Now my hometown temple, the famous grand Madurai Meenakshi Temple complex, is open to the worldwide web. Not just a website - but they are offering Online Poojas, and even sending prasadam’s to anywhere around the Globe.
Having grown up in Madurai, and the Meenakshi Temple was part of my early childhood. My Grandpa’s house have the greatest […]

Closely following the heels of Sony, which announced more consumer HDV cameras 2 days back. Canon today announced 2 new HDV cameras. The XH-G1 and XH-A1 are based on the HDV tape format. With this new camera, there is very less reasons to go with the more expensive Canon XL-H1 ($9000), except for the removable lens […]

This was a great little Indie movie, it was hilariously funny and heart wrenchingly cold sometimes. It has the most wonderful ensemble cast since Crash, with 7 year old Abigail Breslin (who played Little Boo, in M.Night’s Signs) leading the pack. I like simple stories which moves the story forward with smart dialogues, stellar acting and […]

Any techie will encounter these suituations frequently…

While shopping at Circuit City or Barnes & Nobles, I see an item I like to buy, like a book or a fancy USB drive, I have this momentary pause at the shelf or the checkout lane - “I am sure I can find it much cheaper online or […]

Participated in the Seattle 48hour Film Festival. We made a short called “Folded”. The genre we picked was “Drama”. We have 3 items which we need to include in the short.

Prop: One Sleeping Bag
Character: Bonnie the Insurance Agent
Dialogue: “Prompt…I expect you to be prompt..prompt and courteous”

It was great fun to shoot - and made a […]

Séance is a age old tradition of communicating with the dead sprits through a medium. New Jersey based filmmaker Arun has taken this as a subject for his short film “Seance“. So when a young man tries to unravel his future by consulting a Seance practitioner, he gets more than he bargained for. The story […]

The July 4th fireworks was sure impressive. Spectacular display of synchoronized pyrotechnics coordinated with computer precision.. computer? Well, you didn’t think that little midgets set off the fireworks with such precision by hand, running around a carefully arranged maze of stacked fireworks waiting to be lit - did you? If so, sorry to burst your […]