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The Life of sporting Hero: Denis Compton: A Good Book on The Cavalier of Cricket I always love the game of Cricket. I feel every cricket lover should watch the game or play the game just to enjoy. Then, this game will give you so much pleasure which cannot be expressed in words.  This is being realized at the time of reading the biography of such a talented England’s double international player as he was playing Cricket and Football at international level. He was also known as a Brylcreem boy because he was doing the advertisement for Brylcreem hair cream. Such a handsome player was Denis Charles Scott Compton and the name of the book,” The life of Sporting Hero: Denis Compton written by Tim Heald”. I got the opportunity to read this book to understand the cricketing era from late 1930 till late 1950. Since he retired as a cricket player in 1958 i.e. before my birth, I can understand the cricket of the old era through books only. As per the book, he was an outstanding sportsman...

Diwali Festival : Festival Of Five Days celebrated On A Grand Scale In India Diwali Festival is being celebrated on a grand scale in India. It starts from thirteen days of Krishna Paksha in Ashwin month and ends on the second day of Shukla Paksha of Kartik month. This is a five days festival and specific rituals are being performed on each day of this festival, First day is known as Dhantrayodashi followed by NarakChaturdashi and Lakshmi Pujan. Fourth day is Balipratipada and the fifth day is Yamadvitiya. It will be very difficult to say in which era this festival of lights started. But it is sure that references are being found in the mythic stories.  According to Abu Rayhan al-Biruni a Iranian scholar and polymath, came to India in the eleventh century and he has provided detailed information about the social and political life of Hindu people. Based on the references in his writings, one can easily make out that even before the nine hundred years Diwali festival was celebrat...

Purushottam Laxman Deshpande: A Multifaceted Genius And Keen Observer Of Human Life . While reading the book Humour and Humanity written by Stephen Leacock, I came across with one sentence in the book which said that Humour is the compassionate contemplation of life’s inconsistencies and its artistic invention, and immediately I remembered one personality who was having full understanding of the human psychology and he glorified the human behaviour through his writing style of humour and satire.  This Personality was a multifaceted genius. He was an author, playwright, screenplay writer, films director and producer, actor, singer, harmonium player, music composer, orator and above all he was a great observer of human behaviour. He was also known as a philanthropist. He was a great performer and handled all his artistic creation in a great skill. He was nothing less than legend. Through his writings and performances, he presented complexity with simplicity. Therefore, he started...

*I have written following article in English and also in Marathi*. *From Yogesh Gogwekar* * First James Bond ,Sean Connery, is no more * Ian Fleming, a novelist, has created a popular character as James Bond. In novel, James Bond is a secret agent working for M16 with code word 007 Sir Thomas Sean Connery who was a first Scottish actor to play the role of James Bond in seven Bond films has died on 31st October 2020. He was considered one of the greatest movie stars of his generation. First, he was not ready to do the film series of British Secret agent 007, after knowing the benefits , he accepted and became popular. Sean  Connery had starred as James Bond in following films a.  Dr. No b.  You Only Live Twice c.  From Russia With Love d.  Goldfinger e. Thunderball f.  Diamonds Are Forever g. Never Say Never Again He also starred in following films. 1. The Hunt for Red October  2. Indiana Jones 3. Last Crusade 4. Rock 2. 5. The Untouchables 6.  Mur...

Manik Varma: The Finest Jewel In The Crown of Hindustani Classical and light Music Last week, one of my school classmates posted a message about one Marathi song on our School classmate WhatsApp group and mentioned that All India Radio used to play this Marathi song in the morning on every Vijayadashami or Dussehra day in their Mangal Prabhat Program. That song was Vijay Pataaaka Shriraamaachi Jhalakate Ambari, Prabhu Aale Mandiri. This song was composed in Raag Deskar by musician Bal Mate and lyrics were penned by Yogeshwar Abhyankar. This song was sung in a mellifluous and sonorous voice by such a singer who presented numerous musical forms with notable insight, skill and effect and her aalaps were more raaga-centered than note-centered. She was no one else but Manik Amar Varma whose music is fitted in all media like broadcasting, films and any modern concert. After reading this message, I started reminiscing about her ability to give justice to various types of music with equal ...