Respected Sir : am parineeta sharma from jodhpur.Now I have to ask a question to you that I have waited about 24 years my success.But still unable to achieve it. What is reason? Pl. tell me what is wrong with my fortune? Parineeta, I am not a jyotish, nor do I have the power to [...]
Politicians squabble, strut, do photo ops over the bodies of dead children
So even as families are searching for their loved ones in Jaipur. Even as the nation is in a state of shock (if they can get their minds off cricket), and the grief of mothers that lost their children is not over, the Politicians have stepped in. The Rajasthan Chief Minister is claiming that the [...]
The Indian people deserve better
No wonder Indians do so well when they move overseas. Look at the odds they have to overcome just to survive in their own nation. If they are not constantly fighting bureaucracy, corruption, lack of basic health, education, the state is unable to even protect their lives against acts of terrorism. Isn't it time that [...]
Terrorists strike in Jaipur
Will we never be free of this ? Innocents being killed in the name of political or religious gain. How does this killing of innocents help anyone ? Who was probably killed ? Families that went shopping, or to pray in the temples, or tourists that came to Jaipur from all over India. Having saved [...]
IPL 20/20, like quick sex with no foreplay- the end of cricket we grew up on ?
Will there never be another Gavaskar or Tendulkar in Indian cricket ? Is the time to nurture cricketing talent over ? With fortunes being decided on the hit and miss formula of 20/20 , will it all be about instant gratification and financial returns from now on ? Don't get me wrong. I am addicted. [...]
a smile of wisdom
shivani sent this poem by Bharat Thakur that I took the liberty to share with everyone. when a saint and a wordly man met, each looked at each other, silent and mocking. both laughed at each other. each said the same thing: what have you done to yourself?
Do we need to make any sense ? Lecture on film at North Western University in Chicago
Was delivering ( I guess) a lecture on film at the Northwestern University in Chicago. This was a film history class and I am one of the most film illiterate people I know on the planet. By the time I got to be a film maker it was too late to catch up. Yet the [...]
Is this a dream I live in ?
" Is this a dream I live in ?" you asked me as we travelled in the car back from your tennis lesson. "But how would I know, for the word 'dream' does not come when I am really dreaming. What happens when I wake up ?" I was completely taken aback by your question, [...]
Global Food Shortage, who are we kidding ? It’s your daily starbucks that could be causing it !
Just came back from New York, where every paper is talking about food shortage, and the scepter of the US having to hoard food. In a country where it is impossible to eat your way through one serving, and where the biggest battle is not against terrorism but against over eating, it is a difficult [...]
New Media : How are we exploring the net ?
Just added the category for New Media. Our world and the way we interact with each other is changing. Social behaviour is changing because of it. So we should be sharing points of view on it. In Asia Internet surfing is increasingly done on cell phones. It is estimated that in India 65 % of [...]