Here's what I think..

The unexpected lesson from COVID19

2020-04-15T16:00:00.001+01:00

Sick of reading about COVID19 everywhere? Welcome to the club! But I've recently spotted a positive side of this whole situation - one that's unrelated to whole spending-quality-time-with-family angle. This one is about how everyone staying at home is ending up giving nature the chance to recover. And this is an important lesson to us. Goats roaming the streets in Wales (Image Credit: Reuters)

Shambles

2015-11-22T18:30:00.000+00:00

Adding new words to my vocabulary is always fun. But it's even more so to discover something interesting about a frequently used word . Here's what is behind the word - Shambles. According to a BBC article (Business Tips from UKs oldest family firms - dated 15th Jan 2014), the word is old English for "an open-air meat market where animals were slaughtered and blood would drip into the

Make yourself less noisy on Facebook with Lists and Audience Selector

2015-07-01T15:11:00.000+01:00

With Facebook rapidly becoming popular around the world, updates are becoming more and more frequent. I often find myself sifting through irrelevant posts from my well-meaning friends to get to ones that are relevant to me. So I often also find myself showing them how to help reduce their "noise". I've done it so many times that it is time it gets written as a post here for everyone else to

Get Your Passport or Travel photos on the cheap

2012-09-27T12:04:00.001+01:00

Getting the correct size of passport sized photos printed is an expensive affair! Here's a tip on how to save some money without compromising on your need. The process is very simple, you will need A digital camera Access to the internet (which you already should if you are reading this) :) A Colour Photo Printer (with some photo printing paper) OR a USB Flash Drive And here's what you do:

Raymonds Indian TV Ad and Robert Schuhmann

2012-09-12T18:41:00.002+01:00

There are very few Indians who wouldn't recognize the signature music playing in the background of the TV commercial for Raymonds (the famed Indian textile maker). Here's the popular TV advert The original music is named Traumerei (from the Kinderszenen suite) by the German composer Robert Schuhmann.

Classical flash mobs

2012-06-01T16:47:00.002+01:00

I've previously written about flash mobs where seemingly unrelated group of people get together from a crowd, dance to a tune and then fade right back. This morning I discovered one of classical music! Here it is for you to enjoy Oh and yes, that's the Copenhagen Philharmonic playing a composition by the Norwegian composer Edward Grieg for the play Peer Gynt (Suite no

A few improvements to my blog

2012-03-05T18:44:00.002+00:00

A few improvements have been made to my blog. I spend an hour last weekend to check out the available choices and implement them. I've finally finished my tests and have decided to flick the switch to turn then on. Here's a small list. My blog has evolved over the years. So a title upgrade was long overdue. I think the current title makes more sense to me. Applied some new make-up :) - change

Flash Mobs - when the crowd starts to dance

2011-12-23T15:32:00.000+00:00

The internet is a wonderful thing. There seems to be literally no end to the number of ways it effects our lives. For me, the latest delight is the fast spreading phenomenon of flash mobs. This is where a number of people come together to suddenly appear and perform something unusual - typically in a public place. Here's a collection of my favourite flash mobs. For me it first started when I

Black and White hits from 1937 to 1958

2010-12-13T10:59:00.002+00:00

I usually don’t post contents of email forwards. But this one is special. It’s a large collection of links to Hindi songs from the black and white era between 1937 to 1958. This period is considered to be golden by hard-core fans of the golden Hindi oldies. I have posted the list mostly “as-is” and the original author is unknown. The reason I am posting this collection of links is that it points

Doodling a stranger

2010-09-08T17:18:00.001+01:00

I though I’d share a a small sketch I recently made while doodling on the back of a used envelope. I make quite a few of these, but they rarely end up looking human (I am particularly bad at making the lips). As to who this is? This was someone who came by to drop off a parcel at my door. I didn’t ask for his name. [View larger version on Flickr]

Free Legal Advise of all sorts

2010-07-17T21:38:00.001+01:00

I was looking through some information on the web and I found these couple of extremely valuable websites on the topic of legal advise. I thought I should share them here: Immigration Advisory Services (IAS) [website] One of UKs biggest law-advise providing charities. They seem to provide free immigration related advise to those who cant afford it and non-profit fee-based for those just

Photos of Spring 2010

2010-06-11T17:23:00.001+01:00

Spring is my favourite season simply because it follows the dull winter season and is filled with a fresh burst of life and colours. The picture on the right should give you an idea of what i mean! This year I managed to capture quite of few of these beautiful colours. I just finished uploading them on my photo blog. Go take a look :-) Managed to take any pictures yourself? I’d love to see

Look what I found!

2010-06-11T13:00:00.001+01:00

Making simple but colourful drawings using Microsoft Paintbrush software is one of my pet hobbies. These “digital doodles” are often inspired by whatever I see or read. I never spend more than 5 to 10 minutes on this, but i always set the result up as my desktop picture for the next few days :) I came across the one below when I was searching through my backups. This was made in March 2008 and

Immortal “Natya Sangeet” by Asha Bhosale

2010-06-11T12:43:00.001+01:00

The Marathi language has a rich tradition of literature and music. One of the richest veins of Marathi music flows in the form of “Natya Sangeet” which quite literally translates to “Drama Music”. These are songs that were sung by characters during Theatre plays. These songs were based on classical or semi-classical Indian music and were sung often without the aid of modern-day aids such

Bollywood Movie Review: Rajneeti (2010)

2010-06-09T14:45:00.001+01:00

Rajneeti is a political thriller starring Katarina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Nana Patekar and many other stars (+1). Story is loosely influenced by The Godfather and the Indian epic Mahabharata, which makes it pretty predictable. Positives: Great acting all around (+3), top-notch direction by Director-producer Prakash Jha (+2) and overall decent entertainment (+1). Negatives:

Hinduism and Wikipedia Gold

2010-03-30T12:58:00.001+01:00

Wikipedia is a gold-mine of informative articles on pretty much any topic you can imagine. No wonder it brought the demise of the best of printed encyclopaedias. During a recent foray into the articles on the website, lead by a search on some obscure Hindu ritual, I discovered some pretty fabulous articles on the topic of Hinduism. Here are some I thought I should share. Tip: Click on the

One of the worlds biggest babies

2010-01-01T15:34:00.000+00:00

Looks like 2009 was big news in the world of babies - quite literally. First there was Nadia Barabanova born at 7.75 Kg (that's 17.1 pounds) in Russia. And as if that was not enough, meet the Indonesian Baby boy - Akbar Risuddin born at 8.7 Kg (or 19.2 pounds)!