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, February 18, 2010

Waiting for Marathi's Joseph Conrad. Atleast another Vijay Tendulkar.

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Until recently we had Vijay Tendulkar (विजय तेंडुलकर) who created 'Ghashiram Kotwal' (घाशीराम कोतवाल) in 1972 to show what havoc to...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Could Toyota Learn from Sarah Palin?

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I am always appalled the way native Marathi speakers mock and tease Marathi spoken by non-natives. It's vulgar. The Times of India repo...
Saturday, February 13, 2010

Shelley Shailendra. Which are Our Sweetest Songs?

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According to Shailendra (1923-1966): " sweetest songs are those that we sing in sad voice " " hain sabase madhur wo geet jinh...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Stefan Zweig. Who? The One Who Missed 'The World of Yesterday'

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(p.s. After this post was published, I received a call from Vasant Sarwate [वसंत सरवटे] on Feb 11 2010. He told me that he has read almost ...
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Saturday, February 06, 2010

Sarpa Satra: Made in India. Practised in Americas, Germany, Russia...

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'Sarpa Satra',2003 is an English poem of Arun Kolatkar (अरुण कोलटकर). It has been beautifully produced in the form of a book by Ash...
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

When will Google Feature Vasant Sarwate Doodle?

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Today, February 3 2010 , Google has on its homepage featured Norman Rockwell Doodle on the artist's 116th birth anniversary. ( Wiki : D...
Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Could G A Kulkarni be more like J D Salinger?

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I have not read J D Salinger but I plan to read him some day. However I read G A Kulkarni जी ए कुलकर्णी every month. Some excellent articles...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

Gene Hackman, Hollywood's Balraj Sahni, turns 80 today

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In last several weeks, I finished reading three memorable books: 1. " Stalingrad " by Antony Beevor 2. " The Road " by C...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Good I didn't take Frederick Taylor seriously

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I still have " Motion and Time Study: Improving Productivity " by Marvin E. Mundel , fifth edition, first published in May 1973. ...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Heaven can't Wait!

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I read a few Puranas , in Marathi, in my childhood. There is fair amount of sex in them. I feel it contributed to their attraction. Particul...
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