Vedanta

One day the news is that Anil Agarwal is all set to overtake

Mukesh Ambani as the richest Indian. Next day, Vedanta's 

bauxite project proposal is rejected.

Did RIL pressure government to do it?

Anyway, the outcome is a welcome news, as the

proposed project in Orissa's Niyamgiri would have

led to an ecological disaster.

Meaning of "Zindagi se Darte ho"

Was looking to find the meaning of some typical words

in this song from Peepli Live, 

found a good place here at BollyMeaning.

This site hosts meanings of many other bollywood songs

as well.

IMDB like site for plays in India

IMDB is a great place to keep track of the movies you have watched, want to
watch, discuss or rate them. I don't know of a similar site for theatrical plays,
at leas in India. We DEFINITELY need it.

Wiki for toilets in India

Everyone who has ever been in India, or lived almost his whole life here (like me)
knows how difficult is it to find a public toilet. The problem becomes uncontrollable
(pun intended) when you need them urgently.

This problem is much more severe for girls/women, and has been very well
addressed in this article.

As an alternate solution, which I have personally been using for a long time,
it's much easier to go in a shopping mall/restaurant or other such places
where the toilets are easily available. But one may not always know those
places beforehand.

So, I propose to make a Wiki for easily accessible toilets in India. Its Wiki
structure will ensure that the information is wide and up-to-date.

It could have entries based on areas within a city.
For e.g.

M.G. Road, Bangalore :
1. Bangalore Central Mall, 2nd floor, just turn left from the escalator.

Hosur Road, Koramangala, Bangalore
1. Forum Mall, all floors

Since the wiki will be web based, a lot of people will not be able to use it,
when they need it. So best solution will be, if one could just send an sms
for e.g. TOILET  M G Road to 1234 and get a list of all the nearby toilets.

Let's hope that it works out one day.

Munshi Premchand

Got a chance to read some of Munshi Premchands' s stories today.
They never age. As fresh as ever.

Also found an online source.

Khatijabai of Karmali Terrace - By Jayati Bhatia

I watched another solo play today,

Khatijabai of Karmali Terrace - By Jayati Bhatia.

Another nice performance.

Language : English

Venue : Rang Shankara

It's the story of a Gujarati Muslim woman living

in Mumbai(then Bombay), who has seen many colors

of life : from being an orphan to getting married to

a man twice her age to losing her son to suicide to

losing her husband to another woman, she has seen it all.

Milieu of the play is set in almost a decade after Indian

independence.

Overall, worth a watch.

Also, Jayati Bhatia has played roles in many
television serials, including Sabki Laadli Bebo.

Narayana Murthy competing with Nandan Nilekeni ?

Breaking News : 

Narayana Murthy in PM's expert group on J&K

I am surprised as to what are the political credentials of Narayana Murthy,

which landed him this HIGHLY political job.

My guess is that he's simply fighting to achieve the same recognition

that his partner Nandan Nilekeni has. To the uninitiated,  Nilekeni is currently

 Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), apart from 

heading government of India's technology committee called as TAGUP.

Way to go Murthy !

Swami and Friends

Very little has changed since that book was written.

Kids, as well as adults, still try to impress their friends

the way Swami used to do with Rajam.

Miss Meena

watched this play at Rang Shankara on saturday (31st July)

Rating : 2/5.

30-35% in Tamil,

rest in English.