Maybe on Mother’s Day we can try taking one step towards respecting women. Yes.

Author : P. Soumya      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 5/12/2013 1:52:00 PM

'I know. I know. Some of you might frown and say “not another article on this, no not again!” however I shall say that now is the perfect time to write about this. Tell me. The Delhi Braveheart died. From being a successful future doctor, in ten days her world ended. Its over for her. The game has ended. And what about her rapists? Oh they shall rot in some jail of the country for a decade or more enjoying all three meals a day, the correct number of hours outdoors for their health (...)'

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Each one of us lives a different life.

Author : Vishesh      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 5/9/2013 6:36:00 AM

'Yes, there’s a specific word for that very realization - that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as (...)'

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The Alternate Universe

Author : Mohi      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 5/4/2013 4:39:00 PM

'We cannot afford countless number of deaths in the jails of the two countries justifying “they” killed “our” men, so “we” kill “theirs”. Until, the nationalism of “my” country (which lies deep down in a 60 feet bore well, where Prince, the kid you might remember, had fallen some years ago, wait, do you?) surpasses humanism, let alone the talks about “their” nationalism. Contrast to this, we pretend to be unaware of the Chinese intrusion into “our borders”. Then, we have Narendra(...)'

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Nautanki Sala: What royal waste of time, money and Mr. Khuranna!

Author : Alok K.      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 4/27/2013 5:53:00 PM

'Okay, when was the last time I saw  a badly crafted movie? Ah yes, Ek thi Dayan. But it wasn't bad enough to break this writing hiatus of mine on aS and bitch talk about a movie which, in contrast to the sky high pre release  expectations fell on its face onscreen.That said, I would definitely praise Ayushmann Khuranna for the single handed steer he has given to the otherwise sad movie. He's clearly an actor class apart, and deserves better movies.Bottomline? The movi(...)'

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Kai Po Che: Beyond the 3 Mistakes

Author : Mohi      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 2/25/2013 6:00:00 PM

'Bundled with the frames of crude Ahmdawaad and set in the 2000s, Kai Po Che sensitively touches the political scene of Godhra riots, yet trying to be “fair” enough to cross the boundaries of the censor board and the kesariya and green flagged “institutions”. The film is one of the best cinematic adaptations of an Indian novel done by an Indian filmmaker, in the boundaries of course. For those who have already read Bhagat’s “The Three Mistakes of my Life”, it should be a motion pictu(...)'

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Rise of an Underdog: Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Author : Alok K.      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 2/12/2013 3:23:00 PM

'You must have watched Sarfarosh that came in 1999. Remember that police interrogation scene where Inspector Salim (our very own Bulla) bullies two helpless & hapless malnutritioned locals of the nightclub area of Mumbai for some information? One of the guys breaks and accepts to turn informer. The camera then zooms to a triumphant, radiant Aamir Khan, who asks Salim to herd away the others. You don't? Watch this.   Saab, mat maaro saab!   Some 14 years later a G(...)'

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Cheers to a new You, Me aur Hum

Author : P. Soumya      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 1/24/2013 2:18:00 AM

'At the onset, let me provide a disclaimer: this article is not about a sequel to Kajol’s movie which I have figured out by eavesdropping in CCD while she was sharing a cup of coffee with KJo. Its about Yoga. Ah, are you sighing in disappointment? Well, I hope I can change your views if you bear with me and read on. Actually, the very clichéd response yoga gathers from several people prevented me from having that word in the title!         
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Global Desis: Stitching our cultural past with modern lifestyles

Author : P. Soumya      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 12/29/2012 4:16:00 AM

'                Sitting casually in the balcony on a holiday morning, my weary eye leaves the newspaper and the depressing headlines that have been exploding on us 24x7 of late and wanders. Having shifted to a hostel, my time at home presently clocks to just about a fraction of what it was earlier. Add to that the fact that the family moved cities. I notice new things around me! The beautiful Sankheda furn(...)'

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On courts and castration: Need for speed, rapists unleashed

Author : Vishesh      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 12/20/2012 3:54:00 PM

'The rancorous rape that happened has certainly stirred up the mass of India.I can sense the emerging odium in the society against whatever is wrong and movements to improve it. But again a part of me feels insecure- till when? I presume, that by the day after tomorrow, you know- the 'end of the world', all social networking sites, media, talks will plummet to talks of no significance- we survived, i told you it would never happen, let's party. Only a faction will remain that wi(...)'

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Quora?

Author : Vishesh      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 11/4/2012 10:16:00 AM

'Those who have been to Quora already know how simply awesomeness flows from it. For those who haven’t been on it as yet- you’ll realize it soon. To answer the basic question- What is Quora? I take liberty in getting a cue from an answer well put for one of the questions on Quora itself-  Add 70 IQ points to yahoo answers. (Source- Quora) We all have that little curious child in us- wanting to know more about some specific fields of interest, or explore more subjects unhear(...)'

