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With the Oscars round the corner it was a weekend of movie binge. And I am not over yet.  Here is a round up based on what I have watched and from the recommendations from Pipinghotviews  Birdman :  My first experience with Black comedy.  It took me time to figure that out. For a detailed review of the movie visit  pipinghotviews   http://pipinghotviews.com/movie-items/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance/?portfolioID=5272 The Imitation game :  If you thought Shah Rukh Khan did a great job in My name is Khan , check this one out.  Not a word on asperger’s syndrome, dyslexia or whatever that is. And yet  3 minutes into Benedict Cumberbatch’s stunning performance and you know exactly what it is ... Benedict Cumberbatch better win the Oscar for this one.  Even if you are not the types who sheds tears at the movies here is one performance that can choke our emotions .  It is a movie t...

The first rays of dawn shining regally on the river Neyyar. Shot using Panasonic DMC LZ8 Submitted for the Thursday photo challenge where the Theme this week is Shine. For some fabulous photographs on the theme shine visit  http://www.spunwithtears.com/thursday.html

A Simple story set in a small town in France or Belgium (or wherever else) in Europe. Solwal a company that manufacturers solar panels ( or whatever else) is facing stiff competition from cheaper ones from Asia.  They need to run a business and decide they do not need 17 but only 16 people to carry on the work. Sandra who is about to return from her sick leave is the one chosen to be laid off.  A vote on Friday influenced by the Foreman Jean-Marc has decided that the other 16 would choose between giving up their annual bonus or letting go of Sandra.  Juliette and Sandra have asked Dumont the Boss to conduct a secret ballot so that the workers can choose how they want to deal with the situation.  Sandra has the weekend that is two days and one night to convince her co-workers to give up their bonus, so she can keep her job which she now needs really badly. It is indeed a simple story from a...

Five years ago when I was house-hunting,  I had registered onto a leading online realty search site to look out for rental properties into this new city that I was looking to move into. That is how I happened to  get Shivappa’s number.  He is this overly-friendly Real  estate agent who (for a hefty brokerage ) got me this rented property. I have moved on since then and a lot of water has flown under the bridge since then. B ut Shivappa’s number remains on my mobile phone contacts.  Or rather mine remains registered in his contacts.  He is one of those who must have come into money brokering rental deals for thousands of migrants like me  that flocked this city in the last few years.  I suspect he is the kinds who thoroughly reads all those self help books, on how to sell refrigerators to an Eskimo or peanuts to Osama-bin-laden. He, for sure takes his contacts seriously and has them mapped in the list of potentials.    His onl...