By admin on January 20, 2009
डॉन आज बहुत खुश है, क्यों कि आज वह पूरे चालीस बरस का हो गया. लेकिन उससे बैर मत मोल लेना. उसकी बंदूक का निशाना आज भी बरकरार है…होशियार! Don Aaj Khush Hai, kyonki aaj vah poore chaalees baras kaa ho gayaa. Lekin usase bair mat mol lenaa. usakee bandook kaa nishaanaa aaj bhee barkaraar [...]
Posted in General, Hindi Cinema, Kishore Kumar | Tagged 40, Amitabh Bachchan, big b, birthday, bollywood, don, Hindi Cinema, hindi songs, Kishore Kumar, kishoreda, youtube
By admin on September 24, 2008
Lila’s mother Susan Manning, sister Marie and brother Bhisma mourn as her body is prepared for cremation. File image courtesy of Theage.com.au. I had written about the tragic death of Anand Lila Salter in Vrindavan early this year. Lila salter, the 17 year old Aussie girl, who had spent a major chunk of her life [...]
Posted in General, Indian Politics, Indian Society | Tagged anandlila, aussie girl, australian, hare, hindusim, iskon, killing, krishna, lila, murder, salter, slaying, vaishnavism, vrindavan dham
By admin on August 28, 2008
Somebody forwarded the following jpg in Gujarati tonight. It was fun reading through, but so did come along mixed emotions. I don’t know what the basic schooling reminds to you or not, but my early days at the Baherampura Hindi Prathmik Shala run by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (mid 70s-1981) came back calling to my [...]
Posted in General, Gujarati Matters, Indian Society | Tagged ahmedabad, childhood, children, fantasy, fun, government-run, Gujarat, india, kids, Poor, primary, school, tragedy
By admin on February 5, 2008
Image Courtesy Sydney Morning Herald I came across the following story in Sydney Morning Herald, (also check…and this) and ended up writing down the following letter to its editor: I have been logging on to your website each night, in fact very late by the Indian Standard Time, hoping to get the mainstream Australian viewpoint [...]
Posted in Cricket, General, Indian Society | Tagged anandalila salter, attack, australian, commune, hare rama krishna, india, lila, vrindavan
By admin on January 27, 2008
The sky is the limit, they say it for those who can really climb up to make at the top in life. However, I found it frightening to even look at the same blue sky, as this story of mine must say! I got this shot captured through my cellphone camera, while walking down the [...]
Posted in General, Indian Society | Tagged Economic Success, Electric Tower, Indian Society, Life, Low-paid Workers, Men, Poor
By admin on December 17, 2007
The phrase pro-audience carries two correlated meanings. The first one is to look out for the like minded people to share one’s ideas. Unless you had a group of people willing to listen to you, it would be futile to speak your heart out. More than futile, it would be intruding and intimidating in nature. [...]
Posted in General, Theater | Tagged ahmedabad, Entertainment, Proaudience Theater, Stage
By admin on November 10, 2007
It’s the first day after Deepawali in Gujarat today, which goes in tandem with the new year in the Gujarati tradition. Proaudience.com couldn’t have dreamed up of having a better launch as against this. Let us finally start speaking out to the outside world with these first few lines. While Gujarat celebrates the festival of [...]
Posted in General | Tagged ahmedabad, blog, Gujarat, weblog
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