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September 2, 2019
आपल्या पंचांगातल्या बारा महिन्यांपैकी सर्वात लक्षवेधी म्हणावा असा कुठला महिना असेल तर तो श्रावण महिना! सण, उपासतापास, गाणी, या सगळ्यांचा महिना म्हणजे श्रावण! ऊन पाऊसाचे अनेकविध विभ्रम दाखवणाऱ्या या खेळकर, मनस्वी महिन्यालाही ‘श्रावणबाळ’ का म्हणू नये असा विचार माझ्या मनात डोकावल्याशिवाय राहत नाही! गाणी आणि कवितांची तर या महिन्यात रेलचेल असते! हिंदी […]
August 18, 2014
On August 18, 1934, a boy was born to Makhan Singh Kalra and Sujan Kaur in the Jhelum District (now in the Punjab province in Pakistan). He was named Sampooran Singh. Sampooran (meaning Complete) had a flair for writing but initially worked as a car mechanic in Bombay. He […]
August 5, 2014
As a child, I don’t remember having cried at anybody’s death or funeral. Death was, perhaps, beyond comprehension. Then as one went into teens, it was quite common to be imprisoned by the stereotypical theory of ‘Boys don’t cry’. So tears were resisted. But on the 13th day of October […]
July 29, 2014
I was the chief guest at a CD release function some time back. Dr. Shashank Inamdar, a music loving doctor from Goregaon composed music for an album based on the Ganapati Atharvashirsha. The songs were sung by veteran music composer Shridhar Phadke and sung by the supremely talented Sadhana Sargam. […]
August 19, 2013
As I type this post I am sitting in Susmit’s Limaye’s music room in Goregaon. We are in the middle of the 3rd reel of composing the background score for PitruRoon, a movie being directed by Nitish Bharadwaj. Nitish is directing his first movie and his enthusiasm is infectious. We […]
March 15, 2013
यंदाच्या २७ फेब्रुवारीला – मराठी भाषा दिनी मराठी अभिमानगीताच्या प्रकाशनाला ३ वर्ष पूर्ण झाली आणि पुन्हा एकदा यूट्यूबवर असलेल्या मराठी अभिमानगीताकडे लोकांचा ओघ वाढला. मराठी लोकांचा या गीताला भरभरून प्रतिसाद मिळाला. कौतुकाचा वर्षाव जसा या गीतावर झाला तसेच काही प्रश्नही उपस्थित केले गेले. त्यातला वारंवार विचारला जाणारा प्रश्न म्हणजे मराठी […]