April 11th, 2010

Ritu (Malayalam) – A Shyamaprasad movie
“The only thing that never changes is change” and this perhaps is the theme of ShayamaPrasad’s Ritu (seasons), a film about the youth of today. Written by Joshua Newton, Ritu is a story about three friends. Their dreams, their journey, their bondage changes as the seasons pass by. Read more »
April 7th, 2010

Anwar (Malayalam) – A Amal Neerad movie
Actor Prithviraj who is edging to the throne of super stardom with the push he got with solo hit Puthiyamugham is teaming up with the most promising malayalam director in his new film Anwar. This is first time Amal Neerad and Prithviraj teams up, as Amal had taken movies only with superstars. Read more »
April 3rd, 2010

A short film by Arun Karthick
This tale is about an old man on the brink of geezer hood repenting for what he embraced his whole life – his beauty. His days are dark with no one to care for him. He waits at his doorstep everyday for death to haunt him. Nothing remains of him for once he had everything but threw them all away owing to the venom of greed Read more »
March 21st, 2010

This week we look at an intresting game played recently at the European Individual Championship held in the town of Rijeka in Croatia. In this game White has attacked the Blacks Knight on d5 with Qg2. How would you assess the position? Could you spot the move that won the game for black? Comment. The solution of this puzzle will be included in the next issue of “chess puzzle” Read more »
March 20th, 2010

If you use your computer as a primary source of entertainment, you may soon find it clogged up with space-hungry downloads and large multimedia files. Why not get an external hard drive? That way you can easily backup your photos, videos and music to a larger storage device and open up more space on your computer’s main hard drive.
Generally, external hard drives come in three main sizes (physical size): 1.8”, 2.5”, and 3.5”. The 1.8” drives are the smallest and the more expensive; Read more »
March 16th, 2010

A film by Lucas Moodyson
Lilya 4 ever is a tragic, hard-hitting story about a teenager trapped into a life of prostitution. Lilya is a 16 year old who lives with her mother in an apartment. Her mother moves to the United states with her boyfriend leaving Lilya alone in care of her aunt. Her cruel aunt sends her to an old rugged apartment and occupies Lilya apartment. Lilya chums up with a small boy who is thrown out of his house by his father. Read more »
March 16th, 2010

Rajasthan Royals player Graeme Smith was ruled out from the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after sustaining a finger injury during their match against Delhi Daredevils in Ahmedabad yesterday. Smith aggravated the injury on his little finger, which he sustained on SA’s tour to India earlier this year. The South African was taken for scans and has been ruled out of the tournament, which is a huge blow for the Rajasthan Royals team. Smith will now fly home to South Africa in order to recover for the T20 World Cup. Read more »
March 12th, 2010

A film by Cristian Mungiu
4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days is a Romanian film that depicts the lives of two room-mates, one of whom decides to undergo abortion through a black-market doctor. The traumatic feelings experienced by them in the process forms the plot.
Plot: The film opens with two room-mates Gabita (Laura Vasiliu) and Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) getting ready to meet a black-market doctor named Bebe. Read more »
March 12th, 2010

Train to think like Vishvanath Anand
Hey folks spend a minute in solving this interesting puzzle Prepare your brain for the battle. Find out the tricks in chess with this weekly updated post. In this game Vishvanath Anand played white. Black has just placed its queen on e5, white is in trouble as his bishop on f7 cannot move. Can you find the winning move for white that Vishy employed in leading to a 1-0. Do comment for this post. Read more »