Hindustan Times
The Issue: Mishearing people
The Soundtrack: Eat it
The first time I heard Michael Jackson’s Wanna be startin’ somethin, I thought what he was singing was ‘I wanna be a dinosaur’. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Indrajit Hazra on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Filed under IndiGestion, Music · Tagged accents, beat it, lyrics, Michael jackson
The Issue: Beauty and the burqa
The Soundtrack: Bette Davis Eyes
There are only two things in the world that make not-so-pretty women appear pretty: beer and burqas. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.82 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Indrajit Hazra on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Filed under Music · Tagged beauty, Bette Davis, Bura, burqa
The Issue: Failure after success
The Soundtrack: Spinning Wheel
One of the rotten things about having that Leo Caprio-Kate Winslet ‘I’m the king of the world!’ moment is that there’s only one direction of movement after that: downhill. Or in the context of Leo (if not Kate) in Titanic: underwater. (The other rotten thing about having that Leo Caprio-Kate Winslet moment, of course, is that it is horrifically cheesy.) That’s the reason why I shun any success – even if it does come my way, which it doesn’t – that high, vertiginous highpoint from where bodies fall courtesy no-nonsense gravity. Read more
(8 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Indrajit Hazra on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Filed under Music · Tagged Dhoni, ICC T20 World Cup, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team, Titanic
The Issue: Getting ready to getting back to work
The Soundtrack: Relapse
Next week this time, I’m back at the office in front of my desk doing what I do best: be at the office in front of my desk. I’m so excited/depressed in anticipation, that I’m unable to write anything today on anything that is remotely important or that has anything to do with the real world beyond the cinch on my nose. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Indrajit Hazra on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Filed under IndiGestion, Music · Tagged Madness, office, office after a vacation, vacation
The Issue: ‘Racist’ attacks
The Soundtrack: The KKK took my baby away
Foreign tourists have to be careful. They can’t just do these things and then blame the government for the consequences.” No, that’s not a lager-fuelled Aussie who was on the train that had an Indian student in Melbourne being severely pummelled by three ‘racist’ thugs. That was Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat last year making his statutory comments about foreigners in Goa being susceptible to sexual violence from locals. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Indrajit Hazra on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Filed under Music · Tagged Aussie, Australia, Goa, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, racist attack, sexual violence
