Continuing with last weekend blog on Raj Kapoor. Last time I have covered his life’s journey on one aspect of his professional life, ie being a film maker (producer & director). Today I will be covering his journey as actor, and some other aspects of his life. As an actor he was highly influenced by …
Author: Anil Malik
Greatest Test Match
I am going back to history and writing about the greatest cricket Test match ever played. This happened during West Indies tour of Australia in the year 1960-61. Both Australia and West Indies showed the way the game could and should be played in a series that captured the attention and interest of record crowds…
Tuesday Titbits
Friends, if you are sport lover and that too of the game of Tennis, then you must be following the Grand Slam tournaments. In the recently concluded last Grand Slam tournament of the year, US Open 2018, there is one thing special in the women’s section and that is, in 2018 , the 4 grand…
Monday Blues
Today, on this Monday of Sept 2018. The week has started with the opposition sponsored Bharat bandh. It is a basically Congress instigated Bharat bandh, and what is the reason for bandh call, petrol price increase, dictatorship of the govt and general unrest in the country due to govt policies.In my opinion this bandh call…
Greatest Showman
Today, on this weekend blog, I am going to write about the greatest Showman of Indian Silver Screen, and he is known as RAJ KAPOOR. He was born in Peshawar (now in Pakistan) in 1924, his father was a noted film and drama actor Prithviraj Kapoor. His actual name was Ranbir Raj Kapoor, but in…
War & Aftermath
Today also, I am going back into history, and briefing you all about war with Pakistan in 1965, and its aftermath affect which resulted in Tashkent agreement. War with Pakistan– The war was fought over Kashmir and started without the formal declaration of War, It began some time in first half of Aug 1965 and…
Wednesday Post
On this first Wednesday of Sep 2018, few items which are worth mentioning in today’s blog. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) yesterday issued a statement that they are directing Johnson & Johnson (J&J ) company that they should offer immediate relief of Rs 20 lakhs, to all the patients in India who are affected…
Tuesday Titbits
Few news items which caught my attention on this first Tuesday of Sept 2018. Generally during monsoon season there is a tendency of petrol and diesel consumption to drop. But as per statistics this year drop in fuel consumption during months of June and July is less compared to drop in last year. ( The…
Asiad
In the recently concluded Asian Games in Jakarta, the overall performance of Indian Athletes have been good, as they have bagged the highest numbers of medals in one edition of games, total medals won were 69, in which 15 were Gold, 24 Silver and 30 Bronze. If we consider this as an achievement, then we are…
Weekend
On this weekend, the hatke topic is about a Bollywood movie, which was considered as the best movie ever made in the history of of Hindi(Bollywood) Cinema. This movie was released in 1975, and in the first week , it was termed flop by critics. But after that the movie picked up and did the…