Archive for September, 2006

Take Home Wife

Posted by gargi on 19 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: India, Media, TV

Tellychakkar profiling Parakh Madan - the lead of Star One’s new show Saathi Re
, “I play a girl next door- simple, calm, mature and docile who belongs to a Gujarati family. She’s an ideal take-home bahu who respects her family. She all about what girls should be like.
Take home as opposed to what - the [...]

Scoring an Own Goal

Posted by gargi on 19 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

With defenders like this, Islam does not need any enemies!
The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organisation of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, issued a statement on a web forum saying the pontiff and the west were “doomed”. The message, the authenticity of which could not be immediately verified, said: “We shall [...]

People in Glass Houses……

Posted by gargi on 17 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

I have been following Pope Benedict utterances on Islam in various media. His seeming endorsement of the view that Islam spread through the sword, had some of us across the world choking with anger, many of us choking with the sheer embarassment of a Head of State being an utter idiot, and some others [...]

Worth Watching - Brief History of Disbelief

Posted by gargi on 14 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: TV

This series is about the disappearance of something - religious faith. Its the story of what is often referred to as athiesm - the history of the growing convinction that God does not exist….

Thus begins the 3 part BBC series - the Brief History of Disbelief. Worth watching.
Its’ primarily the story of disbelief in a [...]

Joys of World Space

Posted by gargi on 08 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Media

SK gifted me a World Space for my last birthday - and it is probably one of the best gifts i have ever received.
Right now, am listening to Radio Gandharva’s - the Hindustani Classical Music Channels’ tribute to a classical Asha Bhonsle. Some superb stuff. Yesterday was an incredible recording from Kumar Gandharva. And a [...]

A Glorious Day

Posted by gargi on 07 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: India

There are few days in Mumbai like this, when the skies are blue and cloudless - and the suns shimmers through (as opposed to blazes down) on us. Today was one such day. Great Day and a great full moon And this a cloud free moon rise.

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Street Scenes

Posted by gargi on 06 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: And Finally ..., Diary

I photograph a lot while commuting - anything that catches my eye. Here are some from the daily commute

children playing on the street. My car was stuck at the signal and these were like a few feet away. And they seemed to be having a ball.

This was again at the traffic signal - somewhere near [...]