I was dozing off in a fit of heat-induced somnolence from somewhere out of my dull brain came the thought of my mother...and her love of wildlife documentaries. She was far, far ahead of her times...she had Salim Ali's bird book with her, though she only watched garden birds..and we often went into the jungles of West Bengal and north India. In a ( Read more... )

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Movie stars...are often known for their beauty, and less often, for their histrionic talent.

Suchitra Sen had a combination of both...in the Bengali film world, she was called "mahAnAyikA" or "the great heroine" (a politically incorrect word today, but it's more precise.) Her foray into the Hindi film world was not as successful...but she acted ( Read more... )

I suddenly remembered a song I'd heard in my infancy...after months of not wanting to learn new songs, Kavya is suddenly keen again, now!

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The words mean,

"I am a beautiful girl;
I have the eyes for that;
The only thing I possess
Is my self-respect..."

The original song is here (from a 1956 film, imagine!)

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and the lyrics are:

here

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This youtube video has the words and a good translation, too. What lovely music...and true to his name, Bhupen (Hazarika) has set the song to Bhup (or Bhupali) raag...

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I made a movie, using one of Picasa's features for the first time.

This is for asakiyume....

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I liked it when the aircraft flew across :)

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A ghazal is, technically, Urdu poetry. But Hindi is very close to Urdu, and some of the most beautiful ghazals are from Hindi movies ( Read more... )