It has been almost three years since I last saw a play. I had been a regular at the Naatak plays and I have blogged about a few of them before. Anyways Today I had the opportunity to see a… Read More ›
Events
Dard ki dawa naa ho toh dard ko hi dawa samajh lena chahiye – Remembering Vinod Khanna
Bollywood has never had a dearth of handsome villains; but among them on the top is a name; that of Vinod Khanna the star who came as a villain and then became a lead hero in several movies. ‘Dard ki… Read More ›
Malayalam Theatre Production in SF Bay Area opens with ‘The Wild Horse’
I have been part of the regular audience for many of the Indian theatre productions in the Bay Area in the last couple of years. And every time I used to wonder when we would have a full length Malayalam… Read More ›
Read; Write and Be Complete; Be PenPositive – Enjoy World Poetry Day
What does a day mean to those who live poetry everyday? Good question. Just like you cannot reduce your dad and mom into a date because you have Father’s day or Mother’s day we will have to just take… Read More ›
The Truth is like Poetry; And Most People Fucking hate Poetry; Happy Poetry Day !!!
This weekend I was watching the movie ‘The Big Short’ and in that a character says that he overheard this in a Washington DC Bar ‘The Truth is like Poetry; And Most People Fucking hate Poetry’. He was probably referring… Read More ›
My First Poetry Reading to Folks with Alzheimer’s
A month back as part of Penpositive I visited an Alzheimer’s and dementia care center to read some poetry. I connected with them quite accidently. I have this habit of just typing poetry at places where people do not type… Read More ›
Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra- Fremont Startup Grind Fireside Chat
Today was the first event by the new Fremont Chapter of Startup Grind as they hosted Manish Chandra, the CEO of the Fashion Marketplace Poshmark that provides you a fun way to buy and sell fashion. This is probably my first startup… Read More ›
Talking to an 8 year old about the SF Pride Parade and Queerala
“Why are we going to the SF Pride Parade tomorrow” Rahi asked. And I told him that before only a man and women were able to marry. “like you and mom” he said “Yes like me and mom…. and they… Read More ›
Shobana’s Krishna – A brilliant Capsule of a long and colorful epic saga
Shobana the film actress has always been one of my favorite since my college days, having seen more than once many of her memorable performances. I always knew that acting and films was one side of Shobana and dance is… Read More ›
San Jose Poetry festival 2015
Attended the San Jose Poetry Festival on Sunday April 12th. A full day spend with poets and poetry lovers. Anatomy of poetry, workshops, Featured readings, Haiku session, world Poetry, Highschool Poets, Poetry Slam, and finally open mic. The interesting thing… Read More ›
Vinod Narayan 