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May 14, 2008Stuff that made me – in no particular order – think, chortle, smirk, snigger , nod my head wisely. I shan’t identify which is what …coz it will be fun a year later to figure 🙂 a) Vatican Astronomers say that God…
A Visit to the Market
May 12, 2008About a year ago we decided not to buy any food or toiletries at the mall. My folks were fairly clear that the reason to stop was a) the quality – especially on dal and rice, my mom kept cribbing. b) the…
Summertime….
May 9, 2008Sarah Vaughn in the classic Summertime, from Porgy & Bess. Summer is here… and there is no escaping from the heat in [tag]Mumbai[/tag]. In fact, Mumbai, with its heavy dose of humidity this year feels terribly like [tag]Chennai[/tag]. And, since I am…
Who Eats What and Where !
May 5, 2008The day after news channels and politicians got their combined knickers in a twist about George Bush’s comments on India’s food consumption contributing to rising prices some interesting stats : Figures released by the US Department of Agriculture for 2007 say each…
Manna De – Happy Birthday
May 4, 2008Manna De The 1950’s and 1960’s possibly had the best in terms of musical talent in the Hindi Film Industry. The kind of music that was created was superlative by any standards. And, there was choice – there was classical, rock, jazz,…
Withered….
May 2, 2008Like most inhabitants of Mumbai, I too have a window garden. Every so often I go to Kalina and pick up plants at the nursery … and when the flowers grow, I move them to the house in Lonavala. This is the…
Excerpts – Annihilation of Caste 4
May 1, 2008[tag]Dr.B.R.Ambedkar[/tag] in the Annihilation of Caste, 1935 The effect of caste on the ethics of the Hindus is simply deplorable. Caste has killed public spirit. Caste has destroyed the sense of public charity. Caste has made public opinion impossible. A Hindu's public…
New Camera, Old Model
April 28, 2008The 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…
Succumbed
April 27, 2008After much cogitating, ruminating and surveying … i got the Oympus E 510, today. Now I have to get used to it !
Front Page Retractions ….
April 18, 2008…. 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,…