A glass of steaming milky syrupy tea is best served cut. One by two or two by three, it embodies the spirit of sharing and camaraderie (and more significantly a resource crunch). Come, have a sip.
Many newspapers carried a story about a 88-year-old on-the-run Nazi war criminal called Johann Bach being held in Goa and subsequently deported to Germany.
To be honest, when I read the story in The Indian Express, I didn't find anything amiss apart from the piano part. I wondered for a while why and how would a criminal on the run for half-a-century (across the globe) lug a piano along with him. Then I moved on to the next story.
To be a little fair to the media, there isn't always enough time to cross check all the facts, especially when you are understaffed and there is a deadline looming. And there is always the risk of inviting the wrath of the boss in case you drop the story while the competition goes ahead with a four-columner. But again, this is what the job demands of you.
And yet again, to so many of my friends, if it is in print (TV credibility is already eroded) it isn't necessarily the truth.
Came across this via K's blog (the inspiration for the title of this post).
I can't say anything that hasn't already been said, but growing up in a post-Independence India devoid of heroes, he was one of the few our elders taught us to adulate.
I studied for a few years at the Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School) at Happy Valley, Shillong, which is set amidst the 58 Gorkha Training Centre (58 here stands for 5 and 8). And there dedicated to the now departed Field Marshall and honorary Gorkha is a museum. The next time I visit home will make it a point to say hi to Sam Bahadur memorabilia.
But, the political leadership and the top military brass do not seem to share similar sentiments.
An audio extract from the controversial play Ghasiram Kotwal penned by the late Vijay Tendulkar - staged during the Summer Theatre Festival at the National School of Drama, New Delhi - and directed by Rajinder Nath.
The audio tract describes the laws promulgated by the protagonist Ghasiram in his newly appointed role as the kotwal - the chief police official - of Poona.
