The ceiling features a circular stone mural, marble elephants stare at you from the four corners of the room, red sandstone grills provide ample ventilation as the morning rays filter through them. Little bells on the door jingle each time as someone walks by them or the icy Delhi winds remind you of what time it is. All this as I am reaching a crescendo on ‘pyaar tera dilli ki sardi‘, and taking a leak [...]

Friends, comrades, countrymen and politicians, This is Baba Bangali and I would like to wish you on the occasion of India’s 60th year as a democratic republic. Sixty years looking back is infact a long time and one thing can be said for sure, ‘we’ve come a long way baby‘. As a country we’ve seen a lot, gained some and lost some as well. We’ve had to indulge in wars to protect our crown and [...]

Watched the second half of ‘Upkaar’ in the morning, then the parade. ‘LOC kargil’ in the afternoon n finally ‘bombay’ in the evening! The best mix of republic day mood makers: At one end u had manoj kumar reliving the ‘kisan’ angle of our economy n that song ‘mere desh ki dharti’ was just the thing i needed 2 drive away morning blues Then the parade n a rare slip of the mace in front [...]