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The Hopi and the Temporal Paradox!
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We have a persistent feeling of events receding into a past of non-existence. The future is a nebulous void. The present moment is all that we experience and therefore grant it a higher level of existence. |
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Unwritten Rules of Bollywood
by Pramod Joshi
See if you get tickled by some of the rules that govern movie-making in India’s tinsel town. You can also spend some quality time with your family adding or modifying to this potentially endless list. Enjoy! |
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Tsk-Tsk. I Do Not Respect Humans!
by Rajesh
"Tsk-tsk." The sound sets my teeth on the edge and I feel like giving that person an earful. Often enough we see people who seem to think that words like ‘excuse me’ do not exist. Their favorite form of calling attention is to purse their lips and hiss like a serpent that has caught a cold. |
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Jurassic India: Where Dinosaurs Still Rule The Roost!
by K R Ravi
dinosaurI still recall with laughter my first day at B school. Students introduced themselves dutifully and solemnly till one guy said that he was working for Hindustan Motors, makers of the Ambassador car. Later we ribbed him on this, telling him that his department had an entire year to decide on the shape of the headlights -- this being the only innovation in what has been billed as the world’s only vintage car under active production and use. A living dinosaur. |
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Classic Bollywood: GHAR - Four Fab Songs
by Abhijit bhaduri
Ghar is what the Gulzar-RD Burman-Kishore magic is all about. I have always wondered whether this is a film one should watch because it shows the transition of Rekha as an actress or just listen to the music. I think I'll vote for the music. |
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Depression Can Be Fun!
by Rajarshi Dutta
Depression can be fun. You just sit around thinking that you are depressed. You don't know why. You don't even bother to find out why. Just the fact that you realize you are depressed kind of makes you happy. And this happiness adds to the feeling of... |
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Celebrate yer roots
by Danielle LaPorte
Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to - John Ed Pierce
My grandfather was Leonard Alphonse Laporte. (Note the small ‘p’ in LaPorte - in high school I decided a capital P was more elegant.) Like most... |
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Ah! The Warmth of Handwritten Letters!!
by Anila Sinha Sharma
Remember the times when, not so long ago, there was an eagerly awaited person every day? The postman in his khaki on his bicycle. As he clanged his bell, our hearts stopped. We wished he had something for us too. An envelope or a little postcard. Or ... |
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Raga Malgunji - 4 Best Songs
by Abhijit bhaduri
Born on June 27, 1939, RD had composed music for more than 350 films until he breathed his last on January 4, 1994. He signed Bhoot Bungla (The Haunted House)in 1965 as his first film as a music director. This is also the film where for the first time Kishore Kumar the singer and he worked together. But Chhote Nawab (The Young King) also a film directed by Mehmood in 1961 is the one that RD Burman made his debut with. The song Ghar Aaja Ghir Aye (lyrics by Shailendra) is brilliant composition in Raga Malgunji (a Raga that combines elements of Raga Khamaj and Raga Bageshri). I will always rank this as the best ever Hindi film song composed in Malgunji. |
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Those were the days!
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“Oh how the world has changed over these years!” I have often exclaimed. Scientists have introduced us to so many newer technologies in the fields of medicine, engineering, electronics and household comforts for us. But where the new generati... |
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Killing your grandmother...
by Sharath Bhat
Before you wonder what this is all about, let me quickly explain that this is not a primer on killing your grandmother - the poor dear.
I have a recruiter friend in Canada who used to come down regularly to hire young engineers from India. At ... |
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Kettle stealing!
by Peter A. Hunter
Many years ago, in the 15th and 16th centuries there was a part of Great Britain that was as lawless as it gets.
This was the region in the North of England/South of Scotland which is now called The Borders.
This was good cattle country but it fe... |
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Unwritten Rules of Bollywood
by Pramod Joshi
See if you get tickled by some of the rules that govern movie-making in India’s tinsel town. You can also spend some quality time with your family adding or modifying to this potentially endless list. Enjoy! |
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Unwritten Rules of Bollywood
by Pramod Joshi
See if you get tickled by some of the rules that govern movie-making in India’s tinsel town. You can also spend some quality time with your family adding or modifying to this potentially endless list. Enjoy! |
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Ah! The Warmth of Handwritten Letters!!
by Anila Sinha Sharma
Remember the times when, not so long ago, there was an eagerly awaited person every day? The postman in his khaki on his bicycle. As he clanged his bell, our hearts stopped. We wished he had something for us too. An envelope or a little postcard. Or ... |
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The Hopi and the Temporal Paradox!
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We have a persistent feeling of events receding into a past of non-existence. The future is a nebulous void. The present moment is all that we experience and therefore grant it a higher level of existence. |
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I Wish I Were A Goldfish
by Rajesh
I am told that a goldfish cannot remember anything beyond a 3 minute time frame. One of my favorite pastimes is to sit and watch our goldfish swim around lazily and rising up only to gobble at the food before going back to their contented existence.
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The Charm of Raga Khamaj
by Abhijit bhaduri
In Hindustani Classical music, there is a patrician group of Ragas which get picked routinely for the deeper, more austere and certainly more complex forms of Dhrupad, Dhamaar or Khayaal forms of singing. Clearly these dhrupad or khayaal is not for everyone. It is for the discerning listener and are capable of being handled only by a handful of artistes. There are several ragas relegated to a group in the Kshudra Prakriti (trans: Lighter nature - think of these as the pop version of Hindustani Classical) which is usually far more intertwined in the folk traditions of singing. These ragas are used more frequently while singing Thumri or its lighter form Daadra - both of which are romantic compositions. The seasonal song forms of Chaiti, Hori, Sawani are from UP, Kajri (songs of longing sung during monsoon). The form called Tappa is usually from Punjab, while Tarana is usually sung at the end of a concert, Geet and Bhajans are purely devotional. Mahatma Gandhi made the devotional song Vaishnava Janato almost synonymous with his own name. Based on Raga Khamaj this bhajan gets a modern interpretation from Pandit Jasraj, Shankar Mahadevan and Jaspinder Narula in this video. |
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Classic Bollywood: GHAR - Four Fab Songs
by Abhijit bhaduri
Ghar is what the Gulzar-RD Burman-Kishore magic is all about. I have always wondered whether this is a film one should watch because it shows the transition of Rekha as an actress or just listen to the music. I think I'll vote for the music. |
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Raga Malgunji - 4 Best Songs
by Abhijit bhaduri
Born on June 27, 1939, RD had composed music for more than 350 films until he breathed his last on January 4, 1994. He signed Bhoot Bungla (The Haunted House)in 1965 as his first film as a music director. This is also the film where for the first time Kishore Kumar the singer and he worked together. But Chhote Nawab (The Young King) also a film directed by Mehmood in 1961 is the one that RD Burman made his debut with. The song Ghar Aaja Ghir Aye (lyrics by Shailendra) is brilliant composition in Raga Malgunji (a Raga that combines elements of Raga Khamaj and Raga Bageshri). I will always rank this as the best ever Hindi film song composed in Malgunji. |
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