The film Apprentice (2016, Singapore) by Boo Junfeng is about a young Malay officer Aiman, his relationship with the chief executioner of the top prison, his sister and his own ambivalence about his family past and his present. The film deals with a rather complicated topic - capital punishment by hanging - with thoughtful…
Instagram and how I knew I have married my soulmate
My husband is surprisingly good at geek stuffs ( not all postdocs in Computer Science are truly geeks, mind you). I... well, I manage. . Now a conversation with him (he was occupied with a task, I wanted to disturb anyway *evil grin*) some days back: . Me: I was stressed with the literature review I was supposed to do.…
From a Fan’s Diary: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Teasers and the Trailer
The new Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens has released their official trailer on October 19. Honestly, the first teaser of Star Wars Ep. VII was way less revealing ( I know, I know... it's a 'teaser'! But still! ) and as a hardcore fan, I felt that the initial monolog about the Force was not…
4 Basic Lessons While Living In A New Country As A Student
When I chose to study MA in Film and Television, that was the first time I came to a new country, England and stayed at the queen of her cities: London. This phase of my life consisted of four parts: Save, save, save London is not really a students' city. Oh dear it's costly! But then…
Shadow and Betrayal – Review of Book 1 and 2 of The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham
The Long Price Quartet is an interesting entry in the world of fantasy fiction. It tells us a story of cities which are ruled by Kings and are economically dependent on certain magical creatures who are actually idea-in-physical-form.. or Andats. Andats are bound and guided by Poets, who conceptualizes and thus 'creates' them. The world…
THAT Jingle.
I've realized that in India it does not matter in which language is the movie; English or any other regional one. It doesn't matter what's the location; Kolkata - Delhi - Bhubaneswar - Pune - Hyderabad or anywhere. It doesn't matter if it's a single cinema hall or a multiplex-screen with a pair of 3D…
Review: The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowling
The new crime-fiction novel of Robert Galbraith has arrived... and I would say that this time I am happier as I finished J.K Rowling's second pseudonym venture. The book is, as the cover suggests, a Cormoran Strike novel. For those who are not familiar with the first one, The Cuckoo's Calling, here's a heads-up. Strike is…
The Cultural Heritage of Scandinavian TV and “Dogma” as the secret recipe: Popularity of The Killing and Borgen
The Heritage: Then I recently got the opportunity to be introduced to the relatively unexplored world of Scandinavian Television and that left me pleasantly surprised. The Nordic TV culture originally started with various educational programs (favoured by the public service channels) and then live television dramas (in Denmark supervised by "television theatre" department of Danish broadcasting corporation) in…
Mini Review : Divergent – Book 1 of Divergent Trilogy
Divergent is the first instalment of Divergent Trilogy of the series Divergent Universe - a fantasy tale of an alternate world; a society constituted of five factions or social types based on their nature and morale: Amity, Abnegation, Erudite, Candor and Dauntless.The rest are the "unfortunate" Factionless. As the children of this dystopian society turn sixteen, they go through a test…
Good old office days! My song-tribute :P
I scribbled some lyrics again... and in 15 minutes..! Yeah, well, I wasn't the ideal student of Songwriting course of Barklee College of Music this week and sat down to finish my assignment at the last moment! Went through the 2 hours video in half hour and finally was pathetically out of "inspiration" and "ideas".…
A laptop, a cup of tea and lazy ideas nudging the fingertips 