Happy 250th Birthday To The Sandwitch

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           MAY 25 , 2012           02.25 A.M. Last week I came across an innocuous news item in the Mumbai edition of Times Of India that our snack – cum – food a.k.a. Sandwich completed 250 years of its existence .I never knew that Sandwich was nowhere in the scene before 1762 [...]

Zohra Sahgal : A Glorious Century of Life

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           MAY 22 , 2012           04.15 P.M. Zohra Sehgal , the legendary film and theatre actor , recently completed 100 years of her momentous life . It is fascinating to know that she is as old as Indian cinema . She , in fact , is a year older . She was [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – April 2012

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           MAY 07 , 2012           03.30 P.M. Today I am posting 36th film diary . It’s now 3 years , since I started writing my film diaries . 3 continuous and uninterrupted years are quite long time to survive in writing diaries . Sometimes boredom , sometimes fatigue over – powers [...]

Achala Sachdev : The ” Zohara Jabeen ” of ” Waqt ” Fades Away

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           May 07 , 2012           00.55         A.M. I was busy writing my pending travel diaries of Madhya Pradesh visit , when the news came of the death of Achala Sachdev . She died in Pune on April 30 , 2012 at the age of 91 [...]

Vidur’s Travel Diary – 10 : Dabra

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           MAY 04 , 2012           01.55 A.M. After Orchha visit on February 29 , 2012 , I returned to Dabra in the evening . Next day on March 01 , 2012 , it was party on the occasion of House – [...]

Vidur’s Travel Diary – 8 : Gwalior [ A ]

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           APRIL 24 , 2012           06.30 P.M. As I have stated in my travel diary of Datia , I landed at Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Airport , Gwalior on February 27 , 2012 evening . I immediately proceeded to Datia by car and after worshipping at Peetambara Peeth , returned to [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – March 2012

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           APRIL 16 , 2012           05.00 P.M. It is 35th edition of my film diary . Next month my film diary will complete 3 uninterrupted years . I normally post my film diaries on the 1st of every month . This time I was in Manali and there was no network [...]

Joy Mukherjee : Some Sepia – Toned Memories

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           APRIL 16 , 2012           01.15 A.M. Joy Mukherjee , a popular actor of yesteryear , mainly 60s , died on March 09 , 2012 in a Mumbai hospital at the age of 73 . Let me admit in the beginning that I was never a fan of Joy Mukherjee . [...]

Ravi : Unsung Music Maestro

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           MARCH 14 , 2012           02.30 A.M. I do know and would like to affirm that common people and connoisseurs , both remember all the following songs of Hindi films : Darshan Do Ghanshyam Nath Mori Ankhiyan Pyasi Re ………………. Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho Ya Aaftab Ho ………………………… Husnwale Tera Jawab [...]

Assembly Election 2012 : Decline & Fall of Nehru – Gandhi Dynasty

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           MARCH 12, 2012           01.10 A.M. Last month Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and other Civic Elections were held in Maharashtra and they threw surprising results . BJP and Shiv Sena , along with their new ally RPI [ Republican Party of India ] have won Mumbai , Thane , Ulhasnagar , Nagpur [...]