Daily Happenings

There is  a  story in today’s newspaper that so many of major coastal cities in the Asian sub continent might go under water by the year 2050. The cities mentioned are Mumbai, Kolkata, Hongkong, Shanghai, Bangkok, Dhaka, Osaka, Ho Chi Minh City and few more. The main reason cited in the story is that part…

So friends, I am back on the job of writing my blog, after the Diwali break,  in effect  I missed  only  2 blog days. Politically the nation was  at a slow pace, except for 2 states which went for elections last week. Few observations on the last few days of happenings in the country.  …

Continuing with my weekend blog on Hindi film lyricist of the golden era of  music. This week I am writing about 2 lyricist, who were very talented but they did not got their due in the Bollywood. First was known by  his pen name ANJAAN and second was  INDEEVAR. Between two of them Indeevar wrote…

Today’s hot topic being the results of  Maharashtra & Haryana Assembly elections held on 21st Oct. So in the end most of Exit polls have been proven wrong, as these poll  had predicted 220+ seats for the BJP/Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra  and BJP getting comfortable margin of victory in Haryana, some polls even predicted…

On this Wednesday of Oct 2019, some interesting  developments which I would like to share with  you friends.   1 I was just wondering that the case against P Chidambaram in the matter of money laundering (INX Media case) where two central agencies Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) are investigating the case….

Some interesting news stories on this Tuesday of Oct 2019.   1 So state elections in Maharashtra and Haryana got over yesterday and immediately after the completion of polling process, all the TV news channels started airing the findings of their Exit Polls, and the panel of experts started discussing about the outcome of various…

Friends, I have always wondered about the religion of Nehru/Gandhi family. When I was in school in 1950s, the history book informed me that Jawaharlal Nehru was Kashmiri Hindu. As I grew up, I learnt that because Nehru was Kashmiri he took the responsibility of  Kashmir’s problem, which arose after the Maharaja of J &K …

Continuing with my weekend post on the lyricist of Hindi Film songs of Golden Era of  Music. This time I am writing about a lyricist, who may not have written many film songs as his contemporaries of that era, but whatever he penned was memorable and it was sheer poetry. Like Kaifi Azmi, he  also…

Some wild thoughts on this Thursday of Oct 2019.   1 During the on going campaign for  Maharashtra Assembly elections, there have been suggestion by some  candidate from BJP that it is high time that Veer Savarkar should be bestowed with the nation’s highest honour ie Bharat Ratna, for his role during the freedom movement….

Today I am back on the topic of Aarey and Metro Car Shed in Mumbai. I had earlier written on this topic, but afterwards I  happened to gather some more information on this subject, which I would like to share with you all. As you all are aware that the controversy arose when a few…