Hasan gives you three reasons to watch it:
There are three reasons why you must catch Love Aaj Kal ASAP – dialogues, performances and music. Imtiaz Ali’s tale of love, then and now is a light hearted and refreshing watch.
Veteran reviewer Meetu can see it over and over again:
If you think you are game for a [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Jeevan goes to Jog falls and brings us his enchanting experience. Of course it’s accompanied by enviable photos which you can see on his blog.
I am short of words explaining the beauty and grandeur with which river Sharavati, which is overflowing, falls from a distant height. It splits it self into different regimes which has [...]
Jai Iyer is drawing autorickshaws and they are fun. If you are from Bangalore you will probably identify with it a little bit more.
Via Arun
On the cusp of change
Published by July 28th, 2009 in Culture, Media, Prejudice and Society. 1 CommentIndian society, everyone seems to proclaim, is on the cusp of change. So Bradhi talks about the recent “debates” over the show, “Sach ka saamna”:
I request our ‘progressive’ media doyens to stop issuing money in the show so as to teach the moral policing backward, idiotic voices. After all every one is for admitting [...]
The story of Thathri
Published by July 26th, 2009 in Caste, Gender & Sexuality and Society. 0 CommentsPritish Nandy in a recent article in Times of India calls Indian anime porn star Savita Bhabhi as a symbol of Indian women’s liberation. But you don’t need to dig into comics to find a woman who used her sexuality to fight against an unjust system and oppression. Maddy tells the story of Kuriyedathu Thathri [...]
The guide handed me a torch and we walked down some wooden steps spying a couple of rock wallabies on the way. The tubes were wide. We walked about 50 yards inside one before we came to what looked like the end. In actual fact, the tube continued on but downwards. The lava probably flowed [...]
Libby goes eating Biryani in Aminabad, Lucknow.
So the other night I went out with my guest house homies, Sanchit and Takashi in search of some delicious Biryani. We found it at this place, Bismillah, which is located right next to Tunday Kabob. (”Bismillah” is the phrase in Islam which you’re supposed to say right before [...]
Suyog has put together a list of places he wants to visit in the next ten years. And you almost feel yourself floating around with his thoughts in the post:
I’d like to finish up Greece by visiting Corfu, Rhodes and Crete islands. Might as well jump into Turkey and spend time there in Istanbul or [...]
Chef Manish talks about Bundelkhandi Cuisine on his blog.
Researching the Bundelkhandi cuisine was a daunting task, considering that it was hidden behind years of tribal culture. Unfortunately, though different aspects of Madhya Pradesh tourism such as Khajuraho, which is famous for temples, make it to almost all tourism books and guided tours, there is not [...]
Murali Venkatraman celebrates 30 years of the movie Sankarabharanam with a series of cover songs from the movie, which he has sung with his friends. The first song in the series is a E teeruga, sung by Murali and Meera.
For our country that has had many regional problems because of languages, music has often provided [...]
Rocksea has wonderful photos of street musicians in Italy. See the full collection here.
A boy playing El Choclo on Violin, before the museum Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy, where the statue of Michelangelo’s David is kept. El Choclo is a popular song/tango written by Angel G. Villoldo, an Argentine musician.
I managed to capture the Pride moments at Bhubaneshwar this year and it was more of revisiting the first event at Bangalore last year. People giggled after the first few shouts of “Section 377 hai hai and Section 377 bye bye”, but there was no stopping them once they tasted the success of their own [...]
Please join me in welcoming Manasa, our newest contributor. She is an active blogger at http://manasadreamz.blogspot.com where she posts some personal tit-bits. She is also a budding photographer. Check out her pics at http://colorful-moments.blogspot.com/. Here is a sample:
Call for Entries
Published by July 21st, 2009 in Announcement, Books, Fiction, Literature and Poetry. 0 CommentsEntries are invited from young poets in India writing in English for the inaugural
Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize.
The Prize was instituted by the Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust to recognize excellence in poetry written in English and is being administered jointly by the Department of English, University of Hyderabad. The prize consisting of a cash award of [...]
Stop Homophobia
Published by July 21st, 2009 in Human Rights, LGBT, Prejudice, Society and Violence. 0 CommentsSam talks about the new face of Indian homophobia:
We condemned Aussies when they unleashed racial attacks on Indians. We gasped in horror when we saw how inhumanely the assailers had brought injuries on the victims. Now what do we have to say when Indians themselves are proving that they are no different from those Aussie [...]
Rains, electricity failure and darkness. Shruti creates a poetry out of it.
Dark night. Wet, eerie, lonely. Rains lashing. Rains have always scared me.
They wash away with uncaring force- earth, shelter, lives.
I’m indoors, safe. Doors shut. Windows too.
What’s in remains in. What’s out, out.
I don’t think I’ll ever have courage to travel solo like Scout.
What followed is hazy, but I remember a game of pool, I remember two of the boys stealing a ring and a bracelet for me from one of the unattended stalls and I definitely remember beer. After the match ended, we went to one [...]
Priyank goes hitchhiking in Bhutan-
On the last day, I was left only with Rs. 500 (~$11) and all the buses from Paro to Phuentsholing (border town) were fully booked 2 days in advance. The only option left was to take a taxi, which would cost Rs. 450-500. My buddy was in a slightly better position, [...]
Sunil Koshy makes a musical offering in his music blog. Go ahead and listen to Muskurao Tum To Mausam, an original song by him.
Satie has a collection of beautiful and I mean really beautiful collection of pictures at his site. His bird pictures (the feathered variety) are truly amazing.
The Girl from Ipanema is – in a relationship, I mean. And she narrates it wonderfully. Do read:
Yeah..there’s a certain freedom to that chaos..but there’s more to life than that freedom and unfettered independence…and I think I’m beginning to appreciate that all over again. That, and the chocolates. And someone to enjoy my cooking. And [...]
More on that Last Stand of Gandhi Photo
Published by July 14th, 2009 in India and Photography. 0 CommentsThis “rare photo” has been doing the rounds on the Internet..
Seems it’s not for real. It’s taken from the movie “9 Hours to Rama“.
More at the Blindboys blog (via Akshay on Twitter)
Mayawati statues
Published by July 12th, 2009 in Caste, Dalit, Development, Economy, Government, India and Politics. 7 CommentsWhile Ranjeet ‘praises’ Mayawati for installing statues in UP and has some more suggestions for her,
1) You also remove existing statues of un-important people like Gandhiji etc and install your own huge ones (I mean statues) there.
2) Why not also introduce an entire chapter in the history books of school children dedicated to you?
Aditi Phadnis [...]
Power Cuts in Delhi and the Call Centers
Published by July 8th, 2009 in Business, India and Society. 2 CommentsTarun blogs about his experience of dealing with BSES call center in the dead of the night due to a power cut.
There must have being few more, but I don’t remember them. After last call, I tried them for another 1 hour, that is, till 4 am; all I got is same answer. After [...]
Audio India is publishing a series of interviews with music bloggers- in the first post, Jo interviews Murali Venkatraman:
You were among the very first few people from India who started music blogging. Can you write about how it has helped you compared to your musical life before music blogging?
The most beautiful aspects of a music [...]
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