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Monthly Archives: April 2007

David Halberstam

Monday, April 23, 2007

In the Fall of 2001, I discovered David Halberstam at the CSDS library in Delhi. I read his fascinating biography of Ho Chi Minh and then his brilliant account of America’s misadventure in Vietnam, The Making of a Quagmire, a book that added more than a term to our political vocabulary.
This evening, as I heard [...]

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Jet propelled bullock cart

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Gideon Haigh asks in the Guardian an interesting question in light of India’s miserable performance at the World Cup:
India is cricket’s financial hub, providing 70% of the game’s global income; India’s most lucrative franchise is the rivalry with Pakistan. Over the past five to seven years, under Sourav Ganguly and [...]

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Poornachandra Tejaswi

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Here is what I always found impressive about K. P. Poornachandra Tejaswi.
Being Kuvempu’s son wasn’t a burden. He was that rare famous son, who forged his own personality and strode the Kannada literary and cultural world as a giant in his own right. He could and did easily say no to worldly positions - from [...]

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Hallelujah

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah is a song that I like.
While reading a blog posting yesterday morning, I came across a link to one of my favorite clips from The West Wing, where it was used for the final episode of the third season. Sorkin used the Jeff Buckley version, which I prefer slightly over Leonard Cohen’s. [...]

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