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"

Sunday, November 08, 2009

Do Most Soldiers Just Want to Get Home in One Piece?

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Erich Maria Remarque in “All Quiet On The Western Front" : “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all...
Monday, November 02, 2009

So oft in cultural wars, the disputants rail on in utter ignorance

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John Godfrey Saxe 's (1816-1887) poem on the famous Indian parable " The Blindmen and the Elephant " concludes like his: ...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

You are Not-out, David Shepherd

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Watching a good cricket test match is like reading a good novel. Many actors and situations. One such actor was the late David Shepherd. I e...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Is 'Positive Thinking Talk' in Marathi TV Serials a Cheap Import from USA?

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Joseph Conrad: “The fact is you want more scepticism at the very foundation of your work. Scepticism the tonic of minds, the tonic of life, ...
Monday, October 26, 2009

A New Adjective in Marathi: Ambedkar

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James Fallows writes on The Atlantic : "..."to Obama " -- has gained currency among some Japanese youths. Explanation: ...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Who is the Greatest Indian Bilingual Intellectual?

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Matthew Arnold : "We are often told that an era is opening in which we are to see multitudes of a common sort of readers, and masses of...
Saturday, October 17, 2009

Little Man You only Hope to Know!

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Like last few years, I was looking forward to Madhukar Dharmapurik ar's मधुकर धर्मापुरीकर Diwali greeting. I wasn't disappointed. Fo...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Lucky me. I didn't send a letter to Har Gobind Khorana

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Dr. Jayant Narlikar replies in long hand to every letter he receives. My childhood was spent taking pride in Har Gobind Khorana , an Indian ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Pune is lucky to have Pigs, Cows, Donkeys, Crows, Dogs & Goats

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G. C. Lichtenberg: "That man is the noblest creature may be inferred from the fact that no other creature has contested this claim....
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Saturday, October 10, 2009

I just looked towards Beautiful Boy- Rajan Bala

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I have read and liked many Indian cricket writers. N S Phadke ना सी फडके, V V Karmarkar वि वि करमरकर, K N Prabhu, Raju Bharatan, Mihir Bos...
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