Observations
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Bliss – Dil Indeed Dance Maare Re
It has always been my dream to make a song like this. Write it, get someone to put the song to music and shoot it. But I’m glad one among Piyush Mishra, Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt Guptan or Kausar Munir(from what I gather, Vishal it is) wrote a masterpiece like this and Vishal-Shekhar gave such Continue reading
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Learning For The Day – Rukmini Devi Arundale
Till today, in fact a few hours before this post, I was unaware of the existence of Rukmini Devi Arundale. Funny earlier and it’s a life fact now that, as one discovers and comes across more things unknown, it appears one knows a lot lesser than what was thought earlier. That’s the joy of discovery Continue reading
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23 And Me
Damn you, Anne Wojcicki. And you think you can do it just because you are the wife of Google’s co-founder? I’ve been thinking of 23andme as the title of a blog post on my 23rd birthday for the last 28 years. And then Anne Wojcicki comes out of nowhere and names the genetic thing 23andme. Continue reading
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The State Of Indian Politics – Post Gujarat Elections
The state for now is definitely Gujarat. Much has been said, written, heard, spewed, vomited, acted, faked, dramtised before, during and after the elections in Gujarat. There was never any doubt about Narendra Modi’s victory in Gujarat. Perhaps what was to be keenly watched during this election was Modi’s victory margin, in Maninagar constituency where Continue reading
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To Ms. Suhasini Haider, Senior Anchor and Correspondent, CNN-IBN
Dear Ms. Suhasini Haider, Warm greetings. I’m writing to you regarding comments made by you during the night bulletin you were presenting on CNN-IBN on Dec 6, 2007. At the outset, let me share something with you, which hopefully, you will be glad to know. A lot of young people in this country watch you Continue reading
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To Mr. Meghdoot Sharon, Correspondent, CNN-IBN
Dear Mr. Meghdoot Sharon, Warm Greetings. I’m writing to you regarding your article headlined BJP makes bachelor CM its ladies’ man in Guj on IBNlive.com on Dec 3, 2007. While I understand that Mr. Rajdeep Sardesai is your boss and you might feeling honoured to work with an intellectual like him, it doesn’t necessarily mean Continue reading
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The Head And Tail Of It Or The Problem With Probability
I was tossing what seemed like a totally biased five rupee coin to decide the outcome of something. Heads was Yes and tails was No. And in that five throws experiment, tails turned up each time. Was I then fighting against odds, literally? Continue reading
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No Hyphen No Fun
Hyphens, are were fun. Sad, they’ve killed some 16,000 of them. That’s leap-frogging leapfrogging into the past. Huh. Perhaps CNN-IBN themselves(now, this one is with the hyphen) could definitely pick up a thing and a quarter from here. Continue reading
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Filmosophy
Apart from those well spent 2-3 hours, one of the best things about watching movies is that one discovers interesting connections between the characters in the movie philosophers. In A Fish Called Wanda, Otto‘s favourite philosopher is Nietzsche. In Little Miss Sunshine, Frank is America’s Number 1 Proust scholar. [Marcel Proust] And Dwyane is shown Continue reading
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The North Karnataka Trip – II
The earlier part of the series here. Snapshots of a typical village and village life in North Karnataka This is Korwar, a village in Bijapur district in North Karnataka, well-known for its Hanuman Temple. The temple tower in the background. And the dish antenna in front! Scott would find this very interesting, I’m sure. The Continue reading
Nikhil Kulkarni 