Debt v/s Debit
March 31, 2010The kind of stuff that makes you choke over your breakfast. This from the world’s most read English Language Newspaper.
Month: March 2010
Mumbai – a different view
March 28, 2010Behind all the chrome and glass, the highrises and the slums, the malls and the flyovers – it is easy to forget that Mumbai started life as a set of fishing villages. Many of those exist even today. It is almost as…
Newtertainment or Kaun Banega News Idol ?
March 24, 2010And, finally that day has arrived …. the day we were all waiting for with bated breath. The day entertainment and news jointly mutated to become a completely different entity … newtertainment, perhaps ? As the name suggest Newtertainment , a term…
IIT = ITI – the world according to ToI
March 22, 2010The world’s largest advertising carrier in today’s Chennai edition : To copy editors at ToI, repeat slowly IIT – Indian Institute of Technology – elite, academic institutes that offer..bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, management and other disciplines. The…
Jhing Chik Jhing – The Awards So Far…..
March 21, 2010Last night at a star studded event at Bhaidas Hall, Vile Parle, Mumbai – the 10th Maharashtra Times MaTa Sanman Awards were held. Cogito’s film Jhing Chik Jhing – was nominated in two categories for 3 awards – best child star (s)…
The Idea of India being Whittled Away
March 19, 2010This From Today’s ToI If the state government has its way, it won’t be possible for students to dream of a seat in a professional degree course merely because they have been born in Maharashtra or because they have passed their Std…
Mumbai – Apollo Bunder
March 16, 2010A frame filled with History On the right is the “Gateway of India” – built to welcome King George the V – at the height of power of the British Raj. It also marked the point from which the last British troops…
Problem with Labels – Right, Left, Liberal etal
March 14, 2010I spent 90 odd minutes today debating – “challenging Left Liberalism” on the offstumped community portal I am pretty much a Liberal centrist moderate who has a 10 degree oscillation on issues to the left and right. There are policy issues on…
Debating Left Liberalism
March 14, 2010My mother told me, a long time ago, never to debate religion or politics with strangers. i am breaking that rule tonight! there is a panel discussion (more like panel typing) on “Challenging Left Liberalism” . It is being ‘held’ at the…
In Memorium – 12/3 Bombay Blasts
March 12, 2010March 12th 1993. A time when Mumbai was still Bombay. Lokhandwalla was a set of buildings in progress, where gangs regularly went to war. Where In Orbit & Hypercity Malad were rubbish dumps, when the expressway didn’t exist, when Asiatic and Akbarally’s…