Aasim is so bored that he is washing his football 😛
Child Prodigy
While going through one of my music mailing lists, I found this – Aditya Phatak, a 2.5 year old plays tabla with a perfect sense of taal.
Ball Room dance Music
I desperately need the following music -if anyone knows from where I can download, please let me know. Victor Sylvester and his orchestra James Last Bill Blacks Combo Engylbert Humperdink Joes Hoss and his orchestra.
Of telling people to leave
Another first for SANIsoft – an employee was fired yesterday!! Feels bad, but I can not live with compromises – I will not tolerate anyone going against the ethics on which my organisation stands, and top it up with insubordination. People at SANIsoft are my family, and I will let no harm come to my … Continue reading Of telling people to leave
Leisure
While discussing poetry with Aasim today, I recalled and told him my all time favourite, Leisure, by W H Davies. What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? No time to stand beneath the boughs, And stare as long as sheep and cows: No time to see, … Continue reading Leisure
Over the edge #work
SANIsoft has never fired an employee in its nine years of existence but I am so very tempted to do so now!!
Nothing By Chance
Dear Swati, I wanted to buy you a piggy bank to save money but I couldn’t get one, then I thought of a music cassette, couldn’t find an appropriate one. Thought of Virtue of Selfishness, couldn’t find a copy. So I got this book -let me warn you, its “Nothing by chance” in this life. … Continue reading Nothing By Chance
The dot com bubble
The next dot com bubble (some call it web2.0) – is it about to burst ? When does a bubble burst – In a very simplistic way, one can say, a business bubble bursts when common people start loosing money investing in an industry. The last dot com bubble burst when a lot of venture … Continue reading The dot com bubble
Passing of an era
He still lives. He is ageless. His melodies are timeless. His name is synonymous with Shehnai , an instrument traditionally played during Indian weddings and in temples. He brought it to the forefront and presented it to the world. I have heard him often but I met Ustad Bismillah Khan just once, I was almost … Continue reading Passing of an era
Faiz Ahmed Faiz translations
A small note about the author and translations of some of his poems (and some of them recited by the poet himself) can be found here http://aligarians.com/category/poets/faiz-ahmed-faiz/