Writing original scores that that combine the improvisatory soundscapes of synth-rock and crossover jazz with immersive and deeply personal lyrics, Kitchensink is a refreshing band from New Delhi and an active part of the independent music circuit in India. Their debut album, ‘Harmless Things’, released in July this year features 10 tracks written since the […]
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Fil Review – SATYAMEVA JAYATE
Genre: Thriller Rating: 2/5 141 minutes Director: Milap Milan Zaveri Exiting the auditorium, one gets the clear impression of the producers sitting in their plush air-conditioned offices and glancing inquiringly at each other as if to say “Which story shall we lift now?” Replies one, “In two words — John Abraham. Let him do the […]
Caption This – 18th August
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mailparsitimes@gmail.com by 22nd August, 2018. Winner: Virat: First the Ferrari, now the flat exemption! Sir, let’s ask Tendulkar his winning mantra!! -By Phiroza Cama
Film Review: Vishwaroop- II
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller Rating: 2/5 145 minutes Director: Kamal Hassan ‘Collateral damage’, utters a minor character in the film a couple of times, which left me wondering whether he was referring to the fate of this film — directed, written and co-produced by Kamal Haasan. For those who missed the prequel in 2013 — […]
Film Review: The Spy Who Dumped Me
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller. Rating: 2.5/5 117 minutes Director: Susanna Fogel Had it not been for the gory violence and almost continual action scenes, I would have been tempted to classify ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ as a screwball comedy. A spin on the title of the 1977 ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ (Roger Moore’s third […]
(C)ONLINE DATING
There’s Plenty Of Octopuses In The Sea! “There are plenty of fish in the sea,” they said. “It will be fun,” they said. I tried online dating for 6 months. All I caught was a cold. And that’s the good news…. Here’s the not-so-good news…. Women are most afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men […]
Food, Beautiful Food!
There is a mistaken notion that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. This is a fallacy. A man is all stomach, especially a Parsi. It is not a via-media to anything else. His love for food has led him to plagiarize culinary marvels from all over the world. I find it […]
Parsi, Puncuality And Pao-walo!
It happened one day, the time I was trying to eke out a satisfactory living, satisfactory to my wife, struggling times for me. I had to meet a CEO of a foreign company. I had fixed up an appointment with his secretary for 9:30 am. At 9:25am, I entered her office. The secretary, unused to […]
New Year Contest Results
We thank all our exceptionally talented readers for participating in our Contests. The following are the winning entries for ‘CELEBRATING RELATIONSHIPS IN POETRY AND PROSE’ Contest: Congratulations to the following Top 3 Winners! Marriage – The Love Carriage By Roshan Dastoor Majority of the span that we live our life, We end up as […]
New Year Contest Results
We thank all our readers for sending in an overwhelming response to our New Year Contest. The following are the results for the `CLICK – A – PIC: CELEBRATING RELATIONSHIPS’ contest Congratulations to the following Top 4 Winners! 1st Place: Delreen Gorimar 2nd Place: Zarine Kanga 3rd Place: Zambi Bacha 4th Place: Nina Karma
Caption This – 4th August
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mailparsitimes@gmail.com by 15th August, 2018. Winner: “Anil Kapoor: Hey Tom! How about you star in my next Bollywood Flick? Tom Cruise: Mission TOTALLY Impossible!!” -By Freny Bhatporia