The Moors were people of western North Africa. They were most active in the present day regions of eastern Morocco and western and central Algeria. They descended from a mixed race of Berbers, a native tribe of northern Africa, and the Arabs, inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula, stretching from the Red sea to the Gulf… [Read more…]
April 1, 2011
(above image copyrighted to National Portrait Gallery, London http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw01347/Robert-Clive-and-Mir-Jafar-after-the-Battle-of-Plassey-1757) As is very well known, the historical account is seldom unbiased and true to the incidences and often full of propaganda to foster a given agenda. While recently going through an account of Robert Clive, the man renowned for establishing British Empire in India almost singlehandedly, the… [Read more…]
October 29, 2010
Below the review of The Elephant Celebes –an epitome of Surrealist paintings is given verbatim. It fetched the highest marks in a course on Visual Communication and Judgment of Art ‘The Elephant Celebes’ – one of the seminal paintings by the avant-garde artist Max Ernst, is considered to pioneer the Surrealist Movement in the visual… [Read more…]
May 30, 2010
cities. the epicenter of human civilization. the cataract of our ethos and culture. from east to west and north to south, they have sporadically bloomed to leave their mark on the zeitgeist. it gives birth to who we are and mould our emotions, shapes our thoughts, and nurtures our spirit. cynosure of human desires and ambitions, let us take a close look at what galvanizes the spirit of the city in this exhilarating ride towards its heart...
April 20, 2010
कुछ वादे किये तो थे तुमने पर अहमियत उनकी शायद जेहन में न थी यहाँ तो साँसे ही रुक गयी है कबसे क्या तुम वापस आओगी? सपने भी बुने साथ तेरे पर गाँठ कमज़ोर हो गयी ताने बाने तो बने है अब भी मगर रंगों ने धोखा दे दिया भूचाल ही तो था वो तुम्हारे… [Read more…]
November 23, 2009
“Hi!!” “Hello..” a smile follows. “it is too chilled out here” “Yeah i agree.” “well, you are the most beautiful girl, i have ever met”. blush. “That’s a cliche! try something different” “well, i am the cutest, smartest, most fun guy you’ll ever meet…” laughs hysterically..” ha ha ha… this attitude and you think you… [Read more…]
June 2, 2009
Me and a bunch of my friends visited San Francisco yesterday. The moment we took steps out on Main Street of Embaracadero, the locality near the bay area of Fisherman’s Wharf, the first expression on everyone’s face was that of amazement and the first words coming out of our mouth were “Wow… what a place!!”… [Read more…]
June 1, 2009
The huge appreciation of the movie, and the accolades it has been showered, only pillories the bias west has developed towards us. The movie though i agree and reaffirm is brilliant from a classroom presentation on cinema, and cinematic procedures of cinematography, narration, and the promos, but it has no links to any basis of… [Read more…]
April 15, 2009
Here’s a page from my diary.. quoting the above verbatim: ” It’s a warm sunny afternoon. the weather is clear. the zephyr blows coolly over the air. i shall leave today. this soil, my birthplace. i want to explore a new world. a new horizon. i want to see the green light at the… [Read more…]
January 9, 2009
Being in an engineering college, and seeing the scarcity of text books, i have a first hand experience of how much difference it makes, in the lives of students. There’s no doubt, the young and brilliant minds we all happen to see in our colleagues, as a matter of fact tend to accumulate dust over… [Read more…]
April 10, 2011
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