Aditi is pretty pissed off with the hypocrisy among the politicians while condemning racial discrimination in the Shilpa Shetty case
Help me out here, this isnt racial discrimination but its the same thing. When one section of society in majority refuses to be tolerant of a minorities’ views be it on religion, race, color or [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Jo has this two part interview with a Christian priest, Dr. Fr. Paul Poorvathingal, who is also a Carnatic musician
“Music is the bridge between religions” – Says Dr. Fr. Paul Poovathingal CMI who has earned the name “singing priest”. Fr. Paul is a graduate in English and Psychology from Christ College, Bangalore. Though he [...]
Madhukar writes on the little remembered man who , as my grandmother used to say, “sent us to Hindustan in 1947″
Within these five weeks, he was given the momentous task of deciding on a boundary that, as one chronicle noted, will divide “more than 35 million people, thousands of villages, towns and cities, a unified [...]
Sudipta has this really hilarious piece about how he got back at the seniors who ragged him
Now as most of you will understand, there was suddenly a HUGE rush of everyone wanting to get their palms analysed. And I suddenly hit upon a great idea! Wounds from the ragging period were still fresh in [...]
”We’re actually ghosts,” our guide had told us the night before, “because we perform our own last rites before we become sadhus.” Our guide left his home at 18 and never went back. Today he’s doubled those years without any visible regrets. It’s as if he’s found his people in the sadhu samaj. “For us,” [...]
The Mad Momma writes, in two parts (Part 1 and Part 2) about moving her toddler out into his own nursery.
The Brat just sat there and refused to sleep. I peeped in through a crack and burst into tears because a lone figure in his pajamas just sat there quietly in the dark. Not crying, [...]
Bellur has put up a Music Quiz at his blog. Hop over and check out if you can identify the snaps of the musicians before someone else does!
Emma pays tribute to OP Nayyar.
Almost all his songs seemed to have been inspired by some western numbers, yet the modernity in his music was in perfect sync with the traditional Indian sounds. His localization is in fact is in top form in most of his numbers, giving them a distinct and identifiable individuality that [...]
BVN writes about Bal Thackerey’s recent “old threat”
Thackeray who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, made an emotional appeal to the Marathis saying there was a conspiracy to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra and it would not be “tolerated”.
Amitava Kumar recalls his association with Kamleshwar and the late writer’s insights.
Kamleshwar told me that he had written Kitney Pakistan (How Many Pakistans?) because “I had the iron in my soul. The process of Partition has been going on from time immemorial. In the process of making people more civilized, they have become more [...]
Rap writes the history of the world in 2142, and in the process solves both environmental problems and poverty. The future is bright !
And the market worked. For the first time in the history of humanity, the market really worked. It did not deceive people into thinking that it was working like in the Thatcher-Reagan [...]
“All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has called for giving up armed struggle to pave the way for fruitful negotiations for a lasting settlement of the Kashmir dispute.”
The Kashmir blog calls it a sell out, it says
“The Mirwaiz has already declared the failure of these methods in the past and the same [...]
Review: The IITs: Slumping or Soaring?
Published by January 30th, 2007 in Education and India. 0 CommentsAbi reviews Prof. Shashi K. Ghulati’s book on IITs
Sadly, Gulhati’s book fails in its chief task, which is an honest, realistic and coherent appraisal of the present state of India’s flagship institutions. It makes no effort to imagine multiple alternatives for the future of the IITs. It also makes no effort to convince us [...]
Pablo writes about the obsession with numbers, when it comes to talking about growth
Of course, all these funds, stocks and what not, just reflect one of the main problems of capitalism, as many people have written, the need for constant and bigger growth. That obsession with numbers so tipical; whether the GDP of India [...]
How I wish each word of the projection comes out true by 2050. Many readers may be around then to determine how much of it was realistic and how much was hog-wash. Of course, it is well known that war, natural calamities, epidemics like AIDs and political upheavals may upset the applecart. Nevertheless, I have [...]
The high cost of low cost airlines
Published by January 30th, 2007 in Business, India and Travel. 0 CommentsShankar writes about his experience with certain low cost airlines. He warns you to avoid them
People take flight to save time. These low cost carriers simply do not serve the purpose. From what I hear, this is not an isolated incident. Air Deccan has had their expertise in annoying passengers since their inception. The [...]
sebydesiolim writes about a village near Goa
Pisssurlem is actually covered in all sides either by the mining companies such as Chowgules, Salgaocars, Fomentos and Damodar Mangaljis. Sesa Goa is dumping it’s waste from the sonxi mines. Large tracks of land have also been aquired for the Pissurlem Industrial Estate. All this have led to, [...]
GPRamachandran talks about an email he received regarding the screening of the movie “Lal Salaam”
The film “Lal Salam” has not been allowed to be shown in Orissa because its story is supposed to be regarding maoist activities even though it has been produced by a professional film maker and certified by the Censor board. Cast [...]
‘The man who changed India’s political paradigm’
Published by January 30th, 2007 in Dalit, India and Politics. 0 CommentsFrom mouthing slogans like “Brahmin, Bania, Thakur Chor, Baki sab hum DS-4″ to ” Tilak, Taraazu aur talwar, maaro unko joothe char ” to the present day, “Brahma, vishnu aur mahesh, haathi nahin hain yeh ganesh”, the Bahujan Samaj Party and its precursor, Dalit Soshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti(DS-4) has come a very long way in [...]
Gobalakrishnan talks about his hero Maniratnam
Mani Ratnam, as the name says the Precious stone to the Indian Film Industry. He needs no introduction; all of us must have heard his name. He consistently chooses contemporary, pragmatic themes and complex plots as his story base line. His movies have got a national appeal. Each and every [...]
Suresh Kumar talks about his “relationship” with trains and the documentary on Indian Railways
Train journeys in ‘Second Class Sleeper’ reflect a very reasonable image about Indian life. Nothing is too bad, but you do to get to see the worst of it occasionally. People, facilities, everything would have a fair mix of what India [...]
Kollywood4you says that Nandita Das wants to try out movie direction
Her first tryst with film-making was with a 30-minute documentary titled Imprint on Clays, on Gursharan Singh, India’s first blue pottery maker. Now, Nandita wants to make a feature film as well. Apart from that, another ultimate aim of the talented artiste is to [...]
Vikram Karve talks about the art of loafing and the happiness it brings in
You can take my word for it, dear reader. There is nothing you’ll enjoy more than loafing. It is when you cease to do the things you have to do, and do the things you like to do, and you want [...]
Bombay Addict offers a complete checklist for BMC elections. He gives you information on how to vote and also gives links to find out the candidates in your ward. Check it out here. Remember that your vote is the most powerful weapon in a democracy. Please take some time to vote.
Adwait Deshpande points out to the existence of hypocrisy in the Indian society
On one hand, we rejoice the elections of Mr. Jindal as a representative of the people of Louisiana and support his candidature for the gubernatorial post and hailed the rise of new India when Mahendra Choudhary is elected PM of FIJI, these very [...]
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