Harijim asked : "Can cinema be a tool for political change and can we make a film in 2 months flat here in India that will have a definitive effect on the coming elections and the whole region in general?" I think all art can be a tool of social change. Before Cinema became so [...]
Looking for a hot bath ?
Completely jet lagged from my flight from NY, I thought perhaps that I would indulge in a hot bath in my hotel room in Powai (Mumbai),. And I felt really guilty doing so. I imagined the water lying in the bathtub and looked out of the window and saw a slum. I wondered how many [...]
Bad films justifies harrasment of young girls ?
Here is a comment by Brahmshastra, which I would like to open out for discussion. