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Hart’s War
Starring: Bruce Willis, Collin Farrel Rating: 3/5 Rewatchability Index: 3/5 Seen at: Star Movies Yet another whodunit based on the...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 20, 20051 min read
Koshish
Starring: Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bhadhuri Director: Gulzar Rating: 2/5 Rewatchability Index: 3/5 A simple boy-meets-girl-falls-in-love...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 18, 20051 min read
Early Warning Systems
Now that the tragedy of the tsunami is slowly retreating from the front pages, the accent now is on rebuilding lives, infrastructure and...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 17, 20051 min read
Hyderabad-Salem-Aluva-Ooty-Banagalore-Hyderabad
It was a Christmas time and we had decided to head for for the vacations. As Christmas and the Sabarimala season falls at the same time,...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 17, 20053 min read
Kal Ho Na Ho
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Jaya Bachchan Director: Nihil Advani Rating: 3/5 Rewatchability Index: 4/5 ...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 17, 20051 min read
Van Helsing
Starring: Jack Hughman, Rating: 4/5 Rewatchability Index: 5/5 Seen at: Vinay’s 403 The movie chronicles Van Helsing’s war to stop...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 17, 20051 min read
The Polar Express
Starring: Tom Hanks Director: Robert Zemekis: Rating: 3/5 Rewatchability Index: 1/5 Seen at: Prasads IMAX The Polar Express is the...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 17, 20051 min read
Swades
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan Rating: 4/5 Rewatchability Index: 3/5 Seen at: Sridhar, Cochin A young man returns to his homeland and...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 7, 20051 min read
Roads Indicate the Culture of the Nation
A series of boards in the Anantapur District, of Andhra Pradesh, scream out the words along the highway – Roads Indicate the Culture of...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jan 7, 20052 min read
Mother is such a beautiful word
A survey somewhere has shown “mother” to be the most beautiful word in the English language. As I watched the new ticker scroll below the...
Vinay Payyapilly
Nov 25, 20043 min read
Sunday in Paris – The Louvre
Sunday morning saw us shaking off a late start and making our way to the Louvre. Coming out of the dark tunnels of the metro and into the...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 27, 20043 min read
Saturday in Paris
When you look up tourist attractions of a city like Paris you are confronted by a very basic question – Where do I start? For us, Saurabh...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 26, 20044 min read
A Weekend in Paris
When you stand outside the Arc D’Triumph and watch the rays of the rising sun light up the marble, you know you are in Paris. There is no...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 25, 20043 min read
The Dolfinarium Harderwijk – Europe’s Largest Marine Animal Park
Set in the north of the Netherlands, the Dolfinarium is a must see. But be warned, the weather here is chilly and you would do well to go...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 21, 20044 min read
Room P01, Vanenburg
Monday morning we moved into the Vanenburg premises. I have been allotted room P07, which just happens to be, along with P01, the best...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 20, 20042 min read
Amsterdam – The War between the Old and the New
Amsterdam has one of the highest population densities in the world, and it shows. After the countryside of Putten and the quiet country...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 19, 20044 min read
Utrecht & The Museum of Musical Instruments
Utrecht is bang in the middle of the Netherlands. It is the heart of the railway network and is a town that seems to be fighting to...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 18, 20043 min read
Bureaucratic Red Tape
There was an article by Shobha De long ago, it was in the Indian Express I think, that spoke about speed breakers. She compared the...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 14, 20042 min read
Trains in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is a small place as compared to India; this has enabled them to develop a fairly efficient railway system. Even though...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 13, 20044 min read
Rambling Thoughts
Here are a few things about NL that don’t really fit into my daily updates, and since I didn’t do anything in particular today, that is,...
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 12, 20042 min read
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