Arise, Awake, Understand, Work – Nachiketas-Vivek Anand-Narendra Modi – August 15, 2014
Four months ago, on April 18, 2014, we wrote, “If this week’s polls turn out to be accurate, then India will begin its journey towards mental indep...
Category: songs
Waqt (1965) – First, Evergreen, Evergreat
The Bollywood movie is Waqt. This the greatest and the simplest tribute we can pay to an evergreen and evergreat film which was a pioneering film when rele...
The lighter side of Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi is noted for her serious roles and for the strong characters she played in Art Cinema. Last week, we showed a serious role of hers in the lovely&nb...
Labor Day – Celebration Bollywood Style
Celebrating labor is a Bollywood tradition. On this labor day, we are delighted to highlight two classic songs about farmers and workers. The first is...
The “Bhramar” or “Bhawara” (“Bee”) in Bollywood
Pandit-Raj Jagannath, the great Sanskrut Scholar (CE 1650- a contemporary of Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal), cautioned the flower “O flower, think n...