Dateline-20-04-2023
Note: This is the first of the series of articles on current affairs and other topical issues that I am planning to write. Hope you like and appreciate this.
Entire Maharashtra is in the grip of severe heat wave. Day temperatures are soaring from high thirtees to low forties. It is adivisable not to venture out during day time.
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The now of today
Recently, Sony Marathi screened a 40-episode series titled “Post Office Ughade Ahe”, meaning post office is open. The story, set in 1997, is a humorous account of goings on in a post office in a small village, Pargaon, in Maharashtra. The employees, drawn from the village, have bare minimum educational qualification to carry out mundane jobs ...
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Thrillers
My affair with books started when I was so high! It started with Marathi books. These books, called char ane mala, meaning 25 paise series, were stories for kids containing kings and queens, prince and princesses, demons, and vampires and of course magicians! They made fascinating reading for a kid like me. Slowly these were exchanged for Chandoba, ...
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Sunday Column 25-06-2023
A few random thoughts for the day 25-06-2023
Today is my mother’s 91st birth anniversary. She will continue to influence rest of my life, as she did until now.
PM Modi was in US for a state visit. Everybody is going GaGa over photograph showing Prime minister Mr. Modi and President Biden with CEOs of Apple, Microsoft and Go ...
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Sunday Column 02-07-2023
The world is fond of celebrating “days”, like woman’s day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, doctor’s day, children’s day etc, etc. but have you heard of a researcher’s day or a scientist’s day? Not to my knowledge. Last two centuries were primarily driven by advances in science and technology. Whatever advances we have made in our lif ...
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Sunday column 09-07-2023
“Hi, this is Vicky.”
“Vicky? Which one? I know five Vickys.”
“Aare yaar, Vicky Datar. Remember I went to Germany in 2019?”
“Oh yeah, how are you? Back in Mumbai?”
“Yes, for about 15 days. Then back to Bonn.”
“So how are things?”
“All good. Working in Germany. Married. Have a kid now.” ...
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