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Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na is good, just watched it. A nice sweet romantic comedy... I haven't seen Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, but every review I read about it says that the movie is bad, better to avoid.

We are in the middle of watching The Story of India narrated by Michael Woods. We rented it. http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/ There is a 5 min. trailer on this page. It's two disks and last night we watched the first 2 hours of the first disk with one hour left. Then we will get the second disk for the rest of it. It is well done, very comprehensive starting with ancient ...

Quote: Originally Posted by gogg I like this book. Especially how he ends every chapter with a word of wisdom from his own life. Usually, about love. Also makes me want to visit Mumbai (although my Indian friends say it's a dirty and expensive place not worth visiting). Probably filthy compared to Chandigarh.

Uncle Lach, for once, modesty permitted. Here is the link to Shree's article in full Modesty only goes so far: Chasing Rainbows

Bollywood/Kollywood for Westerners? I am about to embark on a trip which will lead me to Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and Mumbai, and I thought it might be interesting to watch both a Kollywood and a Bollywood flick before departing. I think this could be interesting and useful on many levels. At worst, it will give me an idea of what ...

Hi Manuswaroop, If you look at the other book threads on IndiaMike, many of the recommendations are for travel books. There is also a thread on books devoted to the Himalayas in this very forum.

Will look out for 'Scared Games' - I enjoyed 'Red Earth..' Jorge, I liked his writing style. Edited my typo - it's Sacred Games, of course - seem to be doing a lot of this lately, must be getting old! Last edited by Aishah : Jan 20th, 2008 at 14:27 . Reason: Spotted my 'mistake'

Although not being a real loyal guidebook user, my question would be if price is at all an issue then why not order a good used 2007 or 2008 version online before you go ..... there can't be that much of a drastic content change, at least nothing that one couldn't do some quick mental conversions/extrapolations for, in a year or two one would think.

Chak De India - A Film based on Indian Women Hockey where Shahrukh Khan plays the coach. Ronak.

Quote: Originally Posted by amyl Am sure there are some more folks than just Bob and Shaggy. You betcha! Check out the early Trojan Records samplers (that's a record label). Burning Spear. Prince Far I. Linton Kwesi Johnson. Dr. Alimantado. The list goes and on and on... my tapes are not where this computer ...

We are in the middle of watching The Story of India narrated by Michael Woods. We rented it. http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/ There is a 5 min. trailer on this page. It's two disks and last night we watched the first 2 hours of the first disk with one hour left. Then we will get the second disk for the rest of it. It is well done, very comprehensive starting with ancient ...

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na is good, just watched it. A nice sweet romantic comedy... I haven't seen Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, but every review I read about it says that the movie is bad, better to avoid.

Quote: Originally Posted by gogg I like this book. Especially how he ends every chapter with a word of wisdom from his own life. Usually, about love. Also makes me want to visit Mumbai (although my Indian friends say it's a dirty and expensive place not worth visiting). Probably filthy compared to Chandigarh.

Uncle Lach, for once, modesty permitted. Here is the link to Shree's article in full Modesty only goes so far: Chasing Rainbows