You may have read my review ‘Bhuj – The Pride of India is But a Ride of Hysteria.’ I wrote that as a former fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force. And now I write this as a current commercial pilot in an airline, flying the Boeing 737NG, the latest version of the hijacked airplane …
मी भारतीय हवाई सेनेत लढाऊ वैमानिक होतो आणि भुजमध्ये दोन कार्यकाळ केले आहेत. तब्बल पाच वर्षं त्या भागात उड्डाण केल्यामुळे, मी माझ्या वायूसेना आणि कच्छमधील आनंदी आठवणींना उजाळा देण्यास उत्सुक होतो. पण हा चित्रपट बघून माझ्या डोळ्यात पाणी आलं. खरंच आलं. पण हसून हसून पाणी आलं, कारण निर्माते इतके गंभीर असूनही हा चित्रपट हास्यास्पद निघाला. …
I was a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force and have done two tenures in Bhuj. Having spent five years flying over and driving around Kutch, I was keen to relive the happy memories of my days in the IAF and in Kutch. I must confess, the movie brought tears to my eyes. Tears …
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I normally avoid television news, to preserve what little is left of my sanity. Internet headlines are enough to paint the grim picture for me. But, in these Corona days, getting the latest news is important, so I began to endure the news channels. Last night, a popular channel announced an exclusive special report on …
“Haven’t you done the job yet?” Wife asked. “I’m trying…” I said, actually trying only to sound more confident than I felt. If you have done that job, and that too in one attempt, I salute you. I’m talking about the Package Selection for the television channels from your DTH provider, as mandated by the …
नुकताच ‘आपला मानूस’ हा सिनेमा बघितला. नानासाहेब पाटेकर यांचा सिनेमा असल्यामुळे आमच्या अपेक्षा जरा उंचावल्या होत्या. सिनेमा सुरू होतो अल्फ्रेड हिचकॉक स्टाईल मधे प्रेक्षकांच्या समोर एक डेड बॉडी पडून! ते पाहताच आम्ही घाबरून, मोबाईल बंद करून, धडधडत्या छातीला अन वाढत्या पोटाला न जुमानता, लाह्या खात खात सिनेमात रंगून गेलो. थोड्या वेळानी कळलं कि नानासाहेबांचा डब्बल …
द बकेट लिस्ट नामक एक इंग्रजी सिनेमा अनेक वर्षांपूर्वी आम्ही पहिला होता. तो इंग्रजीत असल्यामुळे आम्हाला समजला नाही. बकेट लिस्ट नावाचा मराठी सिनेमा आम्ही नुकताच बघितला. तो मराठीत असूनही आम्हाला समजला नाही. सिनेमाच काय, आम्हाला तर त्याचं नाव देखील कळालं नाही. ‘Google Translate’ संकेतस्थळाला आम्ही ‘बकेट लिस्ट’ या शब्दांचा अर्थ विचारला असता त्याने ‘बादलीची यादी’ …
I believe I am fair. Fairly fair. Fair in my feelings and dealings, but not fair in the colour of my skin; not the way we complexion obsessed Indians look at it. I have, what the matrimonial ads call, a ‘wheatish’ complexion, which as per the Oxford Living Dictionary means, ‘complexion of the pale golden …
‘Every day, Jack arrives at the train station from work at 5 pm. His wife picks him up at 5 pm and drives him home. One day, Jack gets to the station an hour early and starts walking home, until his wife meets him on the road. They get home 30 minutes earlier than usual. …
ह्या स्वातंत्र्यदिनी आलेल्या अनेक शुभेच्छा संदेशांमधे एक अत्यंत वेगळा फोटो होता, जो बघितल्यावर डोळ्यात पाणी आलं. आणि त्यानंतर डोळ्यात पाणी आणणारी आणखी एक घटना घडली. सुट्टी असल्याने प्रभात फेरीसाठी सकाळी उशिरा बाहेर पडलो आणि भरपूर चालून परत येताना घराजवळ ठप्प झालेल्या वाहतुकीमधे अडकलो. काही तरुणांनी एक ट्रक आणि खूप मोटारसायकली आडव्या लावून रस्ता बंद केला …
Exactly a year ago, on the night of 8th November 2016, I got a call from a friend, asking agitatedly, “Are you watching television?” “Yes,” I replied, “A movie.” “Movie?” My friend screamed, “Watch the news, you fool, the world is coming to an end!” “What happened? Earthquake?” I saw visions of massive eruptions from …
Remember the song from The Sound of Music, ‘I am sixteen, going on seventeen?’ Well, I am fifty six, going on fifty seven. Naturally, I’m not too active on Facebook. All I do is regularly wish people happy birthdays and occasionally post links to new articles on my blog. Beyond that, I’m largely a mute, …
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose; By any other name would smell as sweet,” said William Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet. I was reminded of this quote on seeing a government advertisement some time ago. It was very practical, and refreshingly different. Names of public office holders and political leaders were …
Among the many messages I received early morning on this Independence Day, the one shown above was very different – and left me deeply moved. And then there was another thing too. Since it was a holiday, I left home late, and on the way back after a leisurely morning walk, got stuck in traffic …
We all are very clean. Cleanliness has been a part of our culture and upbringing for thousands of years. Only, like everything else, we’ve modified the teachings about cleanliness to keep up with the times, so we clean our house and throw the muck on the street, smugly satisfied that we’ve done our job and …
“Hello, Sir! How are you?” Asked the young partner from the CA’s office when I answered her call. What business does she have sounding so cheerful in July when hard earned cash has to be coughed up and Income Tax Return filed? But one has to be civil. “Oh hello.” I replied, trying to – …
A throat problem resulted in the ENT specialist advising me ‘Voice Rest.’ So, I looked forward to spending my days silently, with a saintly smile on my face and feeling as pious as the Pope – like many great men, who have spoken about the power of silence. Look at the irony here – they …
I call my daughter, ‘The Selfie Queen’. She can click her own photo in a jiffy without seeming self-conscious and without appearing to be looking somewhere else – a trick I have not been able to master. She has a selfie-stick and a phone stand and knows all the features of her phone camera, from …
I am a member of many WhatsApp groups, and so are you. Much against our desire and good sense, we are forced to remain in some of them, due to familial, social or peer pressures, just so that folks do not label us as pompous asses who have grown too big for their boots. Being …
I exercise regularly… ah… about once a week. After a ravenous summer enjoying mangoes and a little sickness that interrupted my exercise routine, my new trousers became a bit uncomfortable around the waist. Dear Wife, never the one to let an opportunity go by, remarked in full view and hearing of the kids, “Your tummy …
