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                All superhero movies defy logic.   Batman outdoes them all…but with a difference. A stale looking Bale in an incredibly “batty” outfit...is clearly my most favourite superhero of all time…..thanks to a tight screenplay and an amazing soundtrack. A fitting end to the most believable series ever. We’ve had enough of the movies where the- guy-with-super-awesome-powers-kills-off-the-bad-guy-and-rescues-his-hostage-girlfriend-in-every-damn-movie-making-it-fricking-boring-all-the-time (read spiderman). Pity it’s a trilogy. Can’t they all go the ‘Shrek’ or the ‘Die hard ‘or even the ‘Harry Potter’ way? Three (sigh!) hugely commendable movies..move over James Cameron….Nolan’s intelligence is notable in every scene, every second. “The Dark Knight Rises” and soars high..way too high!    Sorry, I just can’t stop raving about this film. And what a movie it was!   ...

No one can ever come close to who Michael Joe Jackson was. Out of “the King of Pop’s” innumerable duets and singles, it’s hard to choose just few.  Here’s my list of MJ numbers that I like to listen over and over.   “Liberian Girl”   The song starts with the Swahillian lines " Naku Penda pia, Naku Taka pia, Mpenziwe !" (I love you too, I want you too, my love!) sung by Letta m'bulu, a South African singer.  It was the 9 th single from his album “Bad”. With Two Lovers In A Scene And She Says . . . "Do You Love Me" And He Says So Endlessly . . . "I Love You, Liberian Girl"  The video for this song had 12 celebrities in it including John Travolta, Spielberg and many, with MJ secretly filming them (he wasn’t but the video was made that way) A very beautifully rendered song from the legend, it wasn’t one of his greatest hits. It wasn’t performed in any of his tours. But it remains my favourite MJ song. Liberian Girl is dedicated ...

A director by profession….one of the best known in the planet.  After making the biggest money raking movie of all time, the man made news again and how..? James Cameron is passionate about the movies he makes. This time around, he made it a point to prove the world he was equally moved by a fascinating, endearing but a rather dangerous vocation - Underwater Exploration.. .! This March, on 26 th  , he undertook a solo diving expedition to one of the deepest points on earth – The Mariana Trench (whoa! It’s depth is far greater than the Everest’s height) Considering the fact he’s nearly 60 years old, this is no mean feat!! Deep Sea Challenger - Cameron's sub We’ve come across people dabbling in all sorts of things. An actor who paints ( Salman Khan , or so he claims), a painter who writes (...an unknown facet of MF Hussain ), a writer who’s a cricket enthusiast ( Ramachandra Guha ), a cricketer who likes to cook ( Matthew Hayden ), a cook who used to play football...

This wonderful piece was written by my pal Harshini...... Thanks a ton dudette! :) W ho said BF stands only for Best Friend? It can also mean  BROKEN FRIENDSHIP… Friendship never cheats nor hurts... It is either true or dead… You didn’t stab me, you didn’t hurt me… You are dead, our friendship is dead… I will let go off your death and remember your life… I can’t see you in my future… I can only feel you in my heart, Coz you are nothing more than a memory… That keeps me strong… Till I am gone… I extend my gratitude towards you, for… Abandoning me in solitude… I bid good-bye forever… Don’t forget to forget me… Love you my friend…                    -Always dr 4 u                      V.P.Harshini

College- a place synonymous with friends, fun, frolic, endless gossiping, love affairs, boring lectures, bunking classes and flunking tests (sigh!) So it’s indeed incredible to see that social service has been added lately to this list. At an age when everyone is trying to “up” their coolness quotient, it’s refreshing to see youngsters develop a selfless spirit to help the disabled and the underprivileged.  Every event or program being held for a social cause has several college students volunteering themselves for it, be it a drive to plant a million saplings or a walkathon to create awareness on sexual abuse. I’m amazed at how well my peers handle the preparation that goes with the social work. Their agility and maturity, when it comes to collecting funds and organizing shows for charity, is something to marvel at.  At my college, a day is all it takes to collect money if a fellow student meets with an accident or when a student needs money to fund her...

I’m writing the last post of 2011 in its last hour. And I’m clueless on what to write..let me see… 2011 was a year of sorts- the only year where I spent the first few months at school and the rest at college.  Now that it’s gonna be over soon, let’s think about 2012- the year the Mayans thought would spell doom for humanity. Well, I don’t think so! No offence Mr.Nostradamus but I think the ultimate end would take us by surprise and not after we have watched destruction films like ‘2012’ and ‘Independence day’ You would have probably finished making your “resolutions 2012” list. Mine goes like this- Learn to drive, Be more active, Read one book a month- alternating between fiction and non-fiction,  …(I’m watching ‘Inception’ right now..Darn good…It’s distracting me).., Spend more time for prayer, Concentrate on studies the coming semester atleast, write meaningful stuff on this blog (lol.. and my mom wants to ‘add drink milk every night’ to this list!)   ...

I got to watch this movie, Vijay’s 52 nd release, only yesterday- a good 11 days after it hit the theatres. After some 2 and half odd hours, I tried to recall something of the film’s story or the characters. But all I could remember was Vijay, Vijay and Vijay . The movie makes a God out of him! The film made at a cost of a whopping 40 crores is loosely based on the Telugu flick "Azad". The  story…. Bharathi (Genelia) a freelance journalist tries making a difference in the society by laying bare its villainous side. In the process, she gets hounded by goons who kill her aides. Minutes later, a grievously wounded Bharathi finds her attackers killed in an accident. Seizing the opportunity, she holds a fictitious hero named Velayudham responsible for the goons’ death and leaves a warning that Velayudham would continue his actions against such criminals. Around the same time, a villager called Velayudham (Vijay)  happens to be in town to collect the chit fu...