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Nature’s Sparkling Brilliance: Fjord Tour, Norway

Author : Alok K.      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 10/14/2012 6:34:00 PM

'  “Fjord tour? What on earth are these Fjords? At least tell me how to pronounce them? Is it F-silent or J-silent?” That’s how it all began. Four Indian friends on their exchange study programme in France talking about taking a random series of train, ferry and bus rides between two cities of Norway: Oslo and Bergen in the month of October. Some 10 days later, after a meticulous planning and a long, tiring train journey into the Scandinavian countries, when I took the morni(...)'

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A search for the hidden Barfi in us

Author : P. Soumya      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 10/5/2012 6:11:00 AM

'What can I say about a movie that has a rating of 9 on IMDB, is the official Indian entry to Oscars, is directed by Anurag Basu and boasts of Priyanka-Ranbir in the cast that you haven’t come across already in the newspapers, 3 weeks after its release? I usually don’t like to watch movies that reach such a level of hype within the first few days of their release that everybody has seen-heard-read-commented. More often than not, the movie fails to live upto the raised expectations(...)'

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Rotterdam, Netherlands: Where the eye goes post modern.

Author : Alok K.      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 9/23/2012 2:47:00 PM

'What does a city do when a crazy guy called Hitler bombards it to ashes? Why, it turns post-modern!!! Before I begin: Thanks to my exchange study in a random chill college of France, I have been roaming around in various cities (and countries) a lot lately. My latest trip saw me walking down the plazas and the squares of Luxembourg, Monaco, Bruges, Brussels, Nice, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. All these cities are beautiful (well almost; for Brussels sucks!) and much has been written ab(...)'

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Results: aS photoPreneur- The Nationwide Online Photography Competition

Author : Admin.      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 9/5/2012 3:44:00 PM

'Coming Soon. Keep Visiting!'

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aS photoPreneur Judge speaks: tête-à-tête with Devendra Purbiya

Author : Alok K.      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 8/18/2012 9:03:00 PM

'There are few things that catch one’s imagination more than colors, lights and photographs. We, in aS photoPreneur saw hundreds of them flowing in from different corners of the nation, each unique and captivating in their own way. For the uninitiated, aS photoPreneur is the ongoing nationwide online photography competition, organized by arbitSpeculations.com in its ambitious pursuit of connecting enthusiasts with the masters of the art. They say, interaction is a two way river. T(...)'

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aS photoPreneur Judge speaks: tête-à-tête with Devendra Purbiya

Author : Alok K.      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 8/18/2012 8:16:00 PM

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Gangs of Wasseypur II: The Rampant Romance of Dubious Shadows and Brutal Bloodshed

Author : Mohi      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 8/8/2012 5:02:00 PM

'Two shadows sit on a raised platform on a moony night under the shady sky of Wasseypur. One of them is too complex to be comprehended in their clam talks. In the beautifully blue frame filled with grey smoke of ganja that he had been smoking right from the beginning of the film, you see nothing happening. The tension grows, the soft background music begins to loud the conflict because you know he was there to kill. In the same frame, beautifully blue and grey, he quietly pulls out a(...)'

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…and The Dark Knight Rises in the End

Author : Mohi      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 7/22/2012 5:50:00 PM

'You must fear death. Lovers of Nolan and fans of Batman will, at once, appreciate the beauty of this fair statement which makes Bruce Wayne the Batman of Gotham. Nolan’s way to translate the past into the present in this film is yet another example of cinematic excellence without juxtaposition of conceptual characters from the film’s prior two parts. No, there is no development in the characters, not an inch from scene zero to scene final. They look the same till the end and m(...)'

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O Womaniya explained (Meaning, Music and Singers behind the gem)

Author : Alok K.      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 7/20/2012 8:14:00 AM

'Gangs of Wasseypur changed many things. One among them was the way songs are written, recorded and sung in the mainstream Bollywood. While we got to listen to many weird gems in Gangs of Wasseypur I (including Hunter and Bhaiyaa -The Musahar of Sundarpur), There was this song which registered itself as an altogether different anthem, by the sheer tune, words and music of it. O Womaniya. While we keep waiting eagerly for the release of Gangs of Wasseypur II, I can’t resist myself (...)'

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A Cocktail of Orthodox Ideologies!

Author : Mohi      Blog : Arbit Speculations      Date : 7/16/2012 2:57:00 PM

'Mix a Parwati bhabhi, a Pallavi and a nagging mother in law as good as Savita bahu with a topping of son Mihir Viraani and you would shake a perfect Cocktail! Raising a toast, I wonder what the director would have called it, had the scriptwriter added an immortal Baa to the worthless drama! A Mock Tale? No seriously, I was taken back to the Ekta era of never ending soap operas, scene after scene, as the film refused to progress at all! The only good thing about the film is Dimple Ka(...)'

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