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05 November, 2014

Christopher Nolan: Will he show up at IIT Bombay or not?


Tell me one soul who did not get excited when they got to hear about Christopher Nolan coming to IIT Bombay?

I mean you would hardly find a Movie Buff who hasn't seen at least one of these if not all!

  • Batman begins(2005) 
  • The Dark Knight(2008)
  • The Dark Knight Rises(2012)
  • Inception(2010)
  • The Prestige(2006)
And the rest being Insomnia and Momento(which are yet to be watched by me)

This guy has changed how movies are made and created a benchmark for the other directors about how a superhero action movie should be made(I am no film critic but I hardly think the majority would disagree with this!).

And We get to hear that the very same guy is gonna come down to IITB this decemeber?


Am I dreaming?

But.

You got quickly disheartened by hearing that it was all made up and he probably wont be coming to the event when December 28th comes.

So the question is. Is he coming or not ?



15 September, 2014

Trial of Oscar Pistorius - The Blade Runner

"Mr Pistorius, please stand up," she instructed the accused. Wearing a dark suit, Pistorius rose in the dock and stood ramrod straight, his hands folded in front of him, and showed little emotion as the judge read her final verdict.
"Having regard to the totality of this evidence in this matter, the unanimous decision of this court is the following: on count one, murder … the accused is found not guilty and is discharged," Masipa said. "Instead he is found guilty of culpable homicide." -TheGuardian
Was the judgement given by the High Court of South Africa on 11–12 September 2014



29 August, 2014

Why you should think before going with the ALS Bucket challenge!

  So you just got the ALS challenge from your mate/wife/family member/boss...Oh hell. I mean who not, right?

               You are wondering whether to take up the challenge and spread the awareness
                                                                  (or)
                            You could just support the cause by donating to the charity. 

  First of all I would like to tip my hat for the marketing geniuses who came up with this idea. Thanks to the Ice Bucket Challenge, the ALSA has collected some $100 million in donations(as of now). That's up from $1.9 million which was collected in the same period of the previous year. Now that's something that doesn't happen everyday right? But, we don't live in a world that's overflowing with philanthropic people, do we? It would have been real slick if we had it that way.

  The reality is that we are in a world where all the generous people with their finite resources must allocate their charitable giving in a discrete manner.
Just as they allocate their funds for other things in life. So in this world, more money for ALSA means less money for heart disease, more money for Malaria means less for diabetes, more for AIDS means less for Alzheimer's. And so on.

  It's not exactly a fair game that is being played here. And I think I can shed some light here.
According to experts on this matter, the money collected by the ALSA bucket challenge will directly effect the contributions to the other competing organizations in the future. That is to say that, for the $100 million ALSA collects(which it is gonna cross in a matter of days) the other organizations will be getting roughly $40-$50 million less in donations.