Archive for March, 2006

The smell of paint ….

Posted by gargi on 28 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: Diary

…. The house is getting repainted. The last time was 6 years ago - just before KD & R got married.
Various shades of white. Have to go curtain shopping. am planning to trawl through Oshiwara for some furniture over the weekend.
So for the next 3 weeks? there are strangers in the house. Rani is [...]

Simply Ghastly

Posted by gargi on 28 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: TV

Last week i had the chance to feel like Simon Cowell. I was judging a set of student films. Phrases such as which butcher did you use to edit that; or was the camera broken; or Is there a point to this; or where is the script; wtf, wtf, wtf; oh god - please let [...]

Mars Close Up

Posted by gargi on 25 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

A pic from Mars, with a high res camera ……
Space the final frontier …….

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Falling for the Same Trick Twice

Posted by gargi on 24 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: India, Politics

Sonai Gandhi pulls it off the second time around, and comes out smelling of roses. Forget what the political commentators say - talk to the rickshawalla and dukanwalla and the bai.This gives the family a great opportunity to leave Delhi and camp in UP. And by the way if 44 odd MP’s have to [...]

Zero Sum Game

Posted by gargi on 23 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: India, Politics

Everytime the Congress hands the BJP an advantage, the BJP reciprocates in kind. Between The Congress’ bungliing in many cases has been countered by the BJP’s foot in mouth and auto canibalism problems. And then the focus on non issues - office for profit _ the Congress gifted this one to the rest - [...]

Where our Tax Money Goes….

Posted by gargi on 22 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: India, Media, TV

CAG indicts DD for wasting funds. and the litany of waste is shameful. Public Service Broadcasting does not mean loss making and boring television. Just look at the way the BBC has capitalised its content globally. Despite the headstart that DD has had in braodcasting, it has little saleable archive. Its sad - DD [...]

Dog didn’t Bite Man….

Posted by gargi on 21 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: Media

Anjelina Jolie & Brad Pitt didn’t get married.
There is a post on media and privacy and too many outlets for news brewing somewhere in my brain.

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Bachchan back at work….

Posted by gargi on 21 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: Media

As one Bachchan departs from the Parliament, the other Bachchan - Big B - returns to work on the shoot floor. I must admit that i have been missing his presence on the idiot box. What ever said and done, the man lights up the screen, and still manages to touch a chord with [...]

Meow …

Posted by gargi on 19 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: And Finally ...

Outlook on the worst dressed Indians - Amisha Patel
Her case of disproportionate assets shows no improvement. And her Barbie-in-boots look only makes it worse.
Ahem, the photo is worse than the comment And in the same issue the Goebbels Brazen Blitzkrieg Bronze awared to Arindham Choudhari for:
For inundating the media with self-reverential and [...]

Flying High

Posted by gargi on 18 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: India

The last time I was at Lohegaon - the IAF base - a few of years ago,it was for a project (a show). At that time i interacted with a lot of pilots from the IAF. They seemed to be some of the least sexist people that i have ever met in my professional life. [...]

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