March 12th 1993. A time when Mumbai was still Bombay. Lokhandwalla was a set of buildings in progress, where gangs regularly went to war. Where In Orbit & Hypercity Malad was a rubbish dump, when the expressway didn’t exist, when Asiatic and Akbarally’s were great malls and when Phoenix was a shut down mill !
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In Memorium – 12/3 Bombay Blasts
Jhing Chik Jhing – 9 nominations at Sanskruti Kala Darpan Awards
It is good to know that the film that you have believed in and backed – is appreciated
9 nominations at Sanskruti Kala Darpan Awards. As Shyam would say in the film “jhing Chik Jhing”
Best Film – Jhing Chik Jhing, Cogito Entertainment
Bets Director – Nitin Nandan
Best Cinematography – Amalendhu Chaudhary
Best Actor – Bharat [...]
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26/11 – just another date….
November has been an eventful month in terms of remembrances. So much so that i have forgotten half the things that we are supposed to remember. The most noise however, was for Nehru’s & then Indra Gandhi’s birth anniversary, the Babri Masjid Demolition – thanks to the tabling of the Liberhan committee report and now [...]
The Eight Step Path to Kick Start Your Political Career
Over the last year, I met many people who wanted to enter politics. Students, CEO’s, Social Activists and the rest. I have been giving some sort of general gyaan on the how’s and the what’s of politics – especially building core support groups and carrying them along.
But, over the same period I began realizing that what I am asking [...]
Happy Diwali Vikram Buddhi !
It’s been three Diwalis since Vikaram Buddhi has been locked up in jail in the USA, without a trial after a trial lasting 3 days (thank you Rahul). He was accused of posting on-line threats against George & Laura Bush. He maintained that he didn’t do it.
A PHD Student, he was an alumnus [...]
An Appeal for Protecting Children
Remember the time you heard about the Nithari killings and almost threw up – the kids went through stuff that we, thankfully, cannot even imagine. Remember the Mira Road case – where a man raped his daughters on the advice of a Tantric to get rich. Remember those times when you read about a 3 [...]
Kobad Ghandy, Roman Polanski ..
…if people like ‘us’ (as in the elite – definitely not me ) commit a crime – even a heinous one, is it not a crime? Does coming from a certain ‘background’ absolve you of guilt ?
So why this outpouring of grief over Kobad Ghandy and Roman Polanski.
Mr.Ghandy is the member one of the leading [...]
Review – Flow for the Love of Water
Irena Salina’s film “Flow – For the Love of Water ” aka “Flow – How did a handful of corporations steal our water” is a well made documentary that looks at the issues regarding clean portable (drinkable) water to the world’s population at large.
The film’s narrative weaves together myriad issues including providing water to [...]
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Austerity 09 – Random Thoughts
It has been interesting to see the Government at work. And, although there is a tremendous amount of twittering (as opposed to tweeting) and sniggering - austerity not a bad idea. With the kind of National Debt that we are carrying, and with the kind of expenses we are gonig to incur – it’s a good [...]
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