Hindustan Times
Watching the tributes on TV and reading the newspaper comments, anybody who did not know much about Bal Thackeray could be forgiven for thinking that two different people had died. One was a Marathi-speaking avatar of Adolf Hitler. And the other was a Bombay-bred version of Mother Teresa. Read more
(31 votes, average: 3.23 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 6:59 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Adolf Hitler, Amitabh Bachchan, Bal Thackeray, Bombay, Chander Uday Singh, communal riots, Congress, Hindustan Times, Maharashtra, Matoshree, Medium term, MNS, Mumbai, news, Pakistan, politics, Shiv Sena, Sunil Dutt, Vir Sanghvi
I don’t know if you have seen the Ides of March, George Clooney’s movie about an American primary campaign. But if you have any interest in politics, you should do yourself a favour and either see it in the cinema or get hold of the DVD. Read more
(9 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Filed under HT Blogs · Tagged Aandhi, Advice and Consent, All The King's Men, Amitabh Bachchan, Censor Board, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman, Gangajal, George Clooney, gulzar, Ides of March, Javed Akhtar, Main Azaad Hoon, Medium term, Meet John Doe, Mike Nichols, Oliver Stone, Prakash Jha, Rajneeti, Ranbir Kapoor, Robert DeNiro, Ryan Gosling, Seven Days in May, The candidate, Vir Sanghvi, Wag The Dog
When I read that 27-year-old Sushil Kumar from Bihar had won Rs 5 crore on Kaun Banega Crorepati, my first thought was that this was another milestone for KBC. My second thought was that this was yet another instance of what I call the KBC or Millionaire effect. Read more
(11 votes, average: 3.91 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, October 28, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Bigg Boss, KBC, Masterchef, Medium term, Millionaire, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Slumdog Millionaire, Star Plus, Vir Sanghvi
Let me say, straight out, that I do not accept the basic distinction that Amitabh Bachchan is trying to make between being a brand ambassador for Gujarat and a brand ambassador for Narendra Modi. Read more
(133 votes, average: 3.08 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Ambani, BJP, Congress, Gujarat, India, Modi, Narendra Modi, Ratan Tata
