I remember first hearing Mandolin Srinivas on Dooradarshan TV in India…. then his concert used to be telecasted quite often…. being of the same age group I always wondered how a kid my age could master music at such a level to sit next to other stalwarts of the field and play…… At that time I did not know that a word called prodigy existed…… that was how … Continue reading Child Prodigy Mandolin U Srinivas No More; Dies at 45
I have always loved watching Raaj Kumar; it was probably his dialogue delivery…. It always felt that the dialogues would all lose its life if delivered by someone else. There are two type of actors; one type would fit into any role, flexible to the core. And the other type has such a towering presence and personality on and off screen that the characters start playing … Continue reading Remembering Raaj Kumar – The King of Dialogue Delivery
Making it to the flower carpet is always a struggle for every flower. It is more luck than struggle. Yes the prettier make it in easily, but it is not just how pretty; you have to be the right size and color so you fit into it just well. You might look great alone but you need to look good along with others, that is … Continue reading A Flower’s Onam
Today is Teachers day in India, the place I went to school…. I had written a malayalam piece last year and this year I have its english translation as well… Since 1962 in India Teachers Day is celebrated on birth day of Dr. Saravepalli Radhakrishnan, the Indian philosopher and statesman who was also the first Vice President and the second president of India…. I wish … Continue reading Today is Teachers Day in India – Sep 5 2014
Here is the image of a message I picked up from the fortune cookie during my Lunch… This Fortune Cookie message is a Japanese Proverb Nanakorobi yaoki which literally means, “Fall seven times and stand up eight”…. But I have no clue what the 7 times signifies, I have heard about the seven deadly sins, so does each failure signify a sin…. may be not, because it … Continue reading Debugging A Fortune Cookie Message
There are things in life that become so inseparable from you because your day starts and ends with it; mostly it is people, your family, friends, and then routines and at times emotions and a sense of realizing who you are…. One such inseparable entity for the San Francisco Bay Area south asian community is Radio Zindagi….. With their slogan “Jiye Ja” Radio Zindagi has … Continue reading Radio Zindagi Turns 3
Visuals and Sound have a big impact on people; A horror movie can make a person shut their eyes; A loud scream can make them shut their ears. But how do you deal with people who live and walk blind and deaf towards what is happening around them. How do you make them use their eyes, ears and heart and overcome the bystander effect. Varun … Continue reading Varun Pruthi – A Film Awakener making people Hear, See, Think, Respond & Act
Richard Attenborough for many is synonymous to Gandhi, the movie that won him the Academy Award for which he was both the producer and the director. He was also the John Hammond of Jurassic Park, the movie that gave us the stunning visuals of a recreated pre-historic time… Yesterday, as he left us a few days shy of his 91st birthday, I wanted to dedicate … Continue reading Richard Attenborough dies at 90
First of all let us all understand that 140 characters are not enough especially on topics where even books turn out to be insufficient. In other sense, for those who want to get an answer, they can get it in 140 characters, for those who are looking to object everything Dawkins’s says, they will be unconvinced even after a day long lecture. Abortion is a very difficult and very delicate … Continue reading There is nothing to fight over Dawkin’s Abortion Tweet, But…..
That is a very interesting question especially when you have a highschooler. Some would think they know everything and some would think they know nothing. And both might be wrong… You might know so much more about your highschooler than you think, because after all they have grown learning from seeing you. You might also be in the spectrum where you are totally wrong about … Continue reading How well do you know your Highchooler?
Vinod Narayan 