The Thirty Day Project – day 14 – Reading Dr Ambedkar
July 19, 2011Penguin had brought out an entire series of books last year (14 to be precise) to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Indian Republic. Called Words of Freedom – Ideas of a Nation – the series covers a number of luminaries who…
The Thirty Day Project – Day 13 – Comics
July 18, 2011As a kid I used to wait for Mondays. That’s because my father used to come home with comics in his briefcase. Indrajal comics – The Phantom, Mandrake, Flash Gordan and Bahadur. Then there were Amar Chitra Katha – stories of history…
The Thirty Day Project – Day 12 – Mumbai’s tipping point
July 17, 2011it has been a strange sort of a weekend. raining almost non stop since the day of the blasts. The roads are tattered. Parts of the highway look as though they have been gouged out. I was in Bandra – yesterday and…
The Thirty Day Project – Day 11
July 17, 2011And on Day 11 – i rested. slept the sleep of the exhausted. and, met up with friends in the evening …. conversations, laughter and bonhomie Sometimes you need a day of sharing – to make you feel good about life again 😀…
The Thirty Day Project – Day 10
July 16, 2011Yesterday was a strange day. a Good day but a strange day. Morning was lectures at Sophia’s…interactions this term is on “Features & Opinions” and yesterday’s scheduled activity was film viewing. I had a list of serious documentaries to show them, but…
The Thirty Day Project – Day 9 – The Day after the Blasts
July 14, 2011It rained today. All day. Heavy uninterrupted rains. Almost like the skies were weeping for Mumbai and her dead. I almost didn’t feel like going into work. The blasts yesterday. The rains today. The overwhelming feeling was that of despondency. Plus i…
The Thirty Day Project – Day 8 – The Day of the Blasts
July 13, 2011I was at JKD’s place. A visit long pending – she had fallen down a month ago. hurt her knee very badly. Ended up getting operated. We were generally chatting and catching up on films, life and other things when the call…
The Thirty Day Project – Day 7
July 12, 2011Today was better than yesterday … 😀 thank fully .. It was the folks 46th wedding anniversary. At times i look at them kootchi cooing like teenagers, at others they scrap like newly weds. there are some nice black and white pics…
Media in India – Who Watches the Watchdogs ?
July 12, 2011As a media professional and a media watcher – i can’t help but be deeply disappointed & disillusioned by the conduct of the media over the last 5+ years. It is almost as though they have collectively sold out. that disillusionment became anger with…