television | Helter Skelter Magazine https://helterskelter.in/label/television/ Fresh Voices and New Writing From and About India Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:06:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 A Bit of Jeeves and Wooster https://helterskelter.in/2013/01/a-bit-of-jeeves-and-wooster/ https://helterskelter.in/2013/01/a-bit-of-jeeves-and-wooster/#respond Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:00:06 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=6644 Everyone has their own perfect Jeeves and Wooster, but I can't see anyone other than Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in those roles.

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2012/07/remembering-malgudi/feed/ 3 An Alternate Fairy Tale https://helterskelter.in/2012/07/an-alternate-fairy-tale/ https://helterskelter.in/2012/07/an-alternate-fairy-tale/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:02:37 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=5846 In real life, you don’t get to have your cake and eat it too. Because it makes you fat.

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