“Eyes” have remained the subject for my past two blogs and I have shared a few of my favorite Bollywood songs and other poetry on this theme. I now conclude with these two compositions. The first song is from the hit 1970 movie Safar (The Journey). It was picturized on the (first) “Superstar" of Bollywood, …
Smorgasbord
A dear friend and I met recently for our monthly lunch. It is always the same location and pretty much the same menu – a cool one accompanied by guacamole and nachos, followed by soup and a sandwich with coffee to conclude our session that usually extends from 12.30 pm to 3.45 pm. In spite …
The Key to ….
There was a time in India, when school teachers habitually encouraged their students to use a kunji (literally, “Key”) for each subject that they taught. These were slim Tutorial pamphlets in the form of Frequently Asked Questions on key aspects of a subject/topic. For instance, there were kunjis on vyakaran (grammar), prose and verse by …
Passing time … time pass?
Once again, crystal balls will be dropped in Time Square, NY and elsewhere while fireworks will light up the skies around the world as we bid farewell to a decade and prepare to welcome 2020. Personal resolutions will be made and in some cases, may even survive the passage of time beyond the first few …
