The A to Z meme – films as soul food !
Shefaly has a meme up here, on the A to Z of films that she liked, and has very generously asked readers to ‘steal it’ – and i needed something light to blog about — i have overdosed on ‘soapbox’. in...
View ArticleThe Thirty Day Project – Day 19 – Reading
Strange sort of a Sunday. A domesticated sort of a Sunday. Can almost hear myself go Moo. I cooked – Pasta with tomato and veggie sauce. Something deeply therapeutic about assembling a dish from fresh...
View ArticleThe Thirty Day Project – Day 26 – Classical Rafi
Mohd. Rafi – In all the years that i have been blogging (my first ever blog post was in June 2003) – I have done a fair few posts on Hindi film music. But, there has been no post on Mohammed Rafi. It...
View Article60DP – Madan Mohan – some favorites
There is no special reason for this post – no birthday or death anniversary, except that a person I know and respect greatly asked me for one on Madan Mohan. And since, I do love Hindi music, and love...
View Article60DP – Shammi Kapoor – and God Created Man
This morning Shammi Kapoor passed away. My father was a huge fan of the actor. We grew up with music from his films. Later on when we got a Television – some time in 1985 – watching his films on...
View ArticleDNA Column : A Billion Plus Ideas of Idea
My column in @DNA last week My earliest memories are of growing up in Delhi, and going to school there. Amongst those memories was a line that a six-year-old had seared into her subconscious — tu kaali...
View ArticleDNA Column : The Eligibility of Language
An edited version of this appeared in the DNA last week What differentiates our species from the rest of the animal kingdom is, not just the use of words, sentences, grammar and syntax for...
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