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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