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November 15, 2007

Saawariya-Movie Review (updated)

Filed under: bollywood,Most Read,movie reviews,Movies,opinions — Kaveeta Oberoi Kaul @ 3:57 pm
Tags: Most Read, movie reviews, Movies, opinions, ranbir kapoor, reviews, saawariya, saawariya review, sanjay leela bhansali, sonam kapoor

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Update : My hunch has been proven right..read bottom of post for details.

Saawariya review

In the present age when media of all categories and cadres, is purposefully bombarding ones senses and time willy nilly with information essentially suggestive as if of hypnotic capturing of ones personal opinions, reviews of a film eagerly awaited, overwhelm thought processes. Easily influenced gullible minds fall prey to the insidiously, oftentimes stridently suggested message tags of ‘hit’ or ‘flop’. A more discerning populace admittedly small in percentage, decide to cast aside ‘fed’ ideas and view open minded a movie which promises ‘greatness’ in the cinema-ic denotation.

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November 14, 2007

Lakme Revlon Deny Female Staff Marriage Symbols

Filed under: India n Me,opinions,personal,Random,This Gets To Me,Truth of India — Kaveeta Oberoi Kaul @ 1:57 pm
Tags: Experiences, lakme, opinions, revlon, unfair practises

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Without attempting a perfervid take on this incident, I found it prudent to expatiate on Sachiniti to bring the issue to light. Its time we make wrong doers answerable.

A recent shopping experience left one feeling quite disgusted at the dictatorial attitude of cosmetic companies Revlon and Lakme towards their female staff. A casual chat revealed that married women at the respective counters, while expected to be ‘made up’ to the hilt were permitted to wear neither the ‘sindoor‘ ( vermilion mark on the forehead indicating marital status) or the ‘mangal sutra’ ( a sacred thread of black beads donned at the time of the marriage ceremony) as a matter of policy.

It got my goat and I have mailed them my views on the issue reproduced below: (more…)

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November 12, 2007

Awarded… And Passed On To A Few Of The Best Bloggers

Filed under: Ahem Ahem cough cough,Of men women and Eunuchs,opinions,personal,Random — Kaveeta Oberoi Kaul @ 5:36 pm
Tags: , awards, best in blogs, best of India, In Praise, indian blogs, opinions

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Since I have been graciously awarded the above by Mapiprincesa , felt it would be in the propriety of things to carry it forward. Hedonism as a philosophy is highly contagious.

Although Mapiprincesa grandly made her choice from among the blogosphere globally(wow) I am nominating five bloggers from our desi sphere ..’Kyunki dil hai hindustani’. I think the under mentioned ‘roaaaaaarrrr’ well enough to be heard and applauded. They are encouraged to add the above image on to their website, nominate their ‘five’ and keep the roarrrr alive in the blogging safari. (more…)

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November 2, 2007

Mukesh Ambani Gifts Wife Nita- 242 CR Jet!! Srk Gifts Farah A Merc!!

Filed under: India n Me,Most Read,Mumbai,opinions,personal,Random,Truth of India — Kaveeta Oberoi Kaul @ 2:21 pm
Tags: farah khan, gift, Most Read, mukesh ambani, Mumbai, nita ambani, nita ambani jet, opinions, shahrukh khan

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Ads which have so far ruled the roost with messages of undying love proclaimed via diamonds for some and the modest Prestige cookers ( think ‘jo biwi se kare pyar woh prestige se kaise kare inkaar) are gonne look so ‘pheeka’ /outdated/archaic now that Mukesh- larger-than-life-Ambani has bought his wife Nita Ambani a Rs. 242 crore Airbus 319 corporate jet as a birthday gift.

Will-o-the-wisp- longings in vogue, much in demand aspirations with the moon seemingly within reach..Thanks to the almost unattainable eponym-ish characters gaining real life credibility.

I gulped on reading the news screaming across Mumbai Mirror, amazed, amused, somewhat envious but mostly scandalised. First Antilia( Read details of his mansion here) his humungous mansion and now this..though I must candidly admit I find the couple hugely endearing. Nita is simply gorgeous. We attended a social do some time back where they as well as hubby and me were invitees and I found them to be down to earth and highly affable.

Notwithstanding.. A Jet? Whatever for? Is she planning to drop the kids to school in it to avoid traffic bottlenecks? This was my first reaction..rather frivolous I confess.. slowly other doubts clouded the cryptic mind. (more…)

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October 20, 2007

Aamir Khan Faisal Khan – Two Faces Of Fate (Updated)

Filed under: bollywood,India n Me,Most Read,Movies,Mumbai,opinions,Random,Relationships — Kaveeta Oberoi Kaul @ 1:22 pm
Tags: aamir khan, faisal khan, Most Read, Movies, Mumbai, opinions, schizophrenia, tahir hussain

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Aamir Khan

A still from ‘Mela’ with Aamir and Faisal Khan .. Unfortunately life turned out to be less of a ‘mela’ ..more of a ‘melee’!

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This post has been quoted/linked in Mumbai Mirror Bloggers Park

Update 2nd Nov 07: As expected Aamirs family consisting of his wife Kiran rao and 21 other family members speak out in vehement aggression against Tahir Hussain and Faisal Khan..see update at bottom of post.

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Piqued by the rather insouciant reportage of events that have engulfed the two brothers, Aamir Khan and Faisal Khan, one felt the need to elucidate lucidly on the tittle tattle that has been persistently chasing them this past week. Although news had been alarming yet one desisted from writing on the subject out of sheer sense of fairness and also to avoid further encumbrance towards normalisation/ solution to the rather tragic turn of events.

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