Hello! Here are a few more journal comics from last December, these are a
bit cheerier than the ones from last week.
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While it's Raining Cats and Dogs in Chennai, it's Time to Visit Chennai Margazhi
A raging cyclone is crossing the Indian peninsula causing
havoc and rain but that is no reason to miss a visit to the world’s only city
with a season dedicated to music and dance. The Margazhi
festival of Chennai
in southern India
is a unique opportunity to fill your holiday with an enchanting glimpse in to
the rich culture,
tradition and food of India .
Margazhi is a month in the Indian Tamil calendar covering
December and January. But it is getting to be more associated with the unique
carnatic music and dance festival being held in the city of Chennai
since decades and evoke nostalgic and romantic feeling in many people, especially
among the expatriates who wait for a whole year, yearning for an annual visit.
The best thing about the Margazhi festival is
that each day is filled with many musical and dance events
in several venues till late night most of which are absolute free with no
tickets or entrance fees. The festival aims to promote talent and give an
opportunity for the artists to perform in public attracting both professional
and amateur practitioners of the arts from around the world.
If you are after a relaxing and fulfilling holiday, it is
indeed great fun to hop in and listen to some invigorating music in the mid
morning, spend some time on the beach or enjoy some really ethnic food, do some
browsing or shopping for exotic jewellery or clothing in the afternoon and then
return for more enjoyment of some exhilarating dance in the evening. You can do
all of these in any order you like for several days non-stop if you wish.
The festival is in fact an amazing panorama of true Indian
culture you can only remotely sense in the hype of “Incredible India”. The
artistic intensity of vocal Carnatic and Hindustani music, exotic instruments
and solo performances, and riveting dance performances by lone exponents and
groups will leave indelible tracks on your memories to take home, unlike a
normal holiday you will soon forget about.
What makes it even more interesting is the availability of
really ethnic food at many venues during the season, which is normally served
only in private homely functions,
thanks to the month of Margazhi, considered inauspicious for
marriages and other functions. For connoisseurs, this wonderful treat for the
palette is an added attraction of the festival pampering all of your senses.
If you seriously want a rejuvenating break and don’t know
how to get that well deserved tranquilising change away from your world, then
Margazhi in Chennai may be what you may be looking for.
Article first published in Technorati as http://technorati.com/lifestyle/travel/article/while-its-raining-cats-and-dogs/
Is The Death Of The Lokpal Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish In Indian Democracy?
At last everyone can take a sigh
of relief; democracy is safe, at least for now. The much debated Lokpal
Bill has been literally, in fact actually torn up in the Indian
Parliament! The Lokpal Bill was put
to sleep at midnight .
Despite all the flak she is
taking for her seemingly flip flop attitude to her coalition partnership of the
UPA government, Mamta
Banerjee, the maverick of Indian politics, must be credited with saving
democracy in India
this time around.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Posted by Unknown
Another Acid Test For Democracy.
Barely noticed by the world,
yesterday was an important day for democracy!
The world’s biggest democracy,
which came under the threat of being usurped by populist and anarchists, aided
by the frustrations of an urban middle class and hyped by eyeballs hungry
media, showed the first signs of its inherent parliamentary strength and democratic
will to fight
back. After the cool breeze of Arab Spring, the tabling of the Lokpal bill
in the Indian parliament turned out to be a respite for democracy shaken by the
tremors of a harsh Indian summer!
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Posted by Unknown
I Just Called To Say I Love You May Be What You Want To Hear This Christmas!
It is that time of the year when
you start looking for anything which makes you feel good and forget the misery
of the year gone by. It is the time when you search for and dust off the covers
of old audio and video cassettes, nuggets of nostalgia locked up in shelves and
boxes because whether you like it or not, strains of Christmas music everywhere
fondle the weakest corners of your heart and you slowly succumb to the euphoria
of the festive season.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Posted by Unknown
Why Is Anna Hazare Fasting While India Is Sinking?
The politics of wrangling and
bickering in the US
and Europe is frustrating. The consolation is that the
politicians don’t have a clue how to tackle the sinking economy and it is
difficult to judge who is right. However the politics of obstruction which has
led to contraction
of growth in India ,
which till a year back maintained an impressive
rate, despite the banking crisis of 2008, is mind boggling.
“The industrial
production saw a staggering decline in October, with a negative growth of
5.1 percent in output mainly owing to huge fall in manufacturing and mining
sectors.”
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Posted by Unknown
Why Is Anna Hazare Fuelling Wal-Mart Politics?
Wal-Mart, which symbolise
capitalistic enslavement for the Indians, seems to be dividing India, world’s
largest democracy, in the middle even as the Indian government is bravely defending
its decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
in Retail, a reform which opens a market worth billions of dollars the world’s
major chains are desperate to enter.
The controversy is based on the
perceived pros of the move, strongly supported by the government in need of
urgent foreign investment to cover its budget deficit and maintain the growth
rate of the country and the cons, put forth by an opportunistic and motley combine of communists, communal
parties and the women
chief ministers of three states with over 30% of India’s population, who have
no clue of the complexities of the issue or particular reason other than their
bloated egos to object the move, claiming the government is only fooling
people.
"To
give an impression that FDI in retail will solve all problems like inflation,
price rise and unemployment... whosoever is saying this is fooling people that
FDI will get millions of jobs. It cannot happen."
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Posted by Unknown
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