Happy Birthday Asha Bhosle
September 8, 2009Asha Bhosle is like good wine. she has gotten better with age 🙂 And today on her birthday – here are some of the songs that i would take away with me to a desert island ! The list is in, more…
Category: India
Inspirations – Khalil Gibran
September 5, 2009(Inspirations – a series that is reproduction of interesting speeches and writings. It is not about a writer’s block – i keep battling those – but more because these are readings / writings that inspired me at a certain point in life…
The BJP fascination with Jinnah – not surprising
August 24, 2009I am, on most days, a centrist moderate who has a 10 degree oscillation on issues to the left and right. I believe in a safety net, i believe in strong national security. I believe in inclusive politics and I believe in…
Manufacturing News, if not Consent !
August 19, 2009The person i feel sorriest for in 24 hour news channels is the Sound Recordist. Having to hear our esteemed ‘news anchors’ screech their way through various issues – must deafen the strongest of ear drums. Of all the news channels, there…
24 Hour Infomercials ?
August 17, 2009At first, when my nani called me up to tell me that SRK was arrested in the USA – I thought that they had sent him to Gitmo ! Then i realised it was a 2 hour stop at the airport. I…
If Music Be the Soul of India – Play On -v3
August 15, 2009Again a piece of Lazy Blogging- here is something adapted from a post I did last year on the Idea of India – through songs. I had earlier posted a version of this post on Blogbharti, as a part of the spotlight…
Markets
August 11, 2009Confession Time. I don’t like buying food – especially vegetables – in malls. Never have. I find their sanitized organization scary. Even when I stayed in London, I would trudge down to the local market and pick up fresh veggies from the…
Classical Kishore Kumar
August 6, 2009Lazy blogging. Yesterday, was Kishore Kumar’s birthday. and, i thought i will re-cycle last year’s post on classical Kishore- (origianl post August 16th 2008) Kishore Kumar was a genius. And, it was his birthday about 10 days ago (4th August) yesterday ….
Judicial Sense
August 1, 2009Delhi High Court on 2 PIL’s against Star TV’s show – Sach Ka Samna “In this land of Gandhi, it appears that nobody follows Gandhi… Follow the Gandhian principle of ‘see no evil’. Why do you not simply switch off the TV?…