By Outspoken Gujarati on January 22, 2010
Amitabh Bachchan has left many of his own fans sulking by appreciating Namo, and he gives a hoot to what they think of it.
Posted in Amitabh Bachchan, Gujarati Matters, Hindi Cinema, Indian Politics, Indian Society | Tagged 2002 gujarat riots, big b's blog, BJP, Congress, Hindutva, Narendra Modi, pseudo-secularism
By admin on October 19, 2009
With Diwali having been observed, let us face some harsh truths now.
Posted in Gujarat, Gujarati Matters, Indian Society, Travel India | Tagged diwali festival, navaratri festival
By admin on September 25, 2009
Who says there is no life after death? There is one indeed as this recent visit to Antim Dham in Ahmedabad proved.
Posted in Gujarati Matters, Indian Society | Tagged ahmedabad updates, antim dham crematorium, sarkhej-gandhinagar highway
By Outspoken Gujarati on January 16, 2009
An Indian Supreme Court judge disagrees from the so-called belief, that Gujarat violence was one-sided pogrom.
Posted in Gujarati Matters, Indian Politics, Indian Society | Tagged 2002 gujarat riots, biased English media, BJP, communalism, godhra train carnage, Hindutva, islamic terror, jehadi, majority-minority, pakistani terror, pseudo-secularist, supreme court, toi
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 September 18, 2008
Date: 9/18/2008 Time: 01:14:47 Ha! Just watched an overturned car next to my home. Huge dragging sound and a couple of loud thumps. Past midnight, very few around, rushed to help the victims out. But they made it on their own. Car front destroyed due to its sheer tumbling, yet the windscreen stayed together, saving [...]
Posted in Gujarati Matters, Indian Society | Tagged accident, ahmedabad, amdavad, car crash, flee, insurance, police, rash driving, run away, tumble
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 August 4, 2008
A collection of Deewana Kishore Kumar songs.
Posted in Hindi Cinema, Indian Society, Kishore Kumar, Philosophy | Tagged 60s, 70s, 80s, bollywood, Kishore Kumar Songs, kishoreda
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
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