Necessary Looking

Launched on Nov 29 2006, now 2,500+ posts...This bilingual blog - 'आन्याची फाटकी पासोडी' in Marathi- is largely a celebration of visual and/or comic ...तुकाराम: "ढेकणासी बाज गड,उतरचढ केवढी"...George Santayana: " Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence"... श्रीमंत बाळासाहेब पंतप्रतिनिधी : "बहुश्रुतता असल्याशिवाय सुसंस्कृतता नाही"

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Putting the Skinned Knees Back Into Playtime

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During my school days (1965-1975) at Miraj , I wore shoes or chappals only reluctantly because they were a hindrance to free movement. Ther...
Wednesday, June 06, 2007

How six-day war “victory” metamorphosed into forty-year (and counting) war…. India are you listening?

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This month six-day war is seeing its 40th anniversary. It was a huge event in 1967. I was only seven years old but I still remember some of ...
Tuesday, June 05, 2007

DDT- Not a Dirty Dozen but a Godsend

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Today is International Environment Day. For many people, on such a day it may be inappropriate to praise DDT, which stood for Dirty Dreaded ...
Sunday, June 03, 2007

Let them eat cake.....Have no power of 220V? Take some lightning of 300 million volts

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Maharashtra , India’s richest state, has many problems but this is kind of ironic. It does not have electricity to support its burgeoning ec...
Saturday, June 02, 2007

Brahmaputra

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When I decided to join a tea plantation company in upper-Assam, leaving a cushy job in Nashik, Maharashtra , most people’s fear about my men...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Doc, talk to us, please

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In India, tradition of friendly family doctor is dying if not dead. Doctors feel no need to talk to their patients about either ailments or ...

Of mice or men?

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Ingmar Bergman "I've a strong impression our world is about to go under. Our political systems are deeply compromised and have no ...
Friday, May 25, 2007

Is that enough to build a marriage on?

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On May 24, 2007, Prime Minister Singh issued Ten Commandments to industry. During the speech, he decried cartelisation, spiralling salaries...
Friday, May 18, 2007

Live with that the rest of your life!

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Indians now live longer and healthier. My in-laws celebrated 50th anniversary of their togetherness yesterday. In India, we are supposed to ...

Better to be the victim of comedy?

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Mel Brooks : Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. Monsoon is almost upon us in India. Media...
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