The early days of Doordarshan, the state-owned channel (at one time it was the only channel available) threw up some interesting serials. Flop Show, the humour show arrived slightly late on the scene but managed to gather its own set of fans. And in the process established the humour credentials of Jaspal Bhatti.
Favorites of 2024: Live performances
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We saw a lot of great live performances this year, so it was difficult to
narrow my choice of favorites to just eight. In chronological order of
performa...
Is This Blog Still Alive?
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Is this blog still alive? That’s a good question. My momentum at keeping up
here has obviously flagged quite a bit in recent memory. One reason
certainly i...
Nutan the poet
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Nutan, who loved bhajans and classical music, has written some poetry, of
which I have collected a little over the years. Given her talent and the
quality ...
Parwana (1971)
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The tagline on the DVD cover caught my eye first: “A Murder Plan That
Forced Indian Railways To Change Their Train Timing!” I am not sure that
Indian Railw...
Dear Zindagi (2016)
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Dir. Gauri Shinde Dear Zindagi's central social theme is fine. It's an
important idea - that regular people can benefit from psychotherapy for
regular-peop...
Baahubali: The Beginning.
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At times a worthwhile talking point precedes the reputation of a film so
much that while it doesn't quite color my viewing, it does hamper me with
preco...
How to Survive a Plague (2012)
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Queer history is one of those things we keep meaning to learn more about;
since it's essentially a modern civil rights struggle that's run parallel
with ...
I am moving
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For any visitors I still have left: Thanks for visiting during my long and
unscheduled hiatus. I got busy at work, then with moving and travelling,
and b...
A post in 2013??
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Hi Blogger friends, My last post was 11/14/12 just a short paragraph why I
haven’t been on. Prior to that, I had a 30 Day Tollywood Song Challenge I
did ba...
2012….
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Another year’s gone by, faster than a speeding rocket! It was a very
eventful and busy year for me, personally and professionally, and I didn’t
have much t...
Chammak Challo Promo!!!!!!!!!!!
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OMG, SUPER LOVE the new promo for Ra.One!!!! I just had to post this if for
no other reason than so I didn't lose it. Shah looks absolutely adorable
and no...
S. D. Burman: Taxi Driver (1954/1977) Pakistan
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Ok, ok. I actually enjoyed the *Taxi Driver* soundtrack more than* Chalti
Ka Naam Gaadi*. And I have to admit that I am finding some S. D. Burman
songs wh...
Sadhana Dead?
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I was reading an article o n heroines who lead a lonely life and in it, it
says that Sadhana (the actress from the 60's, her movies include Hum Dono,
Mera...
Prema Katha
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In 1988, director/producer Nasir Hussain launched his nephew Aamir Khan's
film career with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, a tragic story about two doomed
young lo...
Post No. 4
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Brief background of Geva Colour as Papa Ajoba explained it:
Technicolour means it is made up of three colour negatives instead of two
in black and white....
A weekend away in Zhejiang
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One of my Chinese teachers, Vincent, invited me to go away for a weekend.
One of his friends' grandfather was having an 80th birthday celebration.
We w...
Delirious Delhi: Publishing globally. TODAY.
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This blog began in 2007. We left India in 2009. HarperCollins India
published Delirious Delhi within India in 2011. And now, finally, reverse
globalization...
Relocated….
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Just a super quick reminder that my A Reason To Write posts are appearing
at www.EllenWeeren.com now. And A Reason To Read is here now. Thanks and
Happy Ne...
We have a Dog!!
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About a month ago, we went to the local Humane Society and adopted a dog.
Somehow, it was my idea. I was really pushing Satya to go to the Humane
Society...
Abandoned City – Fatehpur Sikri
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If driving from Jaipur to Agra, I highly recommend a pit stop at Fatehpur
Sikri. This walled city functioned briefly as the capital to Emperor
Akbar’s emp...
Rajasthan with Dad - Jaipur, Monkey Temple
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Our last stop of the day was at the monkey temple. No cost to get in as it
is a temple, but a charge of 150 rupees ($2.50) for each camera. We walk...
Indian Wedding Part 1 - The Reception
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The Wedding Reception
We were invited to an Indian wedding this weekend - finally! Well, we had
been invited to a couple before, but both were people we di...
Two kittens looking for a home
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Remember this kitten I wrote about earlier? Well, we started calling her
Kitty-cat (I know, very original :o)) since then and she is a big cat now.
She is ...
Our Little Girl
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Hi everyone! I haven't been blogging lately as we have become parents of a
lovely little girl who keeps us very busy. She was born on October 18th and
we h...
Chapter 20 and Epilogue
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*The Man in the Moon*
Yoyo’s dominions had spread across four generations – my father, me, my
siblings, my daughter and nieces, nephews, and then he rap...
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