Category Archives: Media

Obituary Of An Age: Arun Sadhu Has Left The Building

September 26, 2017 by thebengali

What does it take to create great literary and journalistic works that impact a generation, a region, a society, a nation? And what does it take to keep creating such works? How does one stay relevant in changing times? It was 1996. I was 25, hauling my life out of a deep abyss, single-minded about making a living out of writing and I had no place for any advise from outside of myself. I was a student of the […]

Categories: Journalism, Learning, Media, News, People, Pune • Tags: Arun Sadhu, Department of Communication And Journalism Pune, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, Dr Jabbar Patel, Mumbai Dinank, National Film Archives of India, Pune, Ranade Institute, Sanjay Khilare, Simhasan, thebengali, University of Pune

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Who wants to consume Morbid Realism when they can have Canned Hope?

September 10, 2017 by thebengali

I have finally taken up music as a serious course of education. That’s right. I am learning music at Age 46. Why? Because I can’t find music or songs that express what I feel and think. This inspite of the fact that I listen to almost every conceivable genre (in 15 different languages) and am usually open to anything new that comes along; this inspite of the fact that there are millions of songs available to me across the various […]

Categories: Learning, Media, Self, Society, The Arts • Tags: Art, Imagine, India, John Lennon, Music, Rahul Joshi, Society, thebengali

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We Either Stand for All, or We Pay the Price One by One.

September 9, 2017 by thebengali

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” A phrase written by the English writer, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, in her 1906 book, The Friends of Voltaire. A life is a life is a life. Today I write to mourn those who have passed. Loved ones, strangers. Those who passed naturally, those who died of un-natural causes, those who were killed, those who were assassinated, those who … all those who have […]

Categories: Learning, Media, News, Self, Society • Tags: Crime, Democracy, Protest, Self, Society, thebengali

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“Massive Potential for Online Training Technologies; The Critical Point is Going To Be The Measurement” – Andy Smith

August 31, 2017 by thebengali

Aviation Training is estimated to be a 6 Billion USD industry, which is growing very rapidly. While a healthy 12% of this market-size belongs to Training Hardware products (Simulator, Training Devices sub-segment), the industry portfolio includes a very diverse range of Services, Products and Emerging solutions. We had a chance to catch up at length with Andy Smith, Founder of Halldale Media at the Asia Pacific Aviation Training Symposium (APATS 2017) in Singapore (held on August 28-30, 2017). Halldale publishes […]

Categories: Aviation, Learning, Media, News, People, Science & Technology, Training • Tags: Andy Smith, APATS2017, AR, Asia, Asia Pacific Aviation Training Symposium, Aviation, AviationTraining, Cabin Crew, CAT Magazine, EATS, Europe, Halldale Media, Medical Training Magazine, MS&T, online learning, Online Training Technologies, Regulators, simulators, Singapore, Technology, thebengali, Training Devices, VR, WATS

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“Shared Best Practices are the way forward for Asian Aviation industry”

August 28, 2017 by thebengali

Singapore, August 28, 2017: The Asia Pacific Aviation Training Symposium (APATS), a conference by the reputed Civil Aviation Training (CAT) Magazine, will kick off at The Marina Bay Sands Expo Centre in Singapore on Tuesday, 29th August 2017. Organised by Halldale Media, APATS 2017 is expecting around 600 attendees from more than 40 countries. The two-day event will see eminent speakers engage audiences in 30 conference sessions across two streams (Pilot And Cabin Crew). The event is also hosting 46 […]

Categories: Aviation, Learning, Media, News, Science & Technology, Training • Tags: APATS, Asia, Aviation, CAT Magazine, Halldale, Jacques Drappier, Training

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So, I Was Thinking About This GST Thing.. — Pune365

June 20, 2017 by thebengali

The government is going to streamline taxation and stuff. I think it’s great. GST is an Indirect Tax, which is very different from a Direct Tax. Analysts and financial people understand the difference. I haven’t been raised to care about the difference. All I have been raised to care about is that if there… via So, I Was Thinking About This GST Thing.. — Pune365

Categories: Media, Society • Tags: Pune, Pune365

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Life On Rent – No Single People Please!

May 1, 2017 by thebengali

There’s a matter of grave concern that is vexing a few of my neighbours. A matter of grave concern. And I know it’s been brewing for a few months now, maybe longer. There are these young boys who rent one of the apartments in the society. … yes, that’s the grave concern. Bachelor boys renting… via Life On Rent – No Single People Please! — Pune365

Categories: Learning, Media, Society • Tags: Bachelors, India, Pune, Pune365, Rented Apartments, Sanjay Mukherjee, Single Persons, thebengali

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Three Masters And An Apprentice – A Jazz Encounter in Pune

April 14, 2017 by thebengali

A balmy Thursday night. A well known jazz cafe. Two renowned Jazz musicians. An upcoming jazz drummer. A setting for an interesting evening by any yardstick. And then throw in a welcome surprise – another renowned jazz musician – and you have an electric evening of progressive jazz. The scene was at Shisha Jazz Cafe in Pune, and the ensemble was The Dragonette Project, led by bassist-singer, Roger Dragonette and comprising guitar legends, Derek Julien and Sanjay Joseph, and upcoming […]

Categories: Media, The Arts • Tags: Derek Julien, India, Jazz, Pune, Roger Dragonette, Saket, Sanjay Joseph, Shibumi, Shisha Cafe, The Dragonette Project, thebengali

“I’ll See Your Troll and Raise You One Notable Woman Scientist”

February 13, 2017 by thebengali

Brilliant insight into the challenging life of a dedicated woman admin of Wikipedia, and how she channelised the resultant negative energy into productivity; (Explicit language). At Backchannel, Andrew McMillen writes on how one young Wikipedia admin fights back at trolls by raising the profile of notable women in science, one new Wikipedia page at a time. via I’ll See Your Troll and Raise You One Notable Woman Scientist — Longreads

Categories: Learning, Media, Science & Technology, Society, Work • Tags: Andrew McMillen, Keilana, Temple Wood, Wikipedia

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