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29 October 2016
14 October 2016
Bob Dylan
This year's Nobel Prize for Literature to legendary rock songwriter musician Bob Dylan is interesting. It also seems to have set a new trend. Though I have used good popsongs in teaching English language, Physics and other subjects I never expected that pop music would be placed on the same pedestal as novels, poems and plays.
(I remember my students enjoying a Robert Frost poem that I always used whenever I explained Millikan's oil drop experiment to determine the specific charge of an electron).
Getting back to Bob Dylan, who wouldn't like his "Blowing in the wind", "Like a rolling stone" or "Mr Tambourine man"? His simple music will keep ringing in the ears of folk and rock music fans for many years to come.
I remember having read many years back that Bob Dylan's writing was influenced by the works of Dylan Thomas, an American poet.
(I remember my students enjoying a Robert Frost poem that I always used whenever I explained Millikan's oil drop experiment to determine the specific charge of an electron).
Getting back to Bob Dylan, who wouldn't like his "Blowing in the wind", "Like a rolling stone" or "Mr Tambourine man"? His simple music will keep ringing in the ears of folk and rock music fans for many years to come.
I remember having read many years back that Bob Dylan's writing was influenced by the works of Dylan Thomas, an American poet.
11 October 2016
Vijaya Dashami
Today is the grand finale of Dusserah Fest. This day is also celebrated as Buddha Jayanti and Madhwa Navami.
03 October 2016
Gandhi Jayanti
Yesterday was an important day for all Indians. We Indians celebrate this day every year as Gandhi Jayanti. It is the birthday of Mahaatma Gandhi and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri.