Reviews
Pirate Latitudes This is a book by Michael Crichton that was published posthumously from a completed manuscript that they found among his things. It is set in the sixteenth century in the Caribbean waters. The book starts off quite well. The plot begins in the town of Port Royal, Jamaica where we get a glimpse of the colonial lifestyle of those times. Soon enough, we are involved in the plotting of a privateering expedition (which ,although in spirit is similar to pirating, differs in that it carries the sanction of the powers-to-be namely the local governor in this case). The planning part is classic Crichton and is reminiscent of the way The Great Train Robbery was planned. However, from there on, the plot is rather straight-forward although it does involve adventures of various kinds on sea as well as land. On the whole, the book doesn't rank among his best.
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones This movie is best known for the small appearance Shahrukh Khan made in it. It happens to be the first movie in which he ever acted. It also happens to be written by the famous Arundhati Roy probably based on her experience in architecture school. Annie is the nickname of a guy named Anand Grover who has been flunking his final year for four years. "Giving it those ones" is probably (90s?) Delhi college slang for something that remains unexplained to me (see the Hinglish section at this page http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?206041). He hardly seems to be some spunky rebel. He does maintain a hen coop in his hostel room and dreams of planting 120000 miles of fruit trees alongside the 60000 miles of train tracks across the country. The other students - unshaven, un-showered, in need of a haircut - reminded me of college life. And the farcical nature that the education system in India sometimes has. The rest of the plot wasn't all that interesting.
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones This movie is best known for the small appearance Shahrukh Khan made in it. It happens to be the first movie in which he ever acted. It also happens to be written by the famous Arundhati Roy probably based on her experience in architecture school. Annie is the nickname of a guy named Anand Grover who has been flunking his final year for four years. "Giving it those ones" is probably (90s?) Delhi college slang for something that remains unexplained to me (see the Hinglish section at this page http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?206041). He hardly seems to be some spunky rebel. He does maintain a hen coop in his hostel room and dreams of planting 120000 miles of fruit trees alongside the 60000 miles of train tracks across the country. The other students - unshaven, un-showered, in need of a haircut - reminded me of college life. And the farcical nature that the education system in India sometimes has. The rest of the plot wasn't all that interesting.