The Visit to Orissa
March 3, 2009the last 6 weeks have been a kind of blur. the visit to Orissa disturbed me more than i let on. i have nightmares about the place. of waking up, being stuck there with no way out. There is a part of…
To Save a Life
February 13, 2009all of us have lives that are footprints in the sand. but, each life has value. not just in the monetary sense but in the civilizational sense. each life has love, family, friends and experiences. and, their loss matters. this is the…
Losing the Plot – NDTV v/s individual blogger
January 30, 2009I was telling someone the other day is that the saddest conclusion that i have reached is that the most honorable institution of them all is the Government. Ultimately, no matter how venal, power mad, inept, or corrupt the are – sooner…
Nationalisation Buzz
January 26, 2009The nationalization buzz – seems to be growing. i seem to be picking up the ‘n’ word everywhere i turn. when banks or companies collapse due to mismanagement and tax payers money is used to bail them out, then the tax payer…
Since New Year
January 21, 2009The New Year has been good. I haven’t had a single day off 🙂 January started with me traveling to Shimla for a shoot. The story is that of communities – and how they understand, appreciate and prepare to beat the effects…
A small break
January 2, 2009was in sawantwadi over X’mas. nice place. great beaches. wonderful food. just relaxed and destressed. can take on the world now 🙂
Yipee it is over….
December 31, 2008…2008. Towards the end, it seemed like the year would never get over. In the scheme of things, it wasn’t such a bad year. It just seemed that way. Professionally it was a decent year – we produced our first feature film…
The A to Z meme – films as soul food !
December 20, 2008Shefaly has a meme up here, on the A to Z of films that she liked, and has very generously asked readers to ‘steal it’ – and i needed something light to blog about — i have overdosed on ‘soapbox’. in fact…
Scenes from Nepal
December 20, 2008all married women wore red and lots of it. this one was near the school that we had visited
Post 26/11 – Media Self Regulation
December 18, 2008This announced today Under the six-point guidelines framed by the umbrella body NBA (News Broadcasters Association), the channels shouldn’t be telecasting details of identity, number and status of hostages. Nor should they provide information of pending rescue operations or details on the…