Jairammohan

LATEST ARTICLES ( 560 )

• American Hustle – Movie Review

  

  In the swinging 70s, con artists Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale in an extremely competent performance) and Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) are running a... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Devil in Pinstripes – Ravi Subramanian – Book Review

  

  I had been meaning to catch up on Ravi Subramanian’s books ever since I read and liked his debut novel “If God was a Banker” and therefore when the opportunity... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Recurring Nightmare

  

  Yet again the queen woke up with a start; her hand-maiden, the one who had been in her service for the past 40 odd years now was by her side in a flash. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Secret Plan

  

  I have planned this for so long now that all the steps of the plan are etched in my memory – Nita thought. I have no choice but to get this right this time... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• 12 Years a Slave – Movie Review

  

  The movie 12 Years a Slave started creating quite the buzz and hoopla almost immediately after it was released a couple of months ago. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What’s in a Name?

  

  Most people who have met me in person would unequivocally agree that I have more than one funny bone in terms of the fact that I am able to laugh at anything an... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Between the Assassinations – Aravind Adiga – Book Review

  

  Although the book “Between The Assassinations” by Aravind Adiga had been lying in my bookshelf for more than a few years now, it is only now that I found time... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Kindness

  

  Today Lakshmi slept well, a contented smile adorned her lips, and happiness bounced around in her heart tonight. After all it was not every day that one got a... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Matsya Avatar – Part 2

  

  <<Read Part 1 of the story here>>By the time he turned around and was getting ready to perform his morning puja, he once again heard the fish addres... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Matsya Avatar – Part 1

  

  The various avatars that Lord Vishnu took to save the world from imminent dangers are well documented and are quite popular with all Indian mythology buffs. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Ch-ch-ch-change

  

  There is this famous quote “The only thing constant is change” and the hilariously funny part about this quote is that the credit of authoring/coming up with... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Fartly Responsible

  

  Rahul couldn’t quite digest the fact that he was out of a job.=============This morning, as usual he left home at 7.15 AM in his office cab which promptly... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Flangiprop

  

  A flange has been defined as a projecting flat rim, a collar or a rib on an object which serves the purpose of strengthening the object, holding it in place or... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack the Giant Slayer – Movie Review

  

  Even as I saw the trailer of “Jack the Giant Slayer” I knew that it was going to be one of those corny adaptations of a well know fairy tale, but what piqued... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Mahabharata Secret – Christopher Doyle – Book Review

  

  From the book blurb: 244 BCAsoka the Great discovers an ancient and terrible secret—a secret buried deep in the Mahabharata; a secret that could destroy the... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lacho – Part 2

  

  <<Read Part 1 here>>The train on which Kamakshi was travelling finally made its way into the Cantonment Railway Station at around 3.25 PM,... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lacho – Part 1

  

  The platforms of Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station had never been kind to single women let alone transgenders like Lacho. Although the vendors and porters... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Wolf Of Wall Street – Movie Review

  

  From the very first scene of the movie where Leonardo DiCaprio (voicing over as Jordan Belfort) states that his Ferrari was white and not red, and the car... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Walk Down Musical Memory Lane

  

  I still clearly remember my maternal cousin giving me an audio tape – Off The Wall by Michael Jackson and this was my first very own audio tape. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SELF EXPRESSION

• Guest Post : Wedding Bells

  

  I have always had this issue with many North Indians considering everybody living south of the Vindhya mountains (or in modern times, everyone south of Andhra... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, WEDDING