Ganesh Utsav
August 27, 2006Saturday, Ganesh Temple, Prabhadevi – on route to college. That day we were favoured with blue skies – haven’t seen blue in the sky for so long. Today is the start of Ganpati – a 9 day long festivity dedicated to the…
Month: August 2006
Hell Is…
August 26, 2006…. being stuck between Andheri (West) and Andheri (E) for an hour in a rickshaw that is playing back to back remixed Himesh Reshamiya. Heller (as a superlative of hell) is not being able to get “O meri Zora Zabeen…”, as sung…
The Ax Effect
August 24, 2006So we can watch U & U/A, but not A, on our Television sets. Hurrah!!! The Ax(e) has fallen on the next quarters revenue targets for movie channels across the board. While everyone is mourning the loss of "Freedom of Expression" let…
On Teaching at Sophia’s
August 23, 20063 days a week, 3 hours at a go, for the last three years – I have been teaching students at [tag]Sophia College[/tag], [tag]Mumbai[/tag],the basics of media. I enjoy it. Looking at theories of media over a decade after i studied it…
Blank Out
August 22, 2006Last night millions of homes in Mumbai had their first conversation in ages. The reason, television channels were blanked out by cable operators. The reason, Cable operators were protesting against police raids following a High Court Order in December to restrain cable…
Blind Faith
August 21, 2006Hot on the heels of people turning up in thousands to drink the sea water (turned sweet) at Mahim creek, comes the story of a whole bunch of temples in MP having idols that turned into milk guzzlers. What was a fairly…
Break Time
August 17, 2006One of the great features about the [tag]Sony DSC H2[/tag] is the menu option to shoot in sepia or in black and white. It actually makes a huge difference shooting in that option, and shooting in colour and processing it later with…
The Sanitization of Rahul Mahajan
August 13, 2006There is something very disturbing about media houses falling over each other to sanitize the image of [tag]Rahul Mahajan[/tag]. For someone who indulged in an orgy of excesses, with his father’s urn lying in the next room, and who ended up in…
Rules of Work Life
August 9, 2006One of the key rules of working life is that you better mark your attendance. If you don’t regularyturn up for work, a) your don’t get paid, and if your absence is chronic, b) you get sacked It is some thing that…
Cabbage Quotes
August 6, 2006An idealist : An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup." – H.L. Mencken This reminds me so much of the left front in India. Brevity The…