17 Sunday Jan 2016
Posted in Biography/Autobiography
‘Devotees create a God out of a mortal – it absolves them of any responsibility to behave like their idol.’
– says Govind Pansare about Shivaji Maharaj, Tukaram and Dnyaneshwar.
In an eerie premonition, he second guesses their mysterious deaths too –viral fever, samadhi & flying chariot respectively used as elaborate cover-ups for their elimination. Did he anticipate his own assassination too?
‘Shivaji Kon Hota?’ (Who was Shivaji?) is a slim (70 page) sharp analysis on Shivaji Continue reading
19 Saturday Dec 2015
Posted in Mahabharata, Social Causes
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abhimanyu, bhagat singh, crime and punishment, hope, idols, juvenile rapist, law and justice, nirbhaya, sant dnyaneshwar, shivaji maharaj, youth
What’s age got to do with it?
Youth can be revolutionary, evolutionary and visionary. Let us cite a few extraordinary under-age youths. May they become beacons of hope. May they serve as idols for wayward youth. Continue reading
13 Sunday Dec 2015
My friend and co-author Jyoti Arora’s smashing novel is available for free download on Amazon Kindle.
Days: 26-27 Dec 2015
Link : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PESCO8O
My review of Lemon Girl: https://sweetyshinde.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/book-review-lemon-girl-by-jyoti-arora/
Youtube trailor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDYql_cryT8
Grab your chance! Keep the alarm on for 26-27 Dec 2015. Merry Xmas!
21 Wednesday Oct 2015
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attachment, cars, detachment, devdatta shankh, hoarders, instant relations, iphone fanatics, krishn arjun, Mahabharata, panchajanya shankh, personal weapons, personified objects, possessive owners, recycled bodies, use and throw relations
Ever bestowed a title or name upon your possessions? Ever felt that your non-living possessions have mood swings and emotions?
A house, a car, a laptop gleaming in the showcase are mere objects. Once they belong to you, they get kick started into life. I do believe our possessions inherit vibes from us, just as pets do. They attune themselves to our touch, our habits, our fingers. They cling, they adopt, they mould.
Ever so slowly, memories settle over them like butterflies. The day my car came home blushing like a bride, the day she threw a royal tantrum in the whirlpool of traffic, the day she took her first shower at the service station, the day she valiantly huffed & puffed home before giving up, the day she was witness to my joyous whistling. 
In fact, akin to what the horse Chetak meant to Maharana Pratap Singh…
Going even farther back, remember Devdatta and Panchajanya, the celestial conch shells of Arjun-Krishn. Gandiva and Sudarshan – the divine bow and divine discus. Continue reading
08 Tuesday Sep 2015
Posted in My Pencil-sketches
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Aishwarya Rai, Anu Agrawal, Arjun Rampal, Bollywood actors, Bollywood modelling world, fashion models, Milind Soman, models turned actors, pencil sketches, Rahul Roy
Arjun Rampal. Attempted to capture his classic, symmetric and fine boned silhouette. Wish the pencil could englove his sensuous voicel.
Aishwarya Rai. Elegance. Class. Grace under fire.
Milind Soman. The original supermodel. Athletic, suave and comfortable in his skin …and such stunning tawny skin!
Anu Agrawal. Dusky, chiseled, towering legs. Sensual eyes. Sultry lips.
Impractical Dreamer: Sweety Shinde 