Posted by gargi on 28 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: Films, India
Last evening SR,SK and I played hookey from work to go and see Rang De Basanti. One of the few films in recent times that completely struck a chord with me. And by the sounds of it - the audience as well. One of the few times one could see a movie in complete [...]
Posted by gargi on 25 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: India
Two very different kind of stories that caught the eye today. One of a girl who said NO.
When 13-year-old Minati Gagaria from Orissa bags a bravery award from President A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday, she will symbolise a punchy protest against the ancient tribal custom of child marriages. Gagaria, who had almost [...]
Posted by gargi on 22 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: Media, TV
switching channels today, saw an overlong promo for Buniyaad on Sahara One. Maybe nostalgia will work. I know that it worked for me. Sat glued for the full five minutes while the filler ran. And it sure brought back memories. Kahin to hai sapna……..
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Posted by gargi on 22 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: India, Politics
The CPI:?
"We expect that the budget will boost development along with providing social justice and implementation of Employment Guarentee Act", CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan said.
"CPI would oppose any price hike that would affect the common people, and to give a signal to the government, we are holding an All India Price Hike [...]
Posted by gargi on 15 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
…seems to have taken on a new meaning. The Guardian reports:
British scientists are seeking permission to create hybrid embryos in the lab by fusing human cells with rabbit eggs. If granted consent, the team will use the embryos to produce stem cells that carry genetic defects, in the hope that studying them will help understand [...]
Posted by gargi on 14 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: India
Yesterday, I was in Oshiwara - a small suberb of Andheri (W):) The roads near the police station were completely dug up on one side. A long overdue process of widening and concreting was underway. The otherside - which has already been concretised - was jammed with traffic on both sides. We had to [...]
Posted by gargi on 08 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Upgrading to WP 2.0 has been quite eventful. I installed it this morning. And when i began reactivating the plugins, the site disappeared for the better part of the day. and it required whole jumps of logic to get it back again.And the process of logical deduction was nowhere as calm or ration or unemotional [...]
Posted by gargi on 07 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: And Finally ..., India, Politics
Hello and welcome to the first edition of BlogMela this year. And the year has gotten off to a great start. Some great writing in various categories from Desi Blogdom. Here goes. Arts and Entertainment Srican has an account of the nature of the harmonium vis-a-vis the sarangi as an accompaniment [...]
Posted by gargi on 02 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Nominate away. new blogger, photo blogs, anything that will bring a bit of spice to our own little blogdom.
The rules are the same as usual.
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Posted by gargi on 01 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: India, Politics
I have been meaning to write about this ever since i saw the news items - but have generally given way to inertia Vajpayee compares himself to Parasuram and Advani & Mahajan as Ram and Lakshman. But, he probably got his sages mixed up. He probably meant (or should have meant Vishwamitra). [...]
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