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, August 04, 2011

Makers of Today's India- My 19

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George Orwell: History is thought of largely in nationalist terms, and such things as the Inquisition, the tortures of the Star Chamber, the...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

Shravan! Three Swings

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Today July 31 2011 is the first day of Shravan of Shaka year 1933 ( श्रावण , शके १९३३). Shravan, the month of swings (झोका ) and mother...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Shallow People Demand Variety. Even in Cartoon Captions!

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August Strindberg : "Shallow people demand variety – but I have been writing the same story throughout my life, every time trying to c...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

लहान माझी बाहुली was such a far cry from Barbie

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Barbie's co-creator, Elliot Handler , died on July 21 2011. They say Barbie, born 1959, with her long legs, love of pink-tinged glamour,...
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Friday, July 22, 2011

Greek tragedy does not allow any comic relief. Or does it? Trojan Horse

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Wikipedia: Greek tragedy does not allow any comic relief. Bernard Lewis: “In the history of human thought science has often come out of sup...
Monday, July 18, 2011

मुंबई नगरी बडी बांका, जशी रावणाची दुसरी लंका

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CNN July 14 2011: "Mumbai returned quickly to a strange sense of normality on Thursday, less than 12 hours after triple blasts hit the...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

G G Agarkar knew whether there was Hell or not

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Today is 155th birth anniversary of Gopal Ganesh Agarkar ( गोपाळ गणेश आगरकर ) . The Funeral of Shelley by Louis Édouard Fournier , ...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Two Women. Two Faiths. Two Prayers.

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Today, July 11 2011, is 'Ashadhi Ekadashi' (आषाढी एकादशी). M V Dhond (म वा धोंड) quotes this beautiful couplet (ओवी) of an anonym...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Should Berenger of Ionesco's 'Rhinoceros' open a Facebook account?

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Joe Penhall: "Rhinoceros is filled with animal grunts and snorts and panicky human frailty, showing us how it feels to have one's i...
Sunday, July 03, 2011

Delhi Belly, Shit Happens. Darwin Belly, Evolution Happens.

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The Theravada tradition generally believes that the Buddha was offered some kind of stale pork in his final meal. Woody Allen: "My brai...
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