The weekend started with a new book: "Midnight's Children" by the UK-based Salman Rushdie. Extremely detailed in his writing, each sentence is heavy with description. Quite a contrast from skimming novels to reading each sentence, sometimes twice. The book should be interesting.
Then, an English play about George Bernard Shaw, the playwright. Naseeruddin Shah is one of the best actors that ever lived. Alongwith his wife Ratna-Pathak Shah, just the two of them held an audience for 2 hours 15 minutes without a hint of extra effort. Flawless dialog-delivery and great acting!
Then, it was Jazz at "Not Just Jazz By The Bay". Great mouth-organ music and accompanying guitaring. Some pub-hopping later, Saturday ended! An eventful day, English in content, but Bombay in behavior!
"The Last King of Scotland" on Sunday. Brilliant acting by Forest Whitaker - the closest one could come to enacting the notorious Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. I love great performances! Some continental food to fill the stomach and beer at Mondegar's! A perfect weekend!
