![The Secret Lesson of Bloggers](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Birds.jpg?resize=400%2C140&ssl=1)
Sometime in last DecemberAn unusual event occuredFive bloggers corresponded‘Let us meet’ they concurred They were complete strangersDid not know others’ namesHow they looked, whether youngOr…
![Selling Slumdog fame Rubina](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Rubina.jpg?resize=128%2C80&ssl=1)
Dr. Pravin Patkar’s work in prevention of trafficking of women is perhaps unparalleled. He periodically informs me [among others] about the work his NGO is…
![If you wish to hypnotise animals....](https://vivekvsp.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Quite a lot is known about hypnotising human beings. But here are some gems picked up about hypnotising animals: 1. That animals are particularly easy…
!['Colony', Siddharth Pardhe's autobiography](https://vivekvsp.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Colony, the autobiography of Siddharth Pardhe has won this year’s Keshavrao Kothavale Award. This autobiography is unusual in more ways than one. Laxmanrao Bhagaji Pardhe,…
![Wah Wah Gandhi!](https://vivekvsp.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Wah Wah Gandhi. Jodi kya banayi! The cousin duo of Indian politics Rahul Gandhi [s/o former Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi] and Varun…
![Mee Shivaji Raje Bhosale Boltoy](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Shivajiboltoy.jpg?resize=130%2C86&ssl=1)
The theaters were running house full. My friends asked me to watch the movie ‘Mi Shivaji Raje Bhosale Boltoy’ [Shivaji speaking]. It was obvious that…