Want To Go Back To Your Schooling Days?
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 [...]
Indian Sports – An Eternal Nightmare
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 [...]
Kishen Karve – The Lonely Hockey Warrior No More!
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 [...]
Praful Dave – The Lord Of Gujarati Cinema And Folk Music!
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 [...]
Anandalila’s Story Touching And Stirring
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 [...]
