Category: Daily Happenings Blog

VVPAT   During this General elections, one item which has been in constant news is VVPAT. What is this VVPAT (Voters Verified Paper Audit Trail). A VVPAT is intended as an independent system for Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) designed to allow voters to verify that their vote was cast correctly, to detect possible election fraud…

My varied thoughts on this first Tuesday of May 2019.   A As expected Supreme Court (SC) panel clears Chief Justice of India (CJI) in sexual harassment complain. A in house committee  comprising  three SC judges, dismissed a  complaint by sacked SC woman employee against CJI. The in house committee has found no substance in…

Continuing with Filmfare awards, this week I am writing about best playback singers  (Male & Female) awards. Playback singer award was started in 1958 and till 1966, it was a common award, there were no separate awards for male & female playback singers.   1958 : Lata Mangeshkar for song Aaja Re Pardesi– from Madhumati….

On the first day of May 2019, which happens to be International Labour Day, and in this part of country it is also known as Maharashtra Day & Gujarat Day, as on this day both the states came into existence on the political map of India. Some varied thoughts of the day : 1.The dismissed…

On this last day of Apr 2019, some titbits thoughts   General Elections 2019– So yesterday along with other Mumbaikars, I also voted in this crucial General Election of 2019.According to me this time there was less campaigning on the road and more on social media. In my constituency, I just saw once the NDA…

Continuing with Filmfare Awards, this weekend I am writing about the Best Music Composer (M) & Best Lyricist (L). Music Composer award started from 1953 & Lyricist award started from 1958. 1953 : Naushad (M) for Baiju Bawra. 1954 : SD Burman (M) for Taxi Driver. 1955 : Hemant Kumar (M) for Naagin. 1956 :…

Wednesday Thoughts Based on news reports and other happenings in the country, few thoughts on last Wednesday of April 2019.   What a situation, even Chief Justice of India (CJI) is facing an allegation of sexual harassment by a dismissed female junior court assistant. CJI’s first reaction was of disbelief and he  strongly denied  all…

Few news items, which caught my attention this Monday of Apr 2019. 1 Some times I feel the courts have become so insensitive to normal citizen of the country that it seems that normal person has got no sympathy or support from the justice system. Today I read a news item, which I want to…

This weekend also, I am continuing with Filmfare Awards, and this time I am writing about Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Male & Female). These awards were started from the year 1954, one year later than the earlier mentioned awards 1954 : David (M) in Boot Polish & Usha Kiran(F) in Baadban. 1955 : Abhi…

What has happened to Jet Airways ? It seems that India’s oldest privately owned airline is on the verge of total collapse, and it’s flight operations are at the minimum level. As per latest position of yesterday, only 5 of its aircrafts were in operation yesterday. The domestic side of  Mumbai’s T2 terminal looks deserted,…