January 2012
34 posts
Day 1383
Ahmedabad , Gujarat Jan 31, 2012 Wed 12 : 15
Oceans of the eyes … the oceans of the lips .. they take me down with them, drowned … all the happiness of the world with you and yours, may you ever remain with them … when your eye lashes meet mine, your heart touches with mine, then have we reached the … satisfaction of togetherness .. my life my...
Day 1382
Balaram Palace , Gujarat Jan 30 , 2012 Mon 10 : 45 PM Mounted police to control the crowds … !! After returning from Sidhpur, the only place where the ‘shraadh’ ceremony is done for women .. so sublime and gentle and full of sanctity .. In pensive mood at the area filled with temples and where the ‘shraadh’ is performed .. The ‘toran’...
Day 1381
Ahmedabad , Gujarat Jan 29/30 , 2012 Sun/Mon 12 : 20 AM
Uttarayan the festival of kite flying in this region, when the masses get up on their roofs, sing eat dance, play music, scream at every kite that takes off and that gets ‘cut’, by the competitor in the sky.
I was there today in one of the most congested regions of the city to get the right...
Day 1380
Patan , Gujarat Jan 28 , 2012 Sat 8 : 01 PM
Patan, Gujarat a good 3 hr drive from Ahmedabad one of the main cities of this state, and this step well. Enormous, incredible carving and even more incredible the concept. The rounded portion is the well and instead of dropping a rope down to collect the water, they built steps to get down to...
Day 1379 (i)
Patan, Gujarat Jan 28 , 2012 Sat 10 : 51 PM
A very Happy Basant Panchami to all .. auspicious day, auspicious beginnings, auspicious feel ..
My sleep deprivation prevented me from saying what I did want to say last night, but once the wrong button was pressed and all was lost, I did not have the nerve or energy to recapture it. But I do...
Day 1379
Modhera , Gujarat Jan 27 , 2012 Fri 11 : 33 PM
I am sleep deprived. Not having slept last night in Mumbai since work and activities finished late and by the time it was 3 AM, it was an hour away from catching the flight to Ahmedabad and then driving a few hours to Modhera, the Sun Temple.
Exquisite is the word for it, but even that seems almost...
Day 1378
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 26/27, 2012 Thu/Fri 1 : 15 AM
ET … happy birthday ! You are hidden in name, but not in our spirit of extended family .. love
When many thoughts and ideas cross your mind, how does one sift one from the other. All of them carry weight and value, all of them shed inhibitions to project themselves ahead of each other,...
Day 1377
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 25/26 , 2012 Thu/Fri 2 : 42 AM
Back as you can see in homely environs, coming in a short while ago from Rajkot on a heavily delayed flight. A marriage of a dear friend’s son tomorrow and mandatory to be here to bless the couple and be with the parents whose wedding I had attended too ! Some traditions run somewhat deep in this...
Day 1376
Junagadh , Gujarat Jan 24 , 2012 Tue 8 : 49 PM
Its a day out in the city of Junagadh. The location some minutes away from the residence where I rest. The streets lined with the happy faces of fans and well wishers. It seems like the good old days ! Of the mid 70′s to the 90′s and then some more … but to have them at age 70 seems a little out of...
Day 1375
Junagadh , Gujarat Jan 23 , 2012 Mon 11 : 28 PM
I do not remember travelling through a State as extensively as the one I work on in such a limited time. Gujarat has been a revelation to me of culture and dress and food and custom and wondrous stories of the times when there was flourish and pageant and ceremony. It is there still and in...
Day 1374
Bhuj , Gujarat Jan 22 , 2012 Sun 11 : 15 PM Come … ! Breathe in a bit of Gujarat !! Taking some very pretty ladies for a ride …
…. and the personal convoy to work .. police escort ambulance and all .. embarrassing na ?
Early call tomorrow at 5 am … with the birds … the real kind !!!
Love and goodnight ..
Amitabh...
Day 1373
Bhuj – or thereabouts, Gujarat Jan 21, 2012 Sat 9 : 47 PM In serene quietness of Gujarat in Bhuj. The welcome and hospitality of the people, as always, extraordinary. Bhuj airfield under repair, so the jet cannot land there, hence landing in Mundra, the private airfield of the business group Adani, wo has built the third largest, soon to become the largest...
Day 1372
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 20/21, 2012 Fri/Sat 1 : 32 AM
I have finally discovered the joys of being pampered by a pedicure and a manicure. I have finally discovered why the ladies spend half their lives in the parlor. I have finally discovered what an idiot I was in not succumbing to the luxury of pretty ladies looking after your feet and hands while...
Day 1371
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 19 , 2012 Thu 11 : 11 PM
Today … Epiphany .. the great orthodox Christian celebration day .. blessings sought and may they prevail over us all, in every which way ..
As I scan through the comments of the Blog today, I am overwhelmed by the sincerity of thought, the delicacy of expression and the warmth of affection that has...
Day 1370
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 18, 2012 Wed 11 : 45 PM
It is about this time that my father breathed his last. He was not comfortable being in hospital and had loathed the fact, so I brought him home and built and equipped an ICU in his room, with all possible emergency equipment there to face any extraneous circumstance. He had always remained a good patient,...
Day 1369
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 17/18 , 2012 Tue/Wed 1 : 51 AM
Ok … so the tests went well, and all is fine in this part of the world, or so the doctors and assistants had to say. These were routine checks that people of my age need to keep going through – stress, 2 D Echo etc .. Most painful part – shaving portions of your chest to be able to stick all those leads...
