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, 2016

This Picture is as Good as a Perfect Work of Art

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A. N. Wilson, 'Tolstoy', 1988: "...Tolstoy's many letters to Bashilov make fascinating reading, emphasising not merely h...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

कामदेवाचे बाण...Love or Targeted Advertising?

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Today February 14 2016 is Valentine's Day NINON DE L’ENCLOS:    “Much more genius is needed to make love than to command ar...
Friday, February 12, 2016

Saraswati Puja, or Yoshiwara Jinja Puja

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Today February 12 2016 is Vasant / Basant Panchami also known as Saraswati Puja...Spring is here... George Orwell:   “The atom bombs ...
Sunday, February 07, 2016

स्मरणरंजनाची मराठी गुऱ्हाळं ...The Nostalgia Factories

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Nicholas Carr: "Nostalgia is nothing new. It has been a refrain of art and literature at least since Homer set Odysseus on C...
Wednesday, February 03, 2016

I Poured Hot Tea...Vasant Sarwate & Maria Qamar

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Today February 3 2016 is 89th Birthday of Vasant Sarwate ( वसंत सरवटे) "How hot have you poured tea? Tongue is burnt..." T...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

जेणे पावो देखिला...Kawanabe Kyōsai's Elephant

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चक्रधर स्वामी:  " जेणे पावो देखिला। तो म्हणे हत्ती खांबा सारिखा॥ जेणे कानू देखिला। तो म्हणे हत्ती सुपा सारिखा॥ जे...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

The Innovation We Need in Pune

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The Washington Post informed us on February 13 2015 about the " 7 odd inventions that we’ve come to love ".  The city of Pun...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

चिमणरावांचे कॉफी करायचे मशीन...Crazy Elaborateness of the Contraption and the Modest Demands of the Task in Hand

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Today January 19 2016 is 124th birth anniversary of C V Joshi (चिं वि जोशी): one of the greatest Marathi writers of all time Sarah O’Conn...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Just Footwear or Powerful Cultural Symbols

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SHELLEY WALIA, 2011 : "...Adorno's fear of culture becoming a commodity has finally come true; material objects such as wat...
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