Ratna-Rajaiah-Blogs

The talcum powder ads have got it all wrong.. They show secret, delicious, crevices being powdered with it; emitting fragrances so enchanti...

Photo Courtesy Wikipedia Etymology of dhoti: Hindi dhot , from Middle Indic * dhautta, *dhotta, cloth, probably from past participle of dhau...

ANATOMY OF FEAR “You can’t pull over at 35,000 feet.” Aretha Franklin. Fear of flying. It’s the irrevocability of it that’s so petrifying. O...

He stood awe-struck, staring pop-eyed at The Thing. It blinked little green and red lights and mysterious little beeps, burps and disembodie...

Of the thousands of songs that Lata mangeshkar ahs sung over the last 60 years, these are perhaps her 10 most popular songs.... 1. Yeh zinda...

It was Devika Rani who gave the man who become one of Indian Cinena's greatest actors. She cast him in the film Jwar Bhata in 1944. His ...

“When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now, Will you still be sending me a Valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wine? If I...

"The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder." ~Alfred Hitchcock The idea of Do Bigha Z...

Okay, now here’s the thing that I have to say about learning and it’s really quite simple. Be a student all your life. Always learn somet...

“Kama is the enjoyment by the five senses of hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting and smelling, assisted by the mind together with the soul…….”...

Photo : http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/gauhar.htm I first stumbled upon this lady in the unlikeliest of places - the musty but pain...

“… and it came upon me suddenly that I was profoundly happy in my profession, in which I would never aspire to administrative power or promi...

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere . Jawaharlal Nehru It’s an old horse, mostl...

Aditi, Aparna, Malini, Nalini, Nandini, Sandhya, Medha, Ranjani, Rajni, Gauri, Nirupama, Savitri, Madhumati Yashasvini Sandhya, Vidya, Damin...

So what was all the fuss about four little triangles of cloth, totaling up to about as much fabric as it takes to make a saree blouse? Well,...