In Praise of the Present President
Sudheendra Kulkarni shares this heartening anecdote about the outgoing President APJ Abdul Kalam in his column in The Sunday Express: Here is an example of how his deeds matched his…Continue Reading →
Pratibha Patil, the Precedent
Shekhar Gupta (as always) puts forward an articulated argument why Pratibha Patil is not the right choice for President in…
Hunt on for India's Mr Condom
Dwaipayan sent me this: Legendary Thai senator Mechai Viravaidya, who single-handedly crafted Thailand’s success story against AIDS, has inspired India…
Pratibha Patil: Who, Why?
You can call me politically ignorant, but the headline of this post was my first reaction on reading the ‘Breaking News’ scrolling on my office PC. The second thought that…Continue Reading →
Nataraj Phir Champion
I’m sure most of my generation who had watched the TVC version of this Nataraj Pencils print ad would still…
Isspecial Cutting Chai – May 2007
One of the high points of our post-school discussions (besides cricket and girls) was about which song was lifted from…
Eight truths and an untruth
A tag came my way from the girl from South of the Border, West of the Sun. It asks me to say nine things about me, one of which is…Continue Reading →
The Big B Makes His Debut
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas’ Saat Hindustani might not be the most watched of Indian films, but it marked the beginning of…
A Song for Shillong
The reasons for us to watch Jag Mundhra’s films during school and early college years were obvious. Now when his…
Mile Sur Mera Tumhara (with Subtitles and Credits)
One of the more popular posts on this blog is Euphony from the Yesteryears, where I had compiled a list of songs (with download links) from Doordarshan programmes that we…Continue Reading →
Condoms for Desi Porn Watchers
A year after a programme was launched to sell condoms at theatres showing porn films in India, health officials say…
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