Day 1368
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 16, 2012 Mon 6 : 52 PM
Wishing Rasha Zayed a very happy and prosperous birthday. Peace and well being be around you always .. Love
There is now a complacency of thought and deed within. A resignation that seeks freedom. Freedom to say do and act in whichever way, for the transcendence of peace and tranquility. These are philosophic qualities and...
Day 1367
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 15/16, 2012 Sun/Mon 1 : 20 AM
A Sunday .. a leaving of the children … a sadness … and a longing for them to be back again soon ! A Sunday .. a visit by the well wishers .. a visit too by Vinod Chopra and Joel Edgerton, colleague in The Great Gatsby with friend Chris .. A Sunday … and finally finding time to get to Aadesh...
Day 1366
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 14, 2012 Sat 11 : 46 PM
Try to compose a few words listening to music .. impossible ! Listen to the music or write, those are the options. So off with the music ! Ah !! Thats much better. Mind works better, thoughts keep pouring out, literature flows, philosophy at its best … rubbish ! Not a word that...
Day 1365
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 13, 2012 Fri 11 : 11 PM
Friday the 13th of the month and a belief that it is a day one should be aware of disaster and evil goings on .. but may I just say that, today has been one of the more relaxed, anxiety less, harmonious days of the year ! Which isn’t saying much, considering that the month has just begun, but there …...
Day 1364
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 12, 2012 Thu 10 : 49 PM Out of the private jet and on to the Pune International Film Festival .. And the crowd control inside the auditorium .. this is one way of being effective , I guess !!! … And the gracious and greatly talented SriRam Lagoo from many films, for me particularly Laawaris, decorates me...
Day 1363
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 11 , 2012 Wed 11 : 34 PM
Nandita undergoes surgery .. !! And is well .. we all pray for her speedy recovery …
An evening spent with the media as their guest editor. It is a Marathi newspaper, Loksatta. A most invigorating conversation. More on what my opinions are about the state and the films and the morals and social impressions of...
Day 1362
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 10/11 , 2012 Wed/Thu 12 : 20 AM
What I need to do is to write the Blog before all else. Because all else is taking the preference away from what really should be of priority. When it is time to open and page my thoughts here, they are fatigued and without zest. At times my compulsion to not miss a day provokes me to put something down....
Day 1361
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 9, 2012 Mon 11 : 26 PM
There needs to be a serious attempt to get down to reading, that, which needs to be read. The longer the wait the less important the matter tends to become. Immediate address-al shall perhaps be preferred if a clean table is desired, but the danger is of hasty and incorrect decisions if that were to be so...
Day 1360
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 8, 2012 Sun 11 : 05 PM
An Ef family in distress, a member in emergency, no help no support in alien land, a request for help and out comes the savior - another Ef ! Unknown to the family, but working and helping as though it was his own .
Tejas and Julie in Dubai, you have brought great dignity grace and voluntary help to a level...
Day 1359
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 7/8 , 2012 Sat/Sun 12 : 42 AM
There are times when a public appearance baulks you. And when it happens at regular intervals, it is even more so. Public figures do not have the right to express themselves thus, but at times it is important to share impressions with the Ef ..
And does not the expression on the face and the language of the...
Day 1358
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 5/6 , 2012 Fri/Sat 12 : 24 AM
When children leave, its like the last goblet of water breaking in your hands and the thirst unquenchable ! The silence of the home becomes unbearable. You search for them in each room, nook and corner and resign yourself to a most despondent condition. The daughter and grandchildren have...
Day 1357
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 5/6, 2012 Thu/Fri 1 : 38 AM
BLOG 1357 Jan 5, 2012 Thu 6:30 PM
Falcon 2000 Private Jet
40,000 ft east of Udaipur on way to Mumbai
( Before all else greetings for Manish Parmar for the 6th Jan … his birthday, but more importantly our deepest condolences to Naresh Bhatt on the passing away of his Mother … we grieve with you in...
Day 1356
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 4/5, 2012 Wed/Thu 12 : 33 AM
Wander not in correctness, it may be false. Wander not in falsehood it may be correct. Wander in, wander out, in falsehood and correctness and ye shall behold a world more suited to the prevalent, than that which we believe to be prevailing.
Push the doors open of that which needs to be...
Day 1355
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 3, 2012 Tue 11 : 30 PM
I was asked by Namrata Joshi of the Outlook magazine if I could pen some thoughts on the rising importance and visibility of Indian Films, not just within but outside of our country too. The original was pruned by the editorial machinery of the magazine, as is mostly the case, but here below is the...
Day 1354
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 2/3, 2012 Mon/Tue 1 : 17 AM
To Smita Buch … a birthday wish for today !! Love and happiness always ..
The house resounds with the chitter and chatter of grandchildren. They are all in now at the end of their New Year holidays and shall be with us for some days. They talk mature, they dress mature, they act...
Day 1353
Jalsa , Mumbai Jan 1/2, 2012 Sun/Mon 12:05 AM
Wishing GS a very happy birthday for the 1st of Jan and … a collective prayer for Manoj Lahoti’s 9 month old son who suffers in hospital .. and wishing Bhaskar for his birthday on the 2nd Jan .. may there be happiness all around …
The year of 2012 begins with dusky clouds in the...
December 2011
31 posts
Day 1352 (i)
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 31/Jan 1 , 2011-2012 Sat/Sun 2 : 23 AM
No ! That was not enough ! Just the wide and colored greetings ! Large in font and cut pasted with some haste. It was just the exuberance of another year passing by that prompted it. Perhaps the warmth of the quiet family dinner, perhaps the sudden burst of the fireworks from adjoining...
Day 1352
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 31/Jan 1, 2012 Sat /Sun 2 : 11 AM
Happy New year … Welcome 2012
Amitabh Bachchan
