Speed Jamming
July 9, 2007Control Room put up for the Show at film city The show – "[tag]Coca Cola Speed Jamming[/tag]" The venue – Studio number 15, Film City The Date – 7th July (yeah! we actually shot on 7.7.7 and that was by default, not…
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A link across the Sea
July 1, 2007The [tag]Bandra Worli[/tag] sea link. When i sometimes take the worli sea face route – i get to see the work in progress. Each time i am there – the link seems to have inched ahead. Aah if only the rest of…
Of Southies and Mossies
June 20, 2007the ToI – the world’s largest selling English paper – puts out a supplement where a South Indian – to be precise superstar Rajnikant – is referred to as a Southie. What next? a Muslim referred to as a Mossie, a North…
Labour Rights?
May 2, 2007In the 60th year of being Independent and the 57th year of being a Republic, a different kind of May Day Story – 27-year-old Ratnamma, a garment factory worker, was forced to deliver a baby on the streets of Bangalore because her…
Gems from Students
May 2, 2007Part of the last week or so has been spent at the University Of Mumbai – Kalina – correcting BMM papers. One of the good things about this years lot has been the number of students who seem to have understood the…
Defenders of Indian Culture
April 18, 2007From today’s Express: A BJP MP from Gujarat was on Wednesday detained at the Indira Gandhi international airport in New Delhi for allegedly misusing his wife’s passport by taking another woman.Babubhai Katara, who represents Dahod in the Lok Sabha, was detained by…
Rape as Courtship
April 17, 2007This from today’s DNA: A 24-year-old undertrial in Orissa has married a teenage girl whom he allegedly raped and got pregnant a few years ago. The traditional tribal wedding between Padmini Murmu, 16, and Khaira Hansda was solemnised at the Circle Jail…
Day 1 FICCI Frames – impressions
March 29, 2007The first day at [tag]FICCI Frames[/tag]. I attended most of the television sessions that took place. The first was on the "Regulatory Freamework in the Entertainment Industry" – an interesting topic given the government’s desire to regulate, various Public Interest Groups deciding…
FICCI Frames 2007 – Day 1
March 27, 2007This year’s [tag]FICCI Frames[/tag] is the first one that we have attended as a Company. Met old friends. Started new conversations. Met potential collaborators and allies. Figured who was doing what and where (and sometimes to whom). All in all not a…
Sachin the Master Blaster
March 18, 2007Move over He-Man, here comes Sachin Brought out by Virgin comics, the one that do Devi and Ramayan 3000 ad … the master blaster is a series where Sachin wields a magic bat to overcome evil. If only he could do the…