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ASSEMBLY POLL '98
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'Anu Malik and Jatin-Lalit stand no comparison to A R Rehman'
E-mail from readers the world over
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 12:21:03 +0530 If she think, she can do anything with only 18 MPs out of total 540 MPs in Parliament, then the mid term poll is not far way.
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 11:49:22 -0700 Thanks for the coverage of the Bhatia case. Great quote too -- "We wish to emphasise that during the present days of unfortunate corruption and dishonesty, honesty requires a pat on the back, not punishment," the judges felt. Please do continue the coverage of such cases. SB
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 03:58:25 PDT I compliment you for bringing this article on ex-admiral Vishnu Bhagwat. In the light of the information in your article, I feel it was indeed courageous on the part of George Fernandes to have taken the bold action that he did. We should all congratulate him on this action. I wish it is printed by all Indian newspapers so that Indians can know the situation realistically.
Dr Saksena
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:39:46 -0800 Great article! Where was this guy hiding? Keep it up. Rajesh
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 22:56:09 PST It is appreciated that the tariff for long distance calls are being reduced. Now I can ask my people to home to call me from India instead of me from Saudi Arabia:
It will cost me if I call from Saudi Arabia, as detailed below:
Rs. 90.90 per minute between 6 am and 8 pm (100 per cent -- no discount)
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 23:15:19 -0800 (PST) The reduction in the number of free calls and the increase in the cost of local calls is highly uncalled for, whereas the members of parliament avail free calls to the extent of some 50,000 free calls at the cost of the tax payer. This should immediately be slashed. Also the hike will be a big blow to the Internet community in India. Shaji
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 22:31:13 +0530 It's nice to know that resident Indian companies are doing well in other countries. Keep the reports flowing in. Rohith
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:58:47 -0800 Beautiful photos and good information for Varanasi travellers
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:45:15 -0500 I enjoyed reading Banker's column. Too bad he had no links to Chandler sites. But well done.
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:12:21 -0800 Anu Malik and Jatin-Lalit stand no comparison to AR Rahman. It is shameful to even discuss the two with Rahman's music. Give me one original tune which these music directors have come up with. Violating copyrights with alarming regularity, they dish out stuff which no true music enthusiast can ever swallow. Most mediocre stuff one could gladly live without. Yes, it's the "battle for the baton".. rather for the wooden spoon. I think that's a more appropriate title. But Hindi cinema deserves just that at the moment. If Kumar Shanu is your best singer, if Govinda is your best actor, if Karisma is your best actress and David Dhawan your best director, it could bloody well have Anu Malik as the best music director. The whole industry reeks....there's not even a whiff of originality anywhere. Most pathetic! Shankar
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:55:27 -0700 The interview was interesting. Joydeep strikes me as being one of those people for whom nationality has ceased to hold meaning. The interview was good with relevant questions. I felt the interview might have been a bit short and terse (in the questions as well as the answers). In the sense, that the nature of the questions has resulted in generalised answers. For example, when you ask him about his influences (philosophical influences), the answer he gives does not really satisfy anyone, for not many would have read all the authors he names. If the question had been more specific, say, the nature of influence of one author of his selection, might give more clues to his thinking or scope of thought. However, I realise that that would have prolonged the interview, the purpose of which, I assume, is to give the reader a snapshot of the author, and let the interested buy his book for a deeper look. Over all, Joydeep was an interesting personality to read about. Srinivas
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 11:37:00 -0500 Awesome! Probably the most inspiring autobiography of our time.
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 08:33:21 +0530 It has been due to the tradition of appeasement in Indian politics that Rushdie's book is banned. In India, in the name of religious freedom the politicians enters into a game of appeasing one community more than the other for votes. As major Muslim nations have banned his book, how dare we in India not do the same thing -- otherwise, we may antogonise a particular community and thus lose their sympathy and vote. This applies both to the Congress and BJP and other parties: they are supposed to be champions of the cause of that community. Another instance was because of M F Husain's paintings of Hindu goddesses. This is the state of our religious freedom in India, it is high time, we as a nation, think about the whole question of religious freedom, whether that pertains to curbing the honest expressions of art forms too? Amlan Ghosh
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 4:17 AM Very insightful article. I agree for most part of it. And many of your readers, I am sure, are in disagreement too. Well, that is the nature of opinions -- they clash. Anyway, very interesting to see CricInfo conduct a related poll at the same time you wrote this article. Coincidence, I think, if anything. The question - "Who should lead India into the World Cup?" -- the choices being Ganguly, Tendulkar, Azharuddin, Kumble, and Jadeja. The results so far show Azharuddin as the overwhelming favourite - last time I looked, he had around 70 per cent of the vote. Azhar after reading the myriad articles criticising him and then looking at the above poll (if he ever does), like Clinton, will feel vindicated and will keep criticising you press people for your "ignorance". I personally voted for Jadeja, for the sprightliness and enthusiasm, (which Azharuddin totally lacks) he brings to the field although, he seemed to have mellowed down a bit, after his string of failures. I think the reasons for which they should have gotten the votes and the reasons they did not, are as follows: Please agree with me, correct me or let your opinions clash with mine, whichever you deem is appropriate.
Ganguly:
Tendulkar:
Jadeja:
Kumble:
Azharuddin: The only reason Azhar has been so successful so far is the presence of an extraordinary talent in the team, including himself. This is a team that consistently under performs. Why? Because they rarely play as a team. And where does teamwork come from? From a leader, who instills the sense of teamwork and competitive spirit, dedication and passion, and who inspires his team-mates and has an ability to extract the best out of his players. Instead, we have a captain who does none of the above. Hope that changes soon. (The New Zealand tour is a good example. Many of our players had much higher ratings than the Kiwis, but what was the result? We consistently under performed and brought a team that was not performing well back into form and lost matches along the way.) We, as fans, can lament all we want, but if the attitude of the Indian team in general and Azhar in particular does not change, we can forget about the World Cup. Thank you for the interesting and insightful articles and also for keeping us informed. You provide perspectives on issues, which I cannot, even remotely, fathom. Hey, that's why you are there writing your articles and here I am, finally, satisfying my uncontrollable urge to respond to them. Shail Bhandaram
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:07:12 -0800 We all love you here in Canada. Manisha I have always loved you since you starred in Bombay and in 1942 - A Love Story, also me and my friends think you looked amazing in those films. We really don't care what people say about you to us in Canada, you are and will always be number 1 for all of us. I have always admired you and think you did a good job in Dil Se. I wish you the best and have fun in your career. You are the best Indian actress after Nargis and Madhubala, so don't allow anybody to let you down.
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:02:52 +0530 At least someone is intelligent enough to comprehend the scenes and ask us to avoid this tear jerker.
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 00:09:27 -0800 Suparn: That was a great job with the Lal Badshah review. I am a big time fan of AB and really felt bad when I saw the movie (as usual for an AB movie -- Ist day) here in CA, USA. What on earth was he thinking when he saw the final finished product and let it be released only to let his amazingly increasing number of critics yet again bestow uncalled for criticism. You have done a great job of making everyone realise that AB was great as ever but the movie was so pathetic that it made Mrityudaata look much better. I guess AB was/is not doing financially well because of the ABCL fiasco which may have forced him to take such a rotten movie. There was virtually no editing and the scenes were haphazardly mixed up. I guess until intermission, it felt like a never ending sequence of unnecessary fight scenes and terrible screenplay. The only redeeming feature was when AB delivers those dialogues and the extremely patient crowd responds with the usual uproar. I hope Suryavarsham turns out better. I really liked Major Saab and BMCM! Appreciate any responses from you as to how the movie was received wherever you watched it.
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