MIDI Music
A long time ago I had collected some Indian tunes (there’s also one from across the western border) in the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) format. Thought of passing them…Continue Reading →
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.10
Wanted to post this yesterday but halfway through the posting process the SMPS of my assembled machine conked off. Replaced…
In Memory of Mr. Mukherjee
Aashiq Aashirwad Abhimaan Achha Bura Alaap Anand AnariAnupama Anuradha Arjun Pandit Asli-Naqli Bawarchi Bemisal Biwi Aur Makaan Buddha Mil Gaya…
My First Portable Digital Audio Player and a Review Thereof
I wanted to be a copywriter, but my first full-time job was of a copyeditor and now am a concoction of a reporter, subeditor, photographer, researcher and an occasional webmaster.…Continue Reading →
Bhopal Expressed
Bhopal usually reminds us Indians of two things. The first, the world’s worst industrial disaster – the deadly cloud of…
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.09
[Click on images for a bigger view] Pan Am Amco Batteries (Amco Batteries Ltd., Bangalore) Bird-Heilgers Group of Companies De…
Toxic Texts
We usually are under the impression that our elected representatives are a bunch of sly uneducated sycophants. The first and the last qualifications are usually undebatable, but the in-between is…Continue Reading →
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.08
[Click on images for a bigger view] Mysore Sandal Soap (The Mysore Government Soap Factory, Bangalore) Mysore Government Silks (Mysore…
Jantar Mantar – The Chanting Instrument
Between 1727 and 1734 Maharajah Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed five astronomical observatories in west central India. The observatories,…
The Parsis – An Incredible People
The following is just a partial list of prominent Parsis of Indian origin. For a population of 69,601 (33,949 males and 35,652 females) according to the 2001 census they are…Continue Reading →
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.07
[Click on images for a bigger view] Mafatlal Group Suitings Phosfomin (Sarabhai Chemicals) Waterbury’s Compound Surf (A Hindustan Lever Product)…
The Shifting Castes of Indian Scribes
Was reading a old Times of India article (December 8, 1996) by Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar – one of the…
