Category: Leisure

Old Kishore Kumar song from movie Adhikar (1954)

Someone forearded me this interesting song from movie Adhikar (1954) In the era of Badshah and Honey Singh this song seems very meaningful! And relevant even today... But I am sure that in those day the likes of Anil Biswas, Naushad, Sajjad Husain etc would have expressed “concern” about the kind of degradation happening in... Continue Reading →

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Cooking, Gordon Ramsay and Indian Cuisines

I like cooking. In fact the very first prize in my life which I received in kindergarten was for cooking (पाकशास्त्र). I had made, actually helped my teacher make, दडपे पोहे (Dadpe Pohe).  And the prize I had received in the Annual Day function was a hanger  . Yes, my school was famous for giving such totally... Continue Reading →

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I told you so…first! :-)

Few months back, on 8th January 2018 to be precise, I wrote a blog on Anuja Kamat's Youtube Channel for Indian Classical Music Enthusiasts It was good to read today a detailed story on this in Scroll.in A young YouTuber is teaching thousands of Indians how to listen to classical music I can now claim... Continue Reading →

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The Book I Lent You…

Today (23rd April) is observed as "World Book Day". I came across an interesting bookshelf with shelves that made me think. Could you update following bookshelf with your choices? It is an interesting one and I'll try to fill up and post my version sometime soon... But I can immediately mention "The Book I Lent... Continue Reading →

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Rubik’s Cube and juggling!

I had tried to solve Rubik's Cube on my own for several years but never found a convincing method to solve it. I did manage to solve some random position but it was more of luck. In doing so what I learnt on my own was solving specific squares or specific corners. And I felt... Continue Reading →

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