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Get Him to the Hindu? On Russell Brand’s Sanskrit Brand
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Vineet Chander
With Russell Brand’s highly-anticipated (and raunchy) comedy “Get Him to the Greek” hitting theaters right about now, the controversial British comic is becoming quite the talk of the town this side of the pond. He even graces the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, in a shirtless kinda-Jim-Morrison-esque pose: Wait, did you catch that Hindu-looking tat…
Will Top Kill work? Only if it goes deep enough.
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Vineet Chander
The good news: BP’s procedure to plug the oil leak — ominously named “top kill” — seems to be working. The not-so-good news: new estimates show that the spill has already surpassed the notorious Exxon Valdez disaster. It is, officially now, the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Is there a paradox here? We’re probably…
The Yoga of “24”
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Vineet Chander
With “24″, “Lost”, and “Law and Order” all saying their goodbyes — and all rife with spiritual significance and religious symbolism — I wondered about a possible Hindu connection. Unfortunately, however, I wasn’t a devotee of any of the three shows (my 1st season LOST addiction notwithstanding). So I turned to my friend and avowed…
Tim Burton’s Ramayana in 3-D!
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Vineet Chander
Coming soon to a theater near you? Okay, so maybe not quite yet. But the Indian media is buzzing with rumors day-dreams of the award-winning filmmaker — most famous for his use of magic realism to create dark-but-amazingly-beautiful cult classics — re-telling one of India’s beloved tales, and the Ramayana seems the best fit. The idea…
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