Plymouth

The most endearing place that I have dwelled in, is undoubtedly Plymouth in the UK. Plymouth is not only a picture-perfect place: my wife Rupa and I have the fondest memories of the place and its people and of the time what we stayed there.

The Times They Are a-Changin’ .. but, are they?

But more the times change, the more they remain the same. Pravin Gandhi contrasts the lines from Bob Dylan and Bob Seger, and uses Guru Dutt’s work to explain his case

Moonlight Sonata on the Brahmaputra

Pravin Gandhi had the good fortune to see a sunset and a full moon rise over the Indian river of Brahmaputra at the same time. Pravin Gandhi captured this divine experience on video to which he added Beethovan’s Moonlight Sonata Opening Movement and Hemant Kumar-sung “O Nodi Re” to make two 3-minute films. Through these films he wishes to share the serenity that he felt.

Father of the Bride

Pravin Gandhi describes the feelings of a father who has just given away his daughter in marriage. References to Father of The Bride, quotes from Gujarati poem “kalja kero katko”, and more.

Ardh-aang-ini, a tribute to all women

Ardh-aang-ini, a tribute to all women

Footloose in Egypt

Egypt is in the throes of a people’s revolution. Pravin Gandhi remembers his footloose travel through Egypt and his amusing encounters.

Mehndi Hai Rachne Wali

Pravin Gandhi describes the moment-by-moment gamut of feelings when a girl shows her parents a profile of a young man

Life @ 70%

Attaining the perfect work-life balance. Getting control over life. Right-brain vs left-brain priorities.

Shammi Kapoor and Nostalgia

Pravin Gandhi brings out the nostalgia around Mumbai of the 60′s, while admiring one of his idols of Indian cinema, Shammi Kapoor

Curse of Animal Sacrifice in all faiths

Only humans are cruel to their prey, no aminal is. This post is a cry against sacrifice of animals in the name of religion, or faith, be it Hindus sacrificing goats and chicken for Devi, or Muslims slaughtering an animal on the occasion of Eid, or Christians killing millions of turkey on Thanksgiving day. One could take a leaf from the Hindu practice to break a coconut, or offer coconuts in a sacrificial altar. An emancipated view, re-interpretation and adaptation of an ancient belief, practiced in the context of the-then circumstance, geography and era, is possible.