Posted by gargi on 24 Oct 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
The very first episode of the show went on air today - the curtain raiser. Cogito’s first show on Hindi Entertainment television. I directed. Shishir was Technical Director and Shirish the Financial Controller. The first episode with Adi Godrej was supposed to go on air today.
The channel told us on Thursday that instead of running [...]
Posted by gargi on 24 Oct 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago I read an article, think that it was by Swaminathan Anklasaria Aiyer, called Kush and Berry, and looked at what little difference there was between the two.
Today, while reading the Guardian online, the headline “Kush and Berry” peeked out of the recesses of my memory. The opening line that [...]
Posted by gargi on 19 Oct 2004 | Tagged as: India
…. in light of his parties recent losses in the Maharashtra State elections. In fact, he has been whimpering since the end of the Lok Sabha elections. The petulant cry is “hey. It is not me. It is them.”
So according to Bal Thackeray, the elections were lost because of Bangladeshis, Bihari, Uttar Pradeshis’, Muslims and [...]
Posted by gargi on 17 Oct 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Today’s Guardian ran a very good piece on a moral quandry.
Doctors in Britain have applied for permission to carry out experiments, that will produce babies with 3 biological parents. The first is the father/sperm. The second and third are mothers/eggs. The method is for use to prevent genetic disorders passing down to the baby from [...]
Posted by gargi on 17 Oct 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
If a soldier refuses to obey orders, is it Mutiny or an act of conscience? One of the boards’ I am on is currently polarised on the topic. The topic, of course, is a report that states that an American Platoon in Iraq refused to follow orders. Half the board wants to see the platoon [...]
Posted by gargi on 15 Oct 2004 | Tagged as: International
Saudi Arabia is finally having municipal level elections early next year, ushering in the first whiff of Democracy. In this too there is a caveat. Women cannot vote. The excuses offered are ridiculous. Lack of female staff and photo identity can both be overcome if the Government has the desire to do so.
We are in [...]
Posted by gargi on 13 Oct 2004 | Tagged as: Media, TV
read about this bizzare gameshow in China - of all places - where contestants on an entertaiment show were asked to guess how many children died in Beslan. Pravda- yes it has survived the fall of the Soviet Union - reports:
The Chinese channel CCTV-4 aired an entertainment program on September 6th - just several [...]
Posted by gargi on 12 Oct 2004 | Tagged as: India, Media, TV
Star’s new teaser campaign:
given that Star has single handedly managed to turn many of us into non TV watchers - spearheading the dreadful Saas Bahu Sagas - i find their campaign highly ironical
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Posted by gargi on 08 Oct 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
a) too many chains of command
b) no chain of command
c) too much verbal communicaiton
d) too much stress passed down the chain of command
e) not enough stress passed down the chain of command
My last month of consulting has refreshed for me all the reasons I chose to leave a well paid corporate job, and chose to [...]
Posted by gargi on 07 Oct 2004 | Tagged as: International
…. the answers my friend is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowin’ in the wind
sang, Joan Baez - , sometime last century. About another war based on another lie. Another people who were decimated at the altar of Democracy.
Today’s news was that there were no WMD’s in Iraq after all. That is the [...]
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