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"

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Not Just Graffiti but Reality?

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Unless this is a prank, this picture would make most people numb. Outlook March 24, 2008 “ Saving Vidarbha ” Banner written in Marathi re...
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Thursday, March 20, 2008

How Democracies Can Elect Hitler and Defeat Mahatma Phule महात्मा फुले

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Indians are proud of their democracy. They feel it facilitates social mobility in a caste ridden society and is the least flawed of all for...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Tragedy and Comedy are NOT two Different Planets but Windows

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Inspired by Anton Chekhov, Israeli author Amos Oz told Newsweek March 3, 2008 : "...I no longer believe that tragedy and comedy are t...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Earth’s Love Song of Kusumagraj कुसुमाग्रज Is Prophetic

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On March 11, 2008, DENNIS OVERBYE wrote for NYT “Kissing the Earth Goodbye in About 7.59 Billion Years.” “If nature is left to its own de...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

All You Hear is Hema Malini. It’s as though Manorama Never Lived.

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Hindi film actor Manorama died: reported The Times of India February 17, 2008 . In sad circumstances. Alone. Apparently she had no house ...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Pune Bikers, Get Life Expectancy Dial Installed!

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The Times of India front page headline on March 7, 2008 : “Death lurks on city roads. 418 killed in 2007. Fatalities high on highway stretc...
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Monday, March 10, 2008

Dreams of India Must Remain Open-Defecation-Free and Hunger-Free

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Marathi daily Sakal सकाळ reported on March 8, 2008 : “…60% Indians earn less than Rs. 20 or less per day and more than 660 million India...
Sunday, March 09, 2008

Problem of the Night Before i-pill

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Watching TV in India with kids is getting trickier by the day. You may avoid programming having steamy sex scenes of human beings (can’t av...
Saturday, March 08, 2008

Not with a Whimper but a Bang

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T S Eliot wrote “ The Hollow Men ” in 1925 . The poem ends with following much quoted and copied words: “This is the way the world ends Thi...
Friday, March 07, 2008

IPL is Not Rape of Cricket but a Promise of Million Mutinies

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Vinod Mehta has called IPL and/or its auction of cricketers “the rape of cricket”. ( Outlook March 10, 2008 ). “…The BCCI is a destructive...
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