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One of the great poets of her time, an amazing aspect & reflection of her indomitable yet unabashedly endearing persona, underestimated & under-promoted till today. Certainly the best & classiest poetess I’ve heard till date, poetry notable not just for it’s unshackled writing, given her esteemed & precious reputation as many allude, but most ofContinue reading “MEENA KUMARI — POET UNPARALLELED !”

There is a danger of History downgrading audiences to a lukewarm timid ‘how to avoid or sidestep the inadequate’ or ‘how to do the shabby/bad better’ mindset. Life shows us the slacky, tacky, & bad, naturally & pretty quick, anyway. History on the contrary ought be a document, exhaustively calibrating & highlighting all the exemplaryContinue reading “PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY”

Excellent suggestions by Rashid Latif (towards the end of this interview) to counter the menace of ‘session fixing’ & ‘spot-fixing’ in Cricket. MANDATE A FULL 5 MIN DELAY BETWEEN, LIVE MATCH & IT’S TV/INTERNET TELECAST/COMMENTARY FROM ACCREDITED AGENCIES. If ICC really wants to root out corruption & dirty unethical “nation-ridiculing/exploiting” money from their game, I’mContinue reading “SUGGESTIONS TO GREATLY REDUCE “FIXING” IN CRICKET –”

1. Love is a cry & an outreach for deeper more fulfilling spirit. The rest is just camaraderie, chemistry, & a common way of life. 2. The ultimate purpose of experience, is to let go. 3. Quality of envisioned justice is as good as one’s quality of belief and faith. 4. The left is incompetentContinue reading “QUOTES”

(Repost from June 2022, from previous id, to further h/l how strict public broadcasting norms were till 1975, & how post-Emergency times cut PM’s hands off & gave rise to the free-for-all (in every way) we know over past half decade) Few incidents from film related history, contemplating on the ‘art imitating life or theContinue reading “BOLLYWOOD LIFE & TIMES (& PRACTICES) BEFORE 1975-77 !”

 Born into a long lineage of male classical darbari dancers, steeped in the age-old Lucknowi Kathak dance form, this male child, born in 1938, in a large ward of all just born girls, thus reminding everyone of Krishna, was named “Brij Mohan”. Who would know, that this Krishna-reminding name, would also imbibe some of hisContinue reading “IN HONOR OF, THE GREATEST MALE DANCER OF THE 20TH CENTURY  – PANDIT BIRJU MAHARAJ !”

Everyone knows Rajesh Khanna entered films via a Talent Contest he entered in 1964 or so ie at the age of 22. But we also know that he was an avid professional theater actor from his early college days since late 1950s! So here’a a quick blog quenching audience curiosity on the missing Rajesh KhannaContinue reading “OF ASTROLOGIES AND DESTINIES: AND BOLLYWOOD KINGS”

Didya know that Rajesh Khanna, aside of being the magical actor, was also a proficient musician!? Yup, accounts from his school & college friends infact reveal he was a quite a drums & bongo player himself! And twas this interest in music, that brought him close to R. D. Burman from the very start ofContinue reading “A TALE OF 2 GENIUSES: RAJESH & RAHUL”

Aside his deep bond with RD, were 2 other v. big names in Rajesh Khanna’s closest circle – Kishore Kumar & Shakti Samanta. The story of how this first association came into being, is also most infotaining. Infact connected to Rajesh’s own beginnings in the big league. So happens that great singer & Music directorContinue reading “FROM THE CAESAR FILES”

An entertaining anecdote around a super duper hit song, involving Usha Khanna. The one thing that constantly saddened Usha ji, (& that infact was a indirect qun asked of her by many male interviewers), was how being a lady became a big hinderance in her forming the kinda camaraderie that other male music directors hadContinue reading “OF THE LEGENDARY KHANNA OF MUSIC – USHA KHANNA!”