I returned to my blog exactly after a year yesterday, and it left me with mixed feelings. I started my blog with the explicit purpose of express my thoughts aloud, but lost the thread somehow. In the last year, there have been many times that I started writing, or I wanted to write about something,... Continue Reading →
Enjoying Fusion
I am a purist, a traditionalist – in lot of ways. And, especially when it comes to music. I am drawn towards Indian Classical Music though Bollywood music gets its due share. The beginning of the New Year, I got a promotional email sent by one of the sites I subscribe to for a fusion... Continue Reading →
The Sound of Music
Yesterday night as I was surfing through the TV channels, the remote stopped at a music channel that was showing old Hindi film songs. And I was transported to the past – bringing alive myriad memories which had somehow gotten lost in the present stressful life. Some songs transported me to peaceful long summer holidays,... Continue Reading →
Manganiyar Folk Seduction
An audio and visual seduction – by Manganiyars – a hitherto unknown group of musicians from Rajasthan - the show aptly named Manganiyar Seduction. And the setting perfect – against the backdrop of Purana Qila – just the beginning of winter season, slight chill as you walked inside the gates for an open air performance.... Continue Reading →
Nature’s Fury or Beauty
One day, while I was travelling back home from office, I was awed by the kaleidoscope of clouds on NH8. Dense clouds that seemed to land on the highway, sky in various hues of grey and white, the buildings on either side of the highway had an eerie colour of blue and grey. As we... Continue Reading →
Shadow of the clouds
How often did our answers in social studies/ geography in school started with – “India is an agricultural country…”? And today in this mall-infested culture and service industry syndrome, we have all but forgotten this little general knowledge info that India is the 2nd largest country in terms of farm produce and still employs 52%... Continue Reading →
Lost and Found
Front page news headline few days back in all leading newspapers – Lost and found: Rahul Gandhi’s mobile phone. Amidst all the news on honour killings, Maoists attacks, deaths in Kashmir, drought and flood in various parts of the country – this story found its way on the front page. And only because the owner... Continue Reading →
Homemade luxury vs readymade convenience
10 years back when I made the journey from Banaras to Bombay, the cultural shock I experienced was not only in the way the city was, but in small little things as well. Things like the snacks at home or the woolen clothes… Sounds strange to lot many people, but the way of world sounded... Continue Reading →
Epics retold
In the age when TV had still not come to every house and there were hardly any movies for children and computers were still long time away from the Indian shores, there grew a generation on mythological stories either told by the grand-parents or through Amar Chitra Kathas. If one had the luxurious life of... Continue Reading →
A lesson in marketing
Long before the McDonalds and Pizza Hut came to India, Delhi had already witnessed a fast-food revolution through the famous south Indian chain - Sagar Ratna. And its owner, Jayaram Banan can still be seen everyday at his Defence Colony Branch. Though one sees him every day greeting his regular patrons by name, it was... Continue Reading →
First Words
This is not about re-living my life or reminiscing my experiences ... this is about letting my thoughts come out. Letting me talk about things in general, to talk about 1000 things around me, under this sky or around the world that I have a view on. And believe me, I have A view on... Continue Reading →