Definitely Not Your Granddad’s Sherlock
Late nineteenth century London, England, capital of the British Empire and centre of world power, finance and culture; in short, the world of fictional detective, […]
Articles by Kaushik Majumdar
Beauty Lies on the Eyes of the Filmmaker
For fans of Spanish cinema, casual or otherwise, the last 20 years or so have been like living in a universe according to the ingeniously […]
Saddam’s ‘Inferno’
The major events of 20 years ago not only included the fall of the Berlin Wall and communism in Eastern Europe, and the demise of […]
Edward Woodward (1930-2009)
Versatile English actor and singer, Edward Woodward, died at the age of 79, in a hospital in Truro, Cornwall, England of pneumonia, heart problems and […]
Joseph Wiseman (1918-2009)
“Dr. No: The Americans are fools. I offered my services, they refused. So did the East. Now they can both pay for their mistake. James […]
Getting it Right for ‘Once’
“I’m scratching at the surface now. And I’m trying hard to work it out. So much has gone misunderstood. This mystery only leads to doubt. […]
More Laughs Than Sitcoms and Rom-Coms
“Our five senses are incomplete without the sixth — a sense of humor.†Improvisational comedy, the art of the seemingly spontaneous performance in front of […]
Tell Me A Story-Don Hewitt (1922-2009)
On Tuesday, September 24, 1968, the now legendary ticking stopwatch, first appeared in New York on CBS, followed by correspondent Harry Reasoner saying to the […]
Civil War Weekend At Governors Island
The American people paid considerably more in terms of lives lost and physical devastation during the Civil War (1861-1865) than during any other time in […]
‘That’s the Way it is’ – Walter Cronkite (1916 – 2009)
“From Dallas, Texas, a flash, apparently official: President Kennedy died at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time, 2 o’clock Eastern Standard Time, some 38 minutes ago.†[…]
Kanye West Loves Him, You Should Too
The American music fan has happily endured the invasion and conquest of its musical tastes by British and Irish recording artists for decades now. Musical […]