Designer's Chatter

Topic

culture

A collection of 7 issues

Zehal-e miskin makun taghaful - Amir Khusro

An excellent Qawwali from Amir Khusrau depicting how persian and Indian culture intermingled in the mughal era. First part of each verse is in Farsi and the second part is in Awadhi. Zehal-e miskin makun taghaful, baraye naina banaye batiyan; ki taab-e hijran nadaram ay jaan, na leho kaahe lagaye

Freedom of Privacy

UNPUBLISHED I don't think we have freedom of privacy any more. From the nosy neighbour, to the gatekeeper, to the electrician, all the way up to the governments (both native and foreign), even one is trying to know every thing about us. They don't just want

Mumbai City in 1920s

Observe how every thing good is due to the constructive influence of the western world.

Area Man Denied Gym Membership

Area Man Denied Gym Membership, originally uploaded by hpk. According to latest reports area man Jamil Ahmed (name changed) was denied membership to the local gym (name with held). Jamil accused that he was asked to produce recommendations from a respected member of the society before he would be allowed

I choose love

So in his Oscar acceptance speech, A R Rehman humbled us all by saying something life thus... "All my life I had a choice between love and hate. I chose love and I am here." Its easy to be swayed by the hatemongers of the world, very easy

Charlie Wilson's War - Triumph of The Will

IMDB: Charlie Wilson's War (2007) So the other day I saw Charlie Wilson's War. Nice movie, reminded me of the old classic - Triumph of the Will, you know the one commissioned by Herr Hitler himself. However, Triumph of the Will is a classic in many

Patriotism 101

So the other we celebrated the 60th anniversary of our independence (August 15th). I am glad to see even the rich and upper middle class people are now proud to be Indian etc. They even show a TV ad in which the guy refuses a foreign companies offer, goes around