Longing for a Break
March 12, 2008Since the new year, I haven't managed to take a weekend off… Lonavala seems like such a long time ago, that most of my memories are in black and white …. Here is the path near my house leading to the hills… …
Month: March 2008
My Grandmom
March 10, 2008grandmom Originally uploaded by jcalamur1606 Married at 14, widowed at 45 … she is now close to 85… . Full of curiosity and a zest for living (as opposed to life). An unshakable faith in God — that has kept her going…
Excerpts – Annihilation of Caste 2
March 7, 2008On the eve of [tag]Maha Shivratri[/tag] a great victory was won. Devotees, backed by the state and other institutions, ensured that the right to pray the way you want to, in the language that you understand, in the manner that you choose…
Excerpts – Annihilation of Caste
March 5, 2008I am currently re readingDr.Babasaheb Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste – It is a thin little well thumbed, book – actually a speech that is published in a book form. It This is a book that every Indian ought to read…I read this…
More Parliament News…
March 4, 2008… says the Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee , while speaking to journalists "I am not saying that media does not give space to our news. But they should give more news. Parliament forms laws to govern the state, they think about the future…
ROTFL….
March 3, 2008This from the Economic Times Entertainment News Making his debut in films, [tag]Samajwadi Party[/tag] General Secretary [tag]Amar Singh[/tag] will star in a Bengali movie, which also stars close family friend and Bollywood actress [tag]Jaya Bachchan[/tag]. Singh will play the role of a…