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Need strong LokPal - Letter to MP

2011-08-17T22:01:00.002+05:30

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:26 PM, office of Ananth Kumar wrote: Dear Sir BJP is for Strong Lok Pal. pl visit www.ananth.org regards Team Ananth Kumar On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Mayuresh Nirhali wrote: > Esteemed Shri Ananth Kumar Honorable MP of Bangalore South (Karnataka ) , > We are deeply hurt and disappointed with the goverment proposed Lokpal Bill. >

In-flight entertainment system Gotcha

2008-06-13T07:18:00.008+05:30

Recently, on a flight from Toronto to Ottawa, I got a chance to see how the in-flight entertainment systems bootup. I admit here that It was shear luck. I did not have to get into the cockpit or any other section where they normally wont allow passengers. It was all happening on the private screens and for everyone.There was some hick-up with the entertainment system and it was hung. After

I post an iPost

2008-05-28T02:31:00.002+05:30

This is a special post. I am writing my first post from my new toy, iPhone. Its time for my flight to Frankfurt from Toronto.Take care

Being an Ottawa Senator

2008-05-25T07:51:00.007+05:30

I am visiting Ottawa, Canada for a conference since monday. The conference got over yesterday and today many of us decided to do some sightseeing around the beautiful city of Ottawa.We are staying at the University of Ottawa (aka uOttawa) residence and most of the key sites are at walkable distance of 1.5 miles maximum. The 2 main attractions we covered today are, the Parliament hill and the War

Being in Beijing

2008-03-17T20:26:00.006+05:30

I am going back home from my short trip to Beijing and writing this log at the new bangkok airport with few hours to board the flight to bangalore.This was my second trip to Beijing. I stayed for about 9 days the first time and this time it was only 4 days. I had enough time to cover the main attractions to beijing in the previous visit itself, so the excitement was much much lower this time. I

Rangdakshini 2007 Results : Its YUVA again!

2007-03-04T09:25:00.000+05:30

History repeats! :)Its yet another biig success to YUVA. Complete Wash-out or a "Yuva Wah-shout" as Raju always puts it.YUVA's 'Pravas' won best play (among 19 entries), Best actor among many other first prizes in this competition. The success is not a surprise with Yuva displaying high degree of team work and professionalism.Some more highlights of the event are, * 19 teams performed over 4

Awishkar's 20th Annual Theatre Festival

2007-01-20T21:52:00.000+05:30

Awishkar's 20th annual theatre festival, the Arvind Deshpande Memorial Festival, concluded yesterday, celebrating 75th birthday of the man behind this group, Mr. Arun Kakade. Awishkar is doing theatre for more than 3 decades now and has always supported core marathi theatre and the passionate people behind them.This event featured a lot of premier performances along with plays from established

RangadakshiNi 2007 - Schedule

2007-01-15T10:33:00.000+05:30

The schedule for RangadakshiNi 2007 is out.The competition is spanned over 4 days around the long weekend of Republic Day and in total 21 ekankikas (one act plays) will be staged. There are 5 local groups and 2 of which (Chaitanya and IISc) are participating for the first time. The rest 17 ekankikas come from various locations including Sangli (total 9 entires, :O), Solapur (1), Latur (2, runner

Rangadakshini 2007 - Marathi drama competition in Bangalore

2007-01-09T21:40:00.000+05:30

Maharashtra MandaL bengalooru has announced Rangadakshini 2007 and it is scheduled on the long weekend of Republic Day, from 25th to 28th of January. This competition features marathi one act plays from various theatre groups and it has been a great entertainment to its audience for past many many years. Even though the competition has been taking place for many years, in the recent past it is

Why don't indians watch theatre?

2007-01-07T21:46:00.000+05:30

I participated in a discussion on the same topic at Orkut's 'Indian theatre' community. The concern is also valid to a certain degree to countries other than india who does have interest in theatre.The discussion brings up some good points which I would like to mention here, in addition to my own thoughts.In general, I think, everyone would agree that many people dont watch theatre. The obvious

moved my cheese...

2007-01-07T17:55:00.000+05:30

About 8 years ago, I got my first ever email id and that was with yahoo. That was my first interaction with the Internet world.Yahoo has been a really great portal because throughout this period, I have used many of their services. There are about 20 groups that I am part of and have been owning and moderating quite a few of them. The messenger has been a great tool and over these years, the list

My Marathi play - Vidhi-Likhit

2006-09-14T14:24:00.000+05:30

Come gaNeshotsav, all yuva members get together to put up a play for a marathi one act play competition held by Maharashtra mandal bangalore. I have been in bangalore for 5 years now and have not missed a single chance to participate. I was committed even this year.Like every year, it takes a while to get people to come together as everyone would crib about the amount of work they already

Mayur Shooting ...

