Looking at Cartoons, Getting Along

Launched on Nov 29 2006, now 2,100+ 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"...William Hazlitt: "Pictures are scattered like stray gifts through the world; and while they remain, earth has yet a little gilding."

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

N G Kalelkar, It was Marriage at Cana, not The Last Supper

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I like essays of N G Kalelkar 1909-1989 (ना गो कालेलकर) whose Marathi book ' Bhasha: Itihas ani Bhoogol ' (भाषा: इतिहास आणि भूगोल) ...
Saturday, June 12, 2010

Our Still Life!

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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) is considered a master of still life. Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 'The Silver Goblet...
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010

A Special Prayer for Bhopal's Local Court

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Dilip Chitre 's (दिलीप चित्रे) e-mail to me on August 6 2009: "Dear Aniruddha, ...To compare Bhopal 1984 with Mumbai 26/11 is no...
Sunday, June 06, 2010

Where do Marriages go?

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When I heard that Gores were splitting- Al and Tipper Gore separating after 40 years of marriage- my only thought was: Would they have done...
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Thursday, June 03, 2010

Any Merit in Meritlist?

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The best news to have come my way in 2010 is: The established practice followed annually while declaring the HSC (std XII) results was disca...
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Monday, May 31, 2010

Thoughts on Turning 50

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Joseph Conrad: "...In this world — as I have known it — we are made to suffer without the shadow of a reason, of a cause or of guilt......
Sunday, May 30, 2010

The Man Who Tried - G P Pradhan

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I hardly knew the late Mr. Pradhan although I first heard his name during the Emergency. I once saw him at the book release function describ...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Did Shri GuruCharitra give them Alternate Miracle, Mystery and Authority?

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"Shri GuruCharitra" c 1500 CE by Saraswati Gangadhar (श्रीगुरुचरित्र, सरस्वती गंगाधर) is one of the most popular books in Marathi....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Never Throw a Stone at Chameleon because She could be Lonely

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One barbaric practice I often witnessed in my childhood at Miraj was: Boys throwing stones at chameleons and dogs. Unlucky dogs were often ...
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

No Guts to Join a Circus? At least Fly a Kite

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Once I was of an age when I liked whatever V P Kale (व पु काळे) wrote. Once I also attended his short-stories telling session at Miraj Medi...
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