Archive for February, 2007

Some Blogs worth a Read

Posted by gargi on 21 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: India

In my trawling through the net for content of interest, here are a few new ones that are really interesting.

Atrocity News - a site dedicated to highlighting atrocities in India. The site is a meticulous documentation of cases that violate the fundamental rights to life, liberty, property and equality. Its’ progress report on Khairlangi is [...]

Ekalavya - The Royal Guard

Posted by gargi on 16 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Films

… should have possibly been called Eklavya - the Royal Stud. Because that is really what the story was about. Once upon a time, somewhere close to now, in the beautiful state of Rajasthan - and Vinod Chopra has shot the quintessential 'visit Rajasthan' film -
Once upon a time there is a very, very gay [...]

Banning Choices?

Posted by gargi on 08 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: And Finally ..., India

In a far away New York, a lawmaker wants to ban i-pods (and other tech gadgets) , incase people get run over.
In Great Britain a minister causes an outrage by telling women they should take off their veils.
In Delhi, the minister  in charge of Information & Broadcasting - Priya Ranjan Das Munshi - wants to [...]