Anmole Doesn\'t Share Hilarious! You have an interesting way of story-telling. Guess parents are the only ones who really know their kids!

Sins of Our Fathers #12 So, the term "holocaust" for writer would be applicable to the heinous crimes perpetrated (so recently) by West (Pakistan) on East Pakistanis (Bangladesh). Once we get that cleared, it is truly just a question of semantics, isn't it?

Fall of Dacca Mr Jafri,

Thank you for your article. I did not read it.

I have though two questions for you: how many people did you personally kill and what impact has that made on your life?

I would read with much interest an article that detailed the answer.

Regards,

Raj Mor

It Is Raining very simple, touching.

Clarity I am pleased that you enjoyed it Ms. Imran. I hope that you will critique in the future as well.

Clarity Taherajee, thank you for not just reading but also writing, about this piece as well as in general.

Clarity Thank you for reading and also the the kind comment.

Alas, I have not read (or even heard of) Thurber, but Wikipedia is certainly enlightening.

The Seasons This is wonderfully written and very rich like a dark chocolate cake.

Saawariya Targets Eternal Love Spoiler: Salman Khan being too busy with deer appeals, his role will probably come as a cameo at the end as the boy the girl is pining for and saunters off with. So much for the Khan effect.

Saawariya Targets Eternal Love Spoiler: Salman Khan being too busy with deer appeals, his role will probably come as a cameo at the end as the boy the girl is pining for and saunters off with. So much for the Khan effect.

Saawariya Targets Eternal Love Black was over the top. Bhansali is over the top. Saawariya will also be over the top.

White Nights can never be over the top, hence let us not even begin to compare apples to shreddable wheaties.

Filmmakers can say whatever they want about what inspired them, it doesn't mean you have to believe them. Whenever these people have taken something sublime in their hands, they have made lime juice out of it.

btw, Anil Kapoor is not related to Raj Kapoor family. He is a separate stand-alone Kapoor entity on his own. Many Kapoors flood India in all directions the Ganges flows, but not all claim lineage from the great unwashed Prithviraj K, though with the philandering abilities of that family, they probably could.

Reflections During a US Visa Grind Riotously damning and incisive. And yet you choose to go through with it.

So the days of having dad's messenger boy walk over an envelope and bring it back endorsed are really over?

Bollywood’s Stolen Concepts from Hollywood When the objective of an article makes its appearance in the fifth paragraph, you can imagine what merit the work has. For a journalist/journalism student, this was a moderate effort at combining research from various sources. However, good journalism requires a keen insight in addition to deep drilling abilities, not to mention closely following copy editing guidelines.

For starters, CBS news, the Film Journal and PBS are not the authoritative figures on Indian Cinema. Neither do they have any reputable standing in Hollywood circles. These are merely fourth-hand reports being re-regurgitated for mass consumption. They are not meant to be referenced for feature writing.

For second-hand, you need to go to Stardust, Cinefare, Filmfare, Sight and Sound, Screen, The Hindu, Times of India, Femina, Critic, Cinema Senses, Cineaste, Box Office, Close Up, MovieJuice, Audience, Uncut, The Guardian Movie Section (I think that’s the name), Inside Film, Premier, Screendaily, or online sources such as Scriptmag, Rediff, Rotten Tomatoes, etc. For first hand, you pick up the phone and talk to an agent - any agent, anybody’s agent. There are agents available and open to all levels of reporting, their job is to represent their industry and nearly all do a very good job of it. Even if their talk abounds with gossip, or offers incorrect information, by being in close proximity to someone from that industry will rev up your journalistic instincts to root out other more reliable sources, hence offering credence to your contributions. And there are agents galore at any location near you.

It also helps when writing, as well as in basic courtesy, to put down people’s names correctly, especially if they commonly use a middle name or if those names are so well known (and beloved) as to raise immediate red flags in the reader’s mind, which will often serve only to wash away any vestige of creditworthiness. An example of misspelling in your article – Francis Coppala, correctly spelt Francis Ford Coppola.

Good grammar rarely prolongs pain, and if you use a title for one person (e.g. Mr. Aamir Khan), regardless of whether it is being utilized in a sarcastic sense, you must follow the pattern and give a title to all proper names. A rule of thumb is never to use titles derogatorily. Remember also to keep the tone of an article limited to one or at maximum, two, shades, in order to retain uniformity. No one enjoys kaleidoscope reports, even if they are about kaleidoscopes.

Lastly, comments such as “Who died and made them king?” have a special, revered niche in the sphere of blogging. A print reporter is not permitted such license.

However, regardless of the medium availed of, as a journalist, your first breath must be impartial, as must be your last.

Good Luck.

RMor.
Editor-in-Chief of a daily with a modest circulation of 40,000 during my heydays.

Worlds Apart I apologize I was in a rush and did not have time to elaborate. When next I peruse a story by you, I will keep in mind your request.

The Other Woman It was well written and a quick read, but I did not get the point of the story. Or was it... pointless?

Doesn't this sort of thing happen everyday?

The Soha character is stereotyped, you could give even an ordinary housewife more depth than that.

On the whole, your writings are enjoyable, and describe daily life well.

Hisab Barabar hilarious!