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"

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

घुमट मशिदी मनोहर

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For last few Monday nights, I have watched, on National Geographic Channel , six-part series 'Apocalypse: The Second World War' . It...
Sunday, December 06, 2009

Pu Shi Rege, a Yaksha, Leads Upward and On

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Vasant Sarwate (वसंत सरवटे) spoke very warmly about him in November 2009 when he visited us. Ashok Shahane says: "...imposed dejectio...
Thursday, December 03, 2009

B S Mardhekar is Now 100

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Had he lived, B S Mardhekar (बा. सी. मर्ढेकर) would have turned 100 on Dec 1, 2009. (btw- Year 2009-10 is rich with centenaries. Watch this...
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Monday, November 30, 2009

Godse Bhataji's Day-Night Game of Cricket at Jhansi in 1858!

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Wikipedia informs: "The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match being played in 1721. In 18...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

Batman in Marathi: Wagle. Nikhil Wagle.

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I miss Marathi version of Phantom: Vetal वेताळ . Read more about it here . I don't think Batman has ever has been translated in Marathi....
Monday, November 23, 2009

And my son has watched a lot of Sanjay Raut, Shirish Parkar, Abu Azmi, Vinayak Mete...

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विनोबा भावे Vinoba Bhave : "सबंध ज्ञानेश्वरीमध्ये तुम्हाला एकही कठोर शब्द सापडणार नाही...आमच्या साहित्याच्या उगमस्थानी इतके मार्दव आहे ...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Sachin Tendulkar is the Greatest Sportsman ever NOW!

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Friedrich Nietzsche: "We mine the past for myths to buttress our present." Michael Crichton: "Because the past is the only al...
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Friday, November 13, 2009

Why did Marathi speaking two Girishes take Oaths in Sanskrit?

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"... ज्ञानेश्वरापास्नं तुकरामापर्यन्तचा काळ म्हणजे मराठीनं ऐसपैस पसरलेले पाय. आता ही भाषा जवळ जवळ काहीही पेलायला तयार झाली होती......
Monday, November 09, 2009

The Fall of the Wall:Camus, with help from Kafka and Molière

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I don't remember what I was doing when I first heard the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. I was familiar with the wall largely because ...
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...
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