15 December 2013

An oasis in TV commercial desert

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It is a well known fact that many of our TV commercials are noisy, exaggerated and unpleasant to view. But a few remain to stand out from t...
06 December 2013

A tribute to Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela passed away yesterday at the age of 95. As South  African president said in his tribute, the country has lost one of its gre...
26 November 2013

Sidelined Strategies in Science and Technology

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Though I am a very passionate Indian at heart, I have always preferred overseas media to local ones as I think that the former are far more...
24 November 2013

Rock Music and Spiritualism

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Some of the programs telecast over our Lok Sabha TV Channel are really very good. One such is the `Fairs of India' serial that features...
21 November 2013

Best wishes to Sachin Tendulkar

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Sachin Tendulkar  bid farewell to test cricket last week. Though not a fan of cricket as such, I have always admired Sachin for his extraor...
18 November 2013

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As I didn't have time, I couldn't write any post last week. Yesterday was an auspicious day in the Hindu calender; this was the day...
05 November 2013

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The lead story in all our media outlets today has been the successful launch of `Mangalyaan' Mission to Mars. Obviously news agencies s...
03 November 2013

Melodious music on mobile ads

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A few decades back when TV was new to Indian households, it was fun watching good programs as there were far less commercial interruptions....
02 November 2013

Fest of Lights

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Today is an auspicious day for Hindus. This day is celebrated as ` Diwali ' meaning `Festival of Lights'. This is the day when Lord...
14 October 2013

Vijaya Dashami

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Today is the last day of the Dusseraah Fest and is known as Vijaya Dashami. According to Hindu scriptures, this is the day which reminds th...