Category: Us people

  • Round of Music.

    songs I grew up with Grease – Das Kultmusical ABBA, Boney M, Brother Gibbs, Andy Gibbs in the western lot, Nazia Hassan, Rupali Rathod,in the Indina tracks. It has always been ABBA I have their I have a dream as my ring tone. Every song, the lyrics, and the beats were great. Rasputin from Boney…

  • really not

    Me a reality show participant? Reality show are you for real? There is nothing real about them. Every bit is orchestral, the judges arguing and walking away in a huff, the contestants weeping, their pathetic home environment which is tragicomic, everything. If you notice the selection of the candidate falls in a mandate and I…

  • Shobha,Sulekha and me

    reflecting on Plinky’s question In what way do I stand out? In what way do I stand out? I do not know but here’s thinking about it. When one talks of standing out then definitely we are talking about a standard line, and either falling ahead, or behind or in line with it. What better…

  • Uncle Tom's cabin

    The book that inspired the civil war. IMG_4101 A book that made me cry Uncle Tom’s cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This a book that spoke of the black slave community. The faithful Uncle Tom probably inspired strong anti-slavery movement. Many thinkers and historians believe that the popularity of this book lead to the breaking…

  • Johnny Appleseed

    The Quixotic envoirnmentalists.

  • Manku Thimma –DVG

    Lyrics by poet DVGundappa,uses the pen name mankuthimma that is equivalent to Simple simon to reflect on everyday wisdom.   My mother tongue Kannada is spoken in the state of Karnataka in the southern peninsular India. Bangalore is its capital city. One of my favourite lyrics is in this language, written by a poet called…