Posted by gargi on 12 Nov 2003 | Tagged as: India, Media, TV
One of the questions that we - as media professionals - ask each other is where are the writers?
Where are the writers who penned amazing narratives. that made for such compelling viewing. Where are the men and women who could write with such insight and incisiveness. Just look at the classics of film - Pyasa, [...]
Posted by gargi on 11 Nov 2003 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Just finished our first major assignment for a to be launched channel. Our first major success since starting up this March.
When i quite a well paying job to start my own company - there was shock among my friends.
“you are completely lunatic” was a common response. “Bad time to start up was the other”, ” [...]
Posted by gargi on 11 Nov 2003 | Tagged as: Diary
We were shooting a kids cradle. And obviously for that you need to shoot with kids. three to nine month old kids.
There is an artist agent we worked with called Ketan Bhai, who had an assistant called Mohammed. Both of them “supplied” people for the shoot. Adults and Kids and babies. Two thousand ruppees per [...]
Posted by gargi on 06 Nov 2003 | Tagged as: India
There was a famous Amitabh Bachchan film called Namak Halal. His character plays a prince hidden away in the village brought up as a country bumkin with a heart of gold. He comes to the big bad city - Mumbai where else, and ends up working in a 5 star hotel. There is this really [...]
Posted by gargi on 06 Nov 2003 | Tagged as: Doggy Tails
Rani is a comical character. a bundle of energy. and the most innocent pair of doggy eyes that you can see. And incredibly bright. She tripped over her leash the other day, and she got up. picked up the leash in her mouth and walked on. My jaw hit the floor, and bounced up again.
My [...]
Posted by gargi on 05 Nov 2003 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
The South Asian Country with the highest birth rate is not India. Not Pakistan. Not even Bangladesh, but Nepal. The land locked, arid monarchy sandwiched between India and China. And the only Hindu country in the world.
One of the oft used arguments by the Hindu right wing is that Muslim birth rate is so high [...]
Posted by gargi on 02 Nov 2003 | Tagged as: Web
Once upon a time there was a great free e-mail service called Hotmail. Hotmail was probably the most popular e-mail service (about 7 years ago). Everyone i know, including me, had a hotmail account.
And then Microsoft bought out Hotmail. First came the - not being able to log on to the account. then came frequent [...]
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