2006-07-31T20:44:00.000+05:30

I have been using a Digital Camera for quite some time now but never really explored the photography; until my recent visit to Valley of Flowers. My new Canon A 610 gives a great feature set of manual modes through which I could explore the magic of aperature and shutter-speed combinations. The best part of this camera is the Macro mode feature and I simply loved clicking those flowers with it. I

Being Cyrus - Discomforts

2006-03-29T21:37:00.000+05:30

This blog is not a review of Saif Ali Khan starter movie, Being Cyrus. But, it is about one very interesting thing that I noticed while watching it, which left me puzzled.In this movie, there is one scene where the police officer is trying to impress a female character (Simon Singh) at his police station. Its basically a loong (in terms of camera's position wrt characters) shot where the officer

Worst of Bangalore traffic I have seen ...

2006-03-27T21:51:00.000+05:30

Bangalore traffic! huh!! No need for any preface!We, bangaloreans, have lot of stories to tell, most of them talk about long frustrating waits. This one's a little different and disturbing.Kemp Fort on airport road is one of the major traffic bottleneck for people commuting from airport to the city. On a weekend morning, I dropped a friend of mine at the bangalore domestic airport and was getting

Filmi Chakkar

2006-03-26T16:25:00.000+05:30

"Required an Indian actor, based in california with age between 23-28 for a lead role in a commercial film. He should have some prior exposure to acting. The movie will be shot in New York and India. The shoot in India is in Feb/Mar and the expenses for his travel will be incurred by the production company along with the payment for being a part of this production. The auditions will happen next

A day in Sin City of the world ...

2005-12-27T12:01:00.000+05:30

Some things in life are just unbelievable!!My first attempt to go see Las Vegas was a major nightmare. I met with an accident on my way to vegas and spent next 2 months in the hospital. I went through a skin grafting surgeory on my left hand and the mark will remain on my hand probably forever.and today, after only about 7 months since my accident, I have just returned from an incredible visit to

Rural California...

2005-12-18T15:28:00.000+05:30

On my trip to Grand Canyon I had a chance to stay in a town called Williams, AZ.This place is about 50 miles from Grand Canyon South Rim and its really on the way to canyon. After our 13 hour drive from Bay Area to state Arizona, we had planned to stay at this town before we go hiking in the Grand Canyon the next day.Even though this place is commercialized with lots of lodges, restaurents (for

Hiking in Grand Canyon

2005-12-18T03:24:00.000+05:30

This is really special... Grand Canyon !People go there, take pictures and come back! Not only we did that, but also hiked all the way down to a place from where you can see the Colorado river. I think it is kewl !!We had this hike planned way early and pretty well. I have done hikes/trekking before in india in western ghaats of Maharashtra and Karnataka, so have some good experience. As you can

Just another working day in the Bay Area...

2005-12-09T21:11:00.000+05:30

Sometimes, its just good to write about something common !!Another day of early morning meetings... that was easy with the jet lag I was going through for last few days, but today was different. I got up just in time and had to rush for the meeting. This made me feel that I am getting back to normal, you know. It was a busy day in office, touching lot of topics and too many things to handle. But,

"A man in dark times" at Rangashankara

2005-11-08T13:48:00.000+05:30

RangShankara is a place for theatre in bangalore.If you've ever heard of Prithvi theatre in Mumbai then I think Rangshankara is "Prithvi Theatre of Bangalore". Not only because it has two big names (Girish Karnad and Arundhati Naag) associated with it, but mainly for their commitment to theatre. It just completed its first year and has already earned a lot of respect among the theatre enthusiasts

Mann udhaan varyache

2005-08-16T11:45:00.000+05:30

This is my latest favourite song ...Its a marathi song from the movie "Aga baai arechchya". The song has very melodious tune, touchy words and the best part is Shankar Mahadevan's singing!!Enjoy the wordings... Maayechya haLavyaa sparshanni phulatenaatyaanchyaa bandhaat dhoond moharatemann udhaaN vaaryaache, gooj paavasaachekaa hote bebhaan, kase gahivarte! aakaashi swapnanchya harapoon bhaan

Road trips are no fun without this

2005-07-11T12:19:00.000+05:30

Sarkar - the movie

2005-07-09T12:15:00.000+05:30

After a loong time, got a chance to see a movie on its first day. was actually waiting for this one. The movie is inspired by Godfather in a true sense I think. May be for the first time Bollywood is seeing a lead Role Hero who is 50+ in the BigB. Lot of people tried this before, but Amitabh is making it really outstanding with the kind of movies that he is doing. We have seen movies made for

The surviving instinct

2005-07-09T03:29:00.000+05:30

Life is very unpredictable and you have to be prepared for the worst all the time.Summer 2005! I was visiting San Jose, California for a month on business. It wasnt the first time in US for me and I know how things work there in gerenal. I am not the kind of person who will sit at home after my work and relax... and that too in a country where there was still lot of stuff to explore, naah! In