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A tribute to Quentin Tarantino

By Nistha | Published: April 8, 2013

This post was long due ever since I finally got to see Django Unchained – the latest in the series of colorful, dramatic, picturesque and bloody movies that are hallmark of Quentin Tarantino. Can’t say he is the best director since that spot is taken by Christopher Nolan but he comes close when we talk [...]

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Zero Dark Thirty and Bigelow

By Nistha | Published: March 10, 2013

I like it when a woman does badass (not a fan of this slang but hard to find an effective alternative) stuff. Happened to see Zero Dark Thirty and I love Kathryn Bigelow‘s no non-sense direction in there. Some may accuse her of documentary making but who cares. I would rather see actual tensions of real [...]

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Foursquare is to location what Facebook was to social

By Nistha | Published: October 14, 2010

I love Foursquare – not as a social media app but as an innovative company. It’s growth has been tremendous but that is not where it scores. It scored in sustaining the user’s initial interest and doubling, tripling and quadrupling it. Just when everyone was predicting its demise, its awesome business partnerships kept it well-ahead [...]

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A taste of fun!

By Nistha | Published: September 7, 2010

MBA applications and whole B school gimmicks start sounding too serious at one point. But here’s something to cheer up the applicants. It is the clip from the talent show video that my study group did as a part of PreTerm orientation and I would let it do the talking for we had a phenomenal [...]

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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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