September 16, 2011
Ask any publisher and they will tell you that people do not buy poetry. I have never understood why it does not make commercial sense to […]
September 11, 2011
This is an exciting time to be in India. The employees under thirty years of age represent a very large chunk of the demographically young India. […]
August 31, 2011
Ramkali is also used to evoke the moods of madhur (sweet) or chakit (Startled). The best example of this is the composition by OP Nayyar in the film Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon sung by Asha Bhosle in 1963 - Dekho Bijli Dole Bin Badal Ki (Lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri) based on Raga Ramkali. The quicksilver mood of the raga is beautifully captured in this dance by Asha Parekh.
August 21, 2011
When so many writers are talking of the emergence of India on the global stage, it is interesting that we are getting riddled with scams. From […]
August 14, 2011
Will you still need meWill you still feed meWhen I’m sixty four…When the Beatles sang this song in 1967 being sixty four seemed very far away. […]
August 12, 2011
In the post called Snapshots from Kashmir I had detailed my trip through the Jammu and Kashmir region. From the Kashmir valley to Dras was a […]
August 7, 2011
I finally had an opportunity to criss cross Jammu & Kashmir by road. Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It consists of three […]
August 3, 2011
“One beautiful neighbor…One rival in love… Two Paranoid parents…It’s hard to be 14!” says the tagline of BUBBLE GUM – a coming of age story of Vedant […]
July 23, 2011
In Feb 2008, I got a call from VR Ferose, the MD of SAP Labs, to address his employees in their Gurgaon office. No, this was […]