Thinking Got Loud

I believe that film directors are invariably terrific conversationalists.   The ones that I have had the fortune of meeting in person have g...

I have always maintained that pretty much everything that one needs to learn about life can be found in Randy Pausch’s “The Last Lecture.”  ...

I shall get something out of the way.   No, the takeaway from this write-up is not that there are myriad little pleasures in life that money...

  Prologue It was the Fall of 1998.   My parents and I had just moved to the US after I had completed high school in Chennai.   My Dad’s w...

Have you ever watched a movie and reflected on a small moment that either touched you or made you smile?   Not one featuring the lead actor ...

The Tamil Nadu assembly election results are due in May.   That seemed like a good enough excuse – not that I need one! – to revisit the bes...

Having just finished reading Glenn Kenny’s intricately detailed book, “Made Men” on the creation and enduring impact of  The Goodfellas , I ...