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 11, 2008
I write this in the backdrop of the latest slump by Indian cricket, and the controversies involving two Indian athletes – Monica Devi and Sania Mirza – at the Beijing Olympics 2008. Indian sports – not only cricket – has been like this only since we gained independence. I recently had a chat with some [...]
Posted in Cricket, Indian Sports | Tagged ahmedabad, beijing olympics 2008, Controversies, Cricket, gca, Gujarat, gujarat cricket association, hockey, india, indian cricket, Indian Sports, mismanagement, monica devi, sania mirza
By admin on May 10, 2008
This job is getting tougher with each passing day, as I try to compile newer Kishore Kumar song lists. The main issue is, one can compile the same collection in several different ways. Kishoreda used to sing with so much passion, that you will find it hard to discretely classify each of his songs. Many [...]
Posted in Hindi Cinema, Kishore Kumar | Tagged bollywood, cinema, hindi, india, Kishore Kumar, movie, music, romantic, Songs
By admin on March 18, 2008
Kishore, Bappi and Lata. Courtesy CalcuttaWeb. I went through several mp3 sites and came up with the following list, mostly having sentimental and romantic songs. Most of them are from the post-1980 phase with a very matured KK voice quite evident therein. You may go through the archives of all masters, including KK, Rafi and [...]
Posted in Hindi Cinema, Kishore Kumar | Tagged 80s, bollywood, cinema, hindi movie, india, Kishore Kumar, Songs
By admin on March 7, 2008
Kishen Karve, the lonely Hockey warrior from Gujarat, is no more. He passed away recently, after being ill briefly in Ahmedabad at the age of 84. I had met him several times last year while trying to do my own research on why Indian sports lagged behind at most international meets. My aim was to [...]
Posted in Indian Sports | Tagged ahmedabad, dhyan chand, Gujarat, hockey coach, india, Indian Sports, kishen karve, manna singh
By admin on March 4, 2008
Praful Dave – The Pride Of Gujarat! Last night I happened to be at Praful Dave’s live Dayro (the Gujarati way of telling folklores) program at the Town Hall, Ahmedabad. Though, I had no definite info if he was performing there or not, I decided to have a chance and was handsomely rewarded in the [...]
Posted in Cinema (Other), Gujarati Folk Music, Praful Dave | Tagged ahmedabad, cinema, dayro, Gujarat, Gujarati Folk Music, india, playback singer, Praful Dave
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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