We have a book today which is the first complete biography of T.Balasaraswati (1918-1984), a dancer and musician from Southern India who was recognized worldwide as one of the great performing artists of the twentieth century. She also received Padma Bhushan in 1957. Written by Douglas M Knight Jr., Balasaraswati: Her Art And Life is up for review at your Adda. This book is loaded with excerpts and achievements of her life, along with pictures of her era. Read more about this book and apply if interested.
There was a man who was born into a Reddy household. He always wanted to be join the police force when he grew up. He achieved his dream and went on to become the DGP. But one day, he made a statement which made people lose his respect for him. He said ‘Rapes and murders are not strictly under the control of the police. I am telling you a frankly down-to-earth point. People are turning out to be more fashionable. Even in villages they are wearing salwar kameezes. All these provoke and this cannot be under the control of the police. So rapes increase or decrease…. What happened next? Read our first edition of Tangy Tuesday Picks for the year 2012. 🙂
Breaking: Team India have ordered special shoes which will increase their height by a few inches to counter the bounce of the Sydney pitch. The pacers have installed special springs on their shoes so that they can extract maximum bounce from the pitch. For more such news and tweets, read the first edition of #perkytweets for the year 2012.
In a few hours from now, the year 2011, will end and a new year will start. A new beginning for many. We won’t ask you about resolutions or your plans for New Years Eve as most of them would have done till now. Instead we want you to remember the positive things that happened in 2011 and take those with you to the coming year. 🙂 Time now to read the last edition of #Spicysaturdaypicks for the year 2011.