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La La Land

12/24/2016

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Chimanlal's, where one goes to by handmade paper products, such as cards.
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Having done our bit to reinvigorate the cash-strapped and circulation starved Indian economy through a bit of profligate Christmas shopping, we now stare at the spoils arrayed under the tree. As a family we like to do our bit for local economies, swooping down from the skies to lend a helping hand, spreading a bit of benefaction. In December 2008 we went to Rome and Perugia and pulled Italy back from the brink. We couldn't make it to Greece the following year, and you all know what happened as a consequence.

I'm a bit Andrea Bocceli'd out at the end of his Christmas CD, so that's been put away for another year. What we have been listening and re - listening and re - listening to is the soundtrack of La La Land - movie and music making at its best. By the way, who'd have thought that Ryan Gosling could sing and dance, isn't that a good way to make up for an otherwise floundering cinematic career?
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Half of Mumbai has decamped for the holidays, out to Alibaug, Lonavala and Pune. The other half seems to have headed for our neck of the woods: Marine Drive, Nariman Point and Colaba. Crowds four lines thick are gathered outside Mondegar's, trying to get in for Christmas. Hundreds of cars and thousands of people on the streets, weary street vendors weaving in and out of the crowds wearing and selling bright red Santa hats and reindeer antlers, a site that never quite becomes normal, and nor should it. I know we live in the Indian version of La La Land, Bollywood, our own tinseltown, but there are limits.

Here's wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and safe 2017.
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Dr Harish Sharma (PhD Political Science)
12/26/2016 09:34:58 am

मैं आपको और आपके पूरे परिवार को नए साल की शुभ कामनाएँ देता हूँ। जिस इंसान को आज तक मैं मिला तक नहीं पर ब्लाग के माध्यम से जानता हूँ केवल। क्या दोस्त दिया है खुदा ने इस बनारसी को। भगवान आपको अच्छी सेहत और ख़ूब तरक़्क़ी दे इस नव वर्ष में। और मैं ये भी दुआ करता हूँ की आप जैसे सज्जन लोगों द्वारा भगवान ग़रीब लोगों को भी दे।

आपका New Year Resolution ज़रूर जानना चाहूँगा। आप विदेशियों के रेज़लूशन बड़े इंट्रेस्टिंग होते हैं।


Happy New Year!

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Sanjay Tiwari
12/28/2016 05:11:40 pm

धन्यवाद शर्माजी, आपको और आपके परिवार को भी। बनारस का प्रोग्राम कभ बना रहें हैं?

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Dr Harish Sharma (PhD Political Science)
1/1/2017 11:18:32 am

मेरे सरकार मेरे मालिक...इस्स बनारसी के घर के द्वार आपके लिए हमेशा खुले हैं और खुले रहेंगे। आप स्वयं बताएँ की आप कब और कितने दिनों के लिए आना चाहेंगे। मेरे स्टूडेंट्स आपका पूरा itinerary बना के आपको भेज देंगे।
इस्स बनारसी भाई को सेवा का मौक़ा दें। 🙏🏻

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Dr Harish Sharma (PhD Political Science)
2/10/2017 03:06:33 am

संजय जी कैसे हैं आप? मैं नेधर्लंड्ज़ और स्पेन गया हुआ था। जितने ब्लॉग आपके पहले थे अभी भी उतने ही हैं। लगता है काफ़ी बिज़ी चल रहें हैं जो आज कल ऑनलाइन मित्रों से वर्तलाब नहीं कर रहे। Rutte सरकार और स्पेन की सरकार की काफ़ी नीतियों पे चर्चा हुई वहाँ। काफ़ी सीखने को मिला।

बतायें कब लिख रहे हैं नया कुछ और कब आ रहे हैं आप बनारसी भाई के यहाँ। कम्पनी के काम काज से वक़्त निकालें कृपया जनाब

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Sanjag
2/25/2017 11:15:32 pm

शर्माजी, हो सकता है कि हम दोनों एक ही समय पे नेधर्लंड्ज़ और स्पेन में थे। मुझको अपना फ़ोन नम्बर ईमेल कर दीजिए। jitiwariji@gmail.com

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