????????? ?????????. I learnt much later that CCCP actually [...]

Lately my posts have few and far between. I am working on a project that’s taking more time than I had expected. It’s a series inspired by the global Indian presence. One day, someone will write something deep and thoughtful on the subject. Me? I’m a simple soul with whimsical tastes. And I plan to [...]

Recently, I came across this rare Turkish poster of Dandia (also known as Enter the Dandia), the classic 1973 Robert Clouse Kung Fu Dandia thriller. Lee plays a monk (named Lee) who enters a brutal dandia championship tournament for which only the best are invited. His athletic prowess lands him there, but he’s also serving [...]