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"

Monday, February 23, 2009

Indian Pantheon: More Pillars and Assortment of Lesser Areas

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Prof. P V Indiresan, Former Director Indian Institute of Technology Madras “…it is proper for us to enquire why we built temple halls with a...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

Nighty Purge Campaign in Pune?

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When I was growing up in Miraj , it was quite common to see middle-class men walking out in pyjamas. This blog has already commented on a si...
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Monday, February 16, 2009

The Greediest Generation has made Traffic Deadlier than Terrorism

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Earlier I asked: “What is Deadliest at Pune. Traffic,Temple Queues or Terrorism?” The answer still is: Traffic. Black humour now has mushroo...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Vasant Sarwate Celebrates Birthday with a Dazzling New Book

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On February 3, 2008- his 82nd birthday- a new book of Vasant Sarwate was published: "रेषालेखक वसंत सरवटे" ,संपादन: दिलीप माजगावकर ...
Monday, February 09, 2009

Concentrate on Fruit, Not Skeleton

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Michel de Montaigne “On Cannibals” (1580) “I am not sorry that we notice the barbarous horror of such acts, but I am heartily sorry that, ...
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Monday, February 02, 2009

What Colour Chakra should we Pin on India's Terrorised Common Man?

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TYLER E. BOUDREAU (NYT, January 26, 2009): “THE Pentagon’s recent decision not to award the Purple Heart to veterans and soldiers suffering ...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Escaping Indian Jail is Easy. It’s Indian Sewer…

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Frontline, January 16, 2009 reports: “HUNDREDS of contract workers engaged by local bodies and water supply and sewerage boards in major ci...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Still Mastani’s Future is Bright?

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I woke up on Sunday January 18, 2009 morning to read to my horror that Mastani’s (मस्तानी) samdhi/mausoleum/grave at Pabal (पाबळ) had bee...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Times of India, a Patriot and Harold Pinter, a Traitor

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I was moved by Michael Henderson’s obit of Harold Pinter: “… Lord’s was in its midsummer majesty that afternoon. There was the lovely three...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

What did the Three Wise Men First Discover at Satyam?

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“In a swift action to salvage the beleaguered Satyam Computer Services , the Centre on Sunday set up a three-member board by nominating HDFC...
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