Incredible India – sound journey – Punjab

tung tung da sound bajda…

rural olympics, tractors, folk singers, tractor sounds, bullet thump, and all the sounds under the sun….

Goan Gujju in Africa

Liberia to be precise…Liberia has a pretty interesting history. Fun trivia – Liberia is the only other country which follows the imperial unit system like US does. You know – those units which make less sense in rest of the world – gallons, miles, Fahrenheit etc… The reason for this is pretty interesting and a quick glance at their history will put things in perspective. A further glance at their recent history will answer queries on why US (ironically) and other countries had imposed sanctions, or why an eighth of water vessels on earth are registered in Liberia, or why all major natural resource companies (metals, minerals, oils etc.. ) are flocking to this country.Don’t worry if you didn’t know of any of these (let alone where it is on the map), I found about the country when my friend ‘goan gujju’ decided to take the leap and explore the uncharted. Read his ramblings here – gujjuinliberia.blogspot.com. He has invited suggestions to expand his ‘to-do’ list, so do pour in your African dreams over there.

Boston, Glasses and India

Boston is a beautiful city, known for its history, culture, food and a lot more… The city throws up many surprises not found in any guides/books. One beautiful surprise is the Glass Harmonica. Invented by benjamin Franklin, the instrument produces melodius music. This adds one more invention to Benjamin Franklin’s list… Is there anything which he did not do??? So, coming back to the Instrument, you might have seen something similar in the movie ‘Ms Congeniality’, where sandra bullock play music out of some wine glasses. The Instrument uses the same concept of rubbing wet fingers over the rim of wine glasses. But the clever Mr. Franklin took those glases, removerd the stem and put them on a spindle.

So if you do happen to visit Boston, head out to harward square or the paul revere house. You might find Vera Myer playing beautiful melodies on the Glass Harmonica. She might even stop you to ask which country you belong too, and chances are she might play your national anthem or a famous folk song. BTW… she like jana, gana, mana….

Different form of art

Taken at Guggenheim Museum

Bapu in ny

Taken at Union Square Park

Weekend read – ek economist aur ek physicist

Weekend read – ek economist aur ek physicist

 

Exponential Economist Meets Finite Physicist

Act One: Bread and Butter

Physicist: Hi, I’m Tom. I’m a physicist.

Economist: Hi Tom, I’m [ahem..cough]. I’m an economist.

Physicist: Hey, that’s great. I’ve been thinking a bit about growth and want to run an idea by you. I claim that economic growth cannot continue indefinitely.

Economist: [chokes on bread crumb] Did I hear you right? Did you say that growth can not continue forever?