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Frost/Nixon

By nistha | Published: August 17, 2010
I love polit­i­cal dra­mas and hap­pened to see Frost-Nixon(2008) recently. It’s one of the finest in its genre and as expected from Broad­way adap­ta­tions, the lead­ing per­for­mances are top-notch (too bad Frank Lan­gella did not win an Oscar for his Pres­i­den­tial role). The last polit­i­cal drama that left an impres­sion on me was The Queen. [...]
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Happy Women’s Day

By nistha | Published: March 8, 2010
Glad to see the high­est recog­ni­tion going to a Woman (although I have not seen the movie and can’t com­ment on the valid­ity but am glad it wasn’t Avatar). Let me also men­tion Janet Robin­son, CEO of NYTimes, who is try­ing to steer NYTimes in the most chal­leng­ing times in his­tory and seems to be [...]
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A day out in NYC

By nistha | Published: February 22, 2010
First of all, Yelp is awe­some! I showed inter­est in this event in NYC and I got emails when any­one posted a con­ver­sa­tion bit. Soon, I saw some­one giv­ing out free tick­ets and I humbly requested for some and next thing I know is dear Jane snail mailed me a cou­ple of free tick­ets! So, [...]
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