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, August 08, 2010

Sophoclean Tragedy of Ramu, Romantic Natyachhatakar's Son

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Gregory Hemingway to Ernest Hemingway: “When it’s all added up, papa, it will be: he wrote a few good stories, had a novel and fresh approac...
Thursday, August 05, 2010

Chelsea Clinton's Wedding and The Godfather

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Francis Ford Coppola: “Both the Mafia and America have roots in Europe……Basically, both the Mafia and America feel they are benevolent organ...
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Monday, August 02, 2010

Two Compositions from Stage: Waman Kendre, Michael Grandage

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Waman Kendre (वामन केंद्रे) is supposed to be very good in the art of theatre direction. I haven't seen anything by him yet for which ...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Ravi Baswani, an eternal Sancho Panza

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One of the joys of reading Marathi written in 20th century is G A Kulkarni's (जी. ए. कुलकर्णी) ' Yatrik ' (यात्रिक) from the ...

S D Phadnis Turns 85 today

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Artist S D Phadnis (शि. द. फडणीस) turns 85 today. I have very little to add to what his close friend Vasant Sarwate (वसंत सरवटे) says on...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Use Jaane Na Do Yaaro- Ravi Baswani

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उसे जाने ना दो यारों Susan Sontag on the iconoclastic spirit of the 1960's: "...How one wishes that some of its boldness, it...
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Maurti Mane; Perhaps Mahabharat's Bheem looked like him

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Read my earlier post on the late Mr. Mane here . courtesy: Pudhari पुढारी July 28 2010 To see more pictures and read more on Mr. Mane, pl...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Hemant Morparia is a Gadfly Constantly Annoying Our Holy Cows

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Alexander Waugh: “Beware of seriousness: it is a form of stupidity.” Julian Gough: '"Why so sad, people?" as Zadie Smith asks....
Saturday, July 24, 2010

I told you this new Indian car Obop was really cool!

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My caption: "I told you this new Indian car Obop was really cool!" Artist: Matt Diffee, New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest# 248 , ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

What did a Woman in the Kitchen have in common with its Floor?

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Anton Chekhov: "My holy of holies is the human body..." Indian religious code: "If a woman was menstruating, she was prohibit...
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