Mukti

A more innocent time…

Posted in Bollywood, music by jrahman on January 5, 2013

… when I used to only listen to these songs, and had never watched either.  The first one turned out to be nothing like what I had imagined, but the second one was exactly as I thought it would be. 

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সাতকাহন

Posted in action, Bengal, China, Drama, economics, foreign policy, history, micro, movies, music, people, society, trade by jrahman on November 23, 2012

Seven trashes collected by the senses.

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সাতকাহন

Posted in AL, development, economics, movies, music, people, politics by jrahman on November 2, 2012

Seven trashes collected by the senses.

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Qurbani style

Posted in Bollywood, culture, movies, music, society by jrahman on October 27, 2012

(Content may offend religious sensitivities).

The Qurbani Eid never seemed the real thing to me.  Fasting or not, it’s undeniable that Ramadan has an impact on the life of anyone remotely associated with Muslims.  So there is a month-long build up to the Eid.  That doesn’t happen with Qurbani.  And I am not into slaughtering and gluttony anyway.

And yet, sitting alone in a hotel room thousands of miles from friends and family, I find myself missing Qurbani.  Hence this post.

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সাতকাহন

Posted in communalism, Dhallywood, economics, foreign policy, India, macro, movies, music, Muslim world, politics, West Asia by jrahman on October 12, 2012

Seven trashes collected by the senses.

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Procrastination

Posted in music by jrahman on September 27, 2012

I should be working on the book.  But instead I cooked duck bhuna, did the dishes, vacuumed, landried, called parents, gardened, took a long nap, smoked a few ciggies, and listened to the music.

সাতকাহন

Posted in AL, army, Bangladesh, development, economics, history, institutions, music, politics, rock, science, society, sports by jrahman on September 21, 2012

Seven trashes collected by the senses.

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সাতকাহন

Posted in China, democracy, development, economics, elections, India, Islamists, music, politics, Uncategorized, West Asia by jrahman on September 14, 2012

Seven trashes collected by the senses.

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সাতকাহন

Posted in action, Drama, economics, foreign policy, institutions, macro, movies, music, Rights, rock, thriller, War crimes by jrahman on August 10, 2012

Seven trashes collected by the senses.

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সাতকাহন

Posted in economics, foreign policy, India, macro, music, Rights, rock, US, West Asia by jrahman on July 6, 2012

Seven trashes collected by the senses.

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