You hear reports of assault, and you hear them, and you hear them again. And your ears burn. It’s the oft-repeated story. Last New Year. Last year. This year. Next year. Every day of every year. Every second of every minute of every day of every year. Minor things, they say. Harmless. After all, boys […]
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Music on my jukebox
Lots of new films coming up, and lots of new music too. Johhny Gaddar has 2 very good numbers, my favorite being the title track “Johnny Gaddar”. The other number by Hard Kaur is also very good. Then there is “Jab we met” and it’s peppy music. I really like “Yeh Ishq hai”, although it […]
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Nowdays I’m kinda slow on the writing but fast on the reading. So here are some links. First, an excellent article by Tavleen Singh : An incomplete tryst with democracy. Next an article on eve-teasing and harassment from India Together : Fighting Eve-teasing. Thirdly, an article by Kalpana Sharma for the Hindu (also posted on […]
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Let’s face it – SRK’s not a real handsome man. Sure, he has charisma oozing from every possible pore, but handsome – no I don’t think so. Now, with all the hype from OSO comes his 6-pack chest, which Farah reveals at every possible opportunity in the film. I mean 6 packs are good and […]
Read the rest of this entry »The middle name tag
OK, tagged by S. The rules are as follows : 1.You must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name.2.If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.3. At the end of your blog post, you need […]
Read the rest of this entry »Poetry mid-week
It’s been a while since I blogged here. Now that I look at the date, more than a month. Ah, well ! You think you’ll write and you don’t. I see a nice post developing developing in my head, and somehow, never get down to putting it down in firm words. It just sort of […]
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This gem by Jane Kenyon : No, happiness is the uncle you neverknew about, who flies a single-engine planeonto the grassy landing strip, hitchhikesinto town, and inquires at every dooruntil he finds you asleep midafternoonas you so often are during the unmercifulhours of your despair.Entire poem here . Via a link from India Uncut.
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This time with my relatives from India, my parents sent along this lovely box of Dhoda. Now Dhoda, if you’ve never had it, is like milk-cake but richer (if that’s possible). Sometimes I break away little pieces and warm them in the microwave, and warmed over, this little dhoda piece is sort of floating in […]
Read the rest of this entry »My Top Ten Songs of the week
And they are : 10. Kehta hai Baabul (the Amitabh-sung version from Baabul)9. Jaage hain (Guru)8. Tere bina (Guru)7. Karle karle (KBC Title Song)6. Halke Halke (Honeymoon Travels)5. Dil kya kare (Salaam-e-ishq)4. Dilli (Delhi Heights)3. Sach huyi (I see you)2. Sajnaji vaari vaari (Honeymoon travels)1. Tere bin (Delhi Heights) The #1 song, “Tere Bin” is […]
Read the rest of this entry »More from Nora Ephron
This is part II of this post. Some more excerpts from “Heartburn” – what Rachel Samstat thinks about stuff : Describing her husband Mark – He has a black beard , but the part of it that’s on the left side of his chin has a little white stripe in it, where the skin underneath […]
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