Posted by gargi on 28 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: India, Politics
… goes to L.K.Advani - for stating that the BJP was going through a bad patch. Fatricidal warfare that would embarass the Congress (not to mention the Kauravas and Pandavas), Half a dozen MP’s caught on tape taking bribes, a sex scandal, the inability to act as either a party or an [...]
Posted by gargi on 28 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: Web
… somewhere in the world - someone has taken a spammer to court and won. I have all but ceased writing on media musings because of spammers. And on this site too - despite heavy anti spam plugins - spammers still manage to get through.
And when i see spam in my inbox - a red [...]
Posted by gargi on 28 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: Books
A few months ago one of dad’s friend’s gifted him this book, which has been gathering oodles of dust on the book shelf.
Yesterday, finding nothing light to read - I picked it out of the bookshelf, dusted it, and tried to read it.
Tried is the key word here. I managed 3 whole chapters before I [...]
Posted by gargi on 24 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: India, Media, TV
This week has seen the Mumbai High Court give an incomprehensible ruling on Adult Certified films on TV.
They have placed the onus on what we get on our Television screens, not on the broadcaster but on the cable operator who brings the feed to our homes. It is incomprehensible because the cable operator has no [...]
Posted by gargi on 11 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: India, Media
If a news channel ran 63 stories on a single issue in a week, you won’t be mistaken in thinking that it is an overkill - unless of course the aliens landed on earth or the PM got assasinated or the US invaded yet another country - something earth shattering. But, the Samajwadi [...]
Posted by gargi on 11 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
SR on the phone to the client:
“a good business deal is one in which the least number of people get hurt”
Good One. Should use it in a film one day
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Posted by gargi on 05 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: And Finally ...
…. is part of the syllabus for 11th standard students in Pakistan. It is truly quite …well, I am at a loss for words.
The poem:
Patient and Steady with all he must bear,
Ready to meet every challenge with care,
Easy in manner, yet solid as steel,
Strong in his faith, refreshingly real.
Isn’t afraid to propose what is bold,
Doesn’t [...]
Posted by gargi on 04 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: India
Over the last few years i have blogged on and off about termination of the female foetus leading to massive gender imbalances in India. It is something that bothers me terribly.
Yet, would my response be the same if hordes of women went and got their pregnancy terminated so that they don’t have a child with [...]
Posted by gargi on 04 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: India, Politics
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Smita: I’ll join Sena the day Saheb asks me
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Posted by gargi on 02 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: India, Politics
There are few joys in life as to see the rabid right replay Mahabharat over and over again. Fatricidal warfare seems to be the name of the game.
Raj and Uddhav deciding to part ways on power and its application.
Uma aunty, once again, singing the ‘pay attention to me, I am important’ mantra.
And, the RSS and [...]
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