The Hindu gets 'inspired'
Consider this paragraph:
Stone has always made stories about men for whom ordinary life is impossible by accident or by choice. As a storyteller he has long made a habit out of extreme personalities, a preoccupation that during the 1990s was matched by one of the most playfully expressive styles in American mainstream pictures.
Well, it appears in
Gautaman Bhaskaran's review of the film Alexander, published Feb 11, 2005. It also appears in
Manohla Dargis's review in the
New York Times, published November 24, 2004. It's evident who has plagiarised from whom.
I got this information via
an excellent expose by Nina from Chennai, in which she also provides many other links that reveal that Gautaman Bhaskaran has been doing this for a long, long time. (Link to Nina via email from
Mridula.) Somewhat like what Nikhat Kazmi, another MSM film reviewer, had been doing when
Jai Arjun Singh exposed her.
In that case, the
Times of India took no action against Kazmi. In this case, one can argue that the
Hindu wasn't aware of this until now. Well, let us see what they do.
Cross-posted on India Uncut.Update: Ravi Ratlami has another expose
here.