Hindu Madarassas
April 22, 2005In the musical, South Pacific – one of the songs is on bigotry. The lines go: You’ve got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose eyes are oddly made, And people whose skin is a diff’rent shade, You’ve got to…
Post Apocalyptic Futures
April 21, 2005Two very different Post Apocalyptic films are a part of my top 10 science fiction movies of all times. Both very different in nature, treatment and a view of how the world will be in the not so distant future. One is…
Tree Wedding
April 19, 2005As a people we – as in Indians – revel in marriage. Not content in conspiring to wed off near and dear ones, we also take enormous amount of pleasure in marrying off others that inhabit the space around us. And we…
Realpolitik Rules
April 16, 2005Travelling around the Indian blogosphere over the last week or so, found a number of posts that were saying “No to Musharraf”. The banner goes – “you are not welcome evil dictator.” and ends with “you may find yourself in India, but…
Summer in Mumbai….
April 10, 2005… this year seems to be hotter than normal. It must be the extensive roadworks that are happening across the board that is causing all of us in the city to wilt under the heat. It feels like 40 degrees (celcius) and…
Big B at the Big Apple
April 8, 2005An entire festival dedicated to the Big B – in New York this month. The 11 film retrospective inlcudes some of my favourites – Anand, Deewar (the old one, not the ghastly new one thank god), Abhimaan, Amar Akbar Anthony. They have…
The Caravan of Peace …
April 7, 2005… leaves today from Srinagar in India to Muzzafarbad in Pakistan. A simple bus journey tries to bring together people separated by barbed wire. The bus service has been named Kaarwan-e-Aaman or Caravan of Peace. A bomb went off yesterday to prevent…
He’s Back….
April 4, 2005…One of my favourite blogs was missing for sometime. He is now back at a new address. Check out Route 79 at a whole new site.
I Need a Break and go
April 2, 2005… to a place where there is no mobile network, no land line connection, no post office, no courier service and no television! Any recommendations!