Monthly Archives: January 2008

On Saturday met with David Raphael Israel in the company of three Shakespeareans and three Shakespearean lurkers. It happened thusly of a pleasant winter afternoon, when the city is shrouded in a grey mist and the area around Cuffe Parade, … Continue reading →

What can I write when a stereo on a floor above goes thump, thump with lyrics such as: “Yeh dooriyan, yeh fasle, yeh darmiyan, yeh xxxxxx,Shakria mein, Shakira mein, Shakira mein, essen naruwe,” (I am not good at Hindi lyrics … Continue reading →

I say this, and I say this with confidence: “Tare Zamin Par” marks a watermark in the annals of Indian movie making. Amir Khan, though I had many reservations about his talents, understands the cinematic medium, and is a consummate … Continue reading →

Well, have nothing to blog about, nothing to fulminate about. So, well, hm, this is about bloggers I like and read. Seems J Alfred Prufrock lost his laptop, but he is still full of verbal verve and inventive vigour and … Continue reading →

Read Annie’s post “More Number Plates” appearing in “John’s Shared Items” alongside. Imagine a car owner, an affluent type, one of those people who have disposable income, asking a girl in full flow of the country’s rush hour to “come”, … Continue reading →

News filters in that Bilkis Bano has received justice for her gangrape during the Gujarat holocaust (yes, I call it that). This woman should be admired. Just imagine what she went through. Six members of her family are either dead … Continue reading →

Following are a compilation of the simple things that could lead to a better stay in a hospital if you or your loved ones have an emergency and are admitted to a hospital. I have compiled it during a recent … Continue reading →

On the way to recovery, there’s the aftertaste of medicines in the mouth, the sluggishness, the weakness, all of which will take some time to get out of. Banish it; go away I don’t want to be sick anymore. In … Continue reading →

This whole hospitalisation-healthcare in India is a scam. Yes, I realized it recently, quite closely and personally. Earlier, during the start of the 2000’s I had lost both my parents and had spent considerable time with them in hospital rooms. … Continue reading →

Been really down in the dumps of late. Health was bad, a lot f doubts abut the future – and that is terrible: I mean starting to doubt about yourself and your future. Spent a few days in a hospital, … Continue reading →