I just got an alert that this blog has achieved today 100K views and 70K unique visitors! It's been many years since I started this blog; maybe 8 years or so. I had another blog before this one which I had started in 2006-07. So overall it's been 15 years. 100K views in 8 years... Continue Reading →
15th August 1992: 30 Years of Roja and A R Rahman
A R Rahman's first film as a composer, "Roja" released on 15th August 1992...30 years ago on this day! I still remember the sensation created by Roja songs and the beginning of the cult of A R Rahman! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OJBJLSVEho Roja was made in Tamil but it was also dubbed in Hindi. All the songs were... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
15th August 2022 "It takes lots of money to keep Gandhi in poverty." — Sarojini Naidu.
Lal Singh Chaddha, Power Of Social Media Trolls And India@75
Aamir Khan's long awaited comeback movie, Lal Singh Chaddha (LSC) finally released on 11th August 2022. Aamir's last movie, Thugs of Hindustan released in 2018 and was an instant disaster. I didn't watch it. After that his next movie was announced as official adaptation of 1994 multiple Academy Awards winning movie Forrest Gump. The Indian... Continue Reading →
Chess Puzzle
White to play and win...
Thought of The Day
14th August 2022 “I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” — James Baldwin
Thought of The Day
13th August 202 Be teachable. You’re not always right
Thought of The Day
12th August 2022 The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government. — Thomas Paine
Thought of The Day
11th August 2022 "Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens." — Adam Smith
Chess Puzzle
White to play and mate in 3 moves
Thought of The Day
10th August 2022 "It is not impermanencethat makes us suffer.What makes us suffer iswanting things to bepermanent when theyare not." — Thich Nhat Hanh
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