Archive for April, 2008

New Camera, Old Model

Posted by gargi on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: And Finally ..., Diary, Doggy Tails, Photographs

The Dogess with a sense of humour albeit a warped one ! 

Lurking …. That's what she does best.
Yes she is gorgeous.  No, she is definitely not friendly. No, No, even if you are good with other dogs … she is still dangerous. Seriously. Not dangerous maybe…. just paranoid with a tendency to [...]

Succumbed

Posted by gargi on 27 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: And Finally ..., Diary

 
 After much cogitating, ruminating and surveying … i got the Oympus E 510, today. Now I have to get used to it ! 

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Front Page Retractions ….

Posted by gargi on 18 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: And Finally ..., India, Media, Print

…. are always fun (except for the newspaper concerned), but they take a life of their own when the newspaper masks the fact that it has been made an idiot, by taking the moral high ground….. 
What am I talking about…. well, it is about the famous Maliaka Arora and Arbaaz Khan break up reported in [...]

Salil Choudhary - the Melody Maker

Posted by gargi on 14 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Films, India, Music

Last week marked the 50th anniversary of one my favourite films of all times Madhumati. Directed by Bimal Roy and starring Dilip Kumar, Vyjantimala and Pran, Madhumati was the story of eternal love that cant' be separated by death. One of the key ingredients that has made this movie an all time favourite is the [...]

Bare…

Posted by gargi on 14 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: India, Photographs

One of my favorite trees in Lonavala … 

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Interesting Research

Posted by gargi on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Films, India, Media, TV

For the last 4 weeks or so we have been hard at work on our business plan. After 4 years of running our own business, it is time to get some cash infusion to do bigger and better things… Part of putting any business plan together is looking at shitloads of industry specific research [...]

Without Comment :)

Posted by gargi on 09 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: And Finally ...

This from the BBC:
The Simpsons has been dropped from morning TV in Venezuela after being deemed unsuitable for children - and has been replaced by Baywatch.

The world is a funny place :) 

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Passing on the Torch….

Posted by gargi on 09 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: India, Politics

… doesn't seem as simple as it was in early days. There is something about non violent protest and the power of a mighty state brought to bear against these protesters that seems to have got people who don't even know where Tibet is, to have an opinion on the Olympics, China, human rights and [...]

Summer is Here

Posted by gargi on 08 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Photographs

And How… it is blazing hot in Mumbai, the hills look brown and gold with heat and the flowers are blooming

Aah for a bout of Megh Malhar now….. 

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RIP - Chalrleston Heston

Posted by gargi on 07 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Passing On

The Arun Govil of Hollywood is no more. my dad got bleary eyed while seeing the news. Someone else called up from Chennai to talk about 'the death of Moses'
 He was one of the first Hollywood Actors that i saw on the big screen. There was this film called Earthquake and someone in school (it [...]

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