Shihan Rohit

Of OTT and zombie land…

OTT…how the world changes! When the history of cinema will be written in the future, there will be two distinct parts – before OTT and after OTT. OTT has changed the game in a way that in a few years, theaters will be obsolete. New releases anyway show up online faster than they used to, …

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Of Gods and preferences…

Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. And if you want to immerse yourself in the song, without a care in the world as to what it may mean, click here. Can God have favorites? I don’t mean favorites as in people, but favorites as in colors, or flowers, or sweets…we often hear of …

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Of buses and wheels…

The wheels on the bus go round and roundRound and roundRound and roundThe wheels on the bus go round and roundAll through the town If you haven’t heard these lines before, chances are that you don’t have a kid yet. I have, and this has become my daily mantra. If it was the Gayatri mantra, …

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Of strangled priests and widows of railway employees…

Did you know that strozzapreti (a type of pasta) means ‘strangled priests’, or that vermicelli means ‘little worms’? Or that the Scottish word sgiomlaireachd (yes it’s a mouthful) means ‘the habit of dropping in at mealtimes’? Of course, you know that German is full of jaw-crunching words like Wirtschaftstreuhandgesellschaft (business trust company), Bundesbahnangestelltenwitwe (a widow …

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Of Holi changes…

I’m watching an intriguing new series on Apple TV – it’s called Severance. Set in a fictional company called Lumon Industries, the workers of Severance have volunteered to allow their minds to be separated into work life and home life—a process called severance—with neither half having a memory of the other. It’s engaging till now, and …

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Isn’t life a celebration?

Festivals are beautiful. They are fun, filled with joy, food and enjoyment. We celebrate, because life should be a celebration, with a bit of work to sustain ourselves. Unfortunately, we take things to be the other way around. Usually working ourselves to death, while thinking that the good stuff is just round the corner – …

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Random thoughts on films…

Why do we watch films? Some of us watch to get entertained, others to get informed. Some watch to pass time, others to spend time with family and friends. As Indians, we have always been passionate about films, especially in the South, where heroes are demi-gods with massive fan followings. A lot of this has …

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Shyam piya mori…

Holi is usually called the “festival of colors”. But can you celebrate Holi, without these colors? As part of the countdown to Holi, a few thoughts – some old, some new… Truth be told, I have never (save one time) celebrated Holi in it’s traditional flavor. In a sense, I missed out on the fun …

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