Ayyan strives to be the quintessential Ilaiyaraja collection, although in a rather diluted fashion.
Serious Men is one of the sharpest movies of Sudhir Mishra's career, observes Sukanya Verma.
'I remember bitter people in the chawl. I can imagine some NRI writers observing the chawl boys laughing or playing cricket and saying, 'the spirit of Bombay' or some shit like that. That is all rubbish,' says novelist Manu Joseph.
Some experts opine that green crackers are yet not practical and question government's move to promote them.
Ambassador Venu Rajamony, who served as press secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee during his tenure, salutes the statesman and political legend, who passed into the ages on Monday.