At The Edge

In 1969,  14-year-old Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape recorder, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto for a chat. And convinced him to do an interview. In 2007, we got 'I Met The Walrus', an animated short film by Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite, that used the interview to tell a story in brilliant visuals. video link Official Website: I met the Walrus

'Iconic' Colgate Ad from 1980s featuring child actor Baby Guddu Baby Guddu, one of the most popular child actor of Hindi films made in later half of 1980s, Samundar (1986) being one of her most famous film.

Images: Helen in 'Cha Cha Cha' (1964), song "Meethi Meethi Madhur Madhur".[ Youtube link ] At the end, she actually slaps the guy singing the Bhajan . Helen in 'Mayurpankh' (1954), song "Mohabbat Ki Dastan". She was about 15 at the time. One of her first credited appearances. [ Youtube link ] "Hazel Eyed-Chic-Sleek-gorgeously glamorous twinkled Toed Charmer of the Silver Screen" -  a part of 'publicity' caption for Helen from Ismail Merchant's 'Helen: Queen of the Nautch Girls' (1973) [ Youtube link ]

-Jaswant 'eyebrow' Singh, in his baritone voice: Mera jaanam mera saajan mera saajan mera baalam Mera baalam mera majnu mera majnu mera raanjha. Jinnaaaaah Tu mera jaanu hai, tu mera dilbar hai Meri taareeqi kitaab ka tu hero hai -His ' Hey Bhagwan ! they are in fact KKK in saffron bedsheets' friends, keeping up with the tempo (they knew the song) and the lingo (they won't say it but they hate it) : Par Bharti taareeq ke panno par uski taqdeer toh zero hai, hoOhoooo He would have been fine, even though he is no singing canary, still he would have been fine, but then he followed that song with an unusual little number with lines unkind even to 'Sangh Friendly' Sardar 'Iron' Patel. They together took the whole Indian nation Locked us on this reservation Though I wear a shirt and tie I'm still part redman deep inside Indian people, Indian tribe So proud to live, so proud to die But maybe someday when they learn Indian nation wil...

August 27, 2009 Noticed the strangest thing at the website of India's largest News agency: Press trust of India , instead of using actual ads they are using static image captures of Google Ad. Google can't be too happy about it. But why have those images at all? A couple of months ago, a website developer, an acquaintance of mine, shared (inadvertently, I must say) a secret about a curious belief prevalent among some Indian website developers - Ads lend credibility to the website. So a lot of small time website owners, who can't get Adsense right away, just put up 'pretend' ads (images, even flash files) to make a website 'look good'. But why is PTI doing it? Fails me. Funny never the less!

Are you not weary of ardent ways, lure of the fallen seraphim? Tell no more of enchanted days. Your eyes have set man's heart ablaze And you have had your will of him. Are you not weary of ardent ways? Above the flame the smoke of praise Goes up from ocean rim to rim. Tell no more of enchanted days. Our broken cries and mournful lays Rise in one eucharistic hymn. Are you not weary of ardent ways? While sacrificing hands upraise The chalice flowing to the brim, Tell no more of enchanted days. And still you hold our longing gaze With languorous look and lavish limb! Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days. - A villanelle, a pastoral poem by James Joyce that can be found in his semi-autobiographical novel Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, first published in book form in 1916.  (Image: Something I did to a publicity still featuring Rekha.) -0- (Image: An illustration by Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814), a French naturalist and explorer...

Jee Haan Bhaiyo aur Behno. Beat, man, beat ... The young at heart and the alive are in India, too. But they are drifting...in their own, wild ways.In sporadic burst of enthusiasm all over the country...till 1968 when the oldest cigarette company with a young heart came along. India Tobacco Company Limited with their annual 'All-India Simla Beat Contest.' -  'Does that make sense' words printed on the album sleeve of 'Simla Beat 70', an album that promised  a song each by The Confusions from Madras and The Dinosaurs from Bangalore. For two years, 1970 and 1971, a cigarette company in India sponsored some kind of battle-of-the-bands competition, with the winners going to Calcutta to record for compilations called Simla Beat. Each year an lp was released with no info about the bands other than their hometown. Discovered Simla Beat at Garagehangover.com . Do check it out to read the story of this first of its kind Indian Rock contest and to listen the awesome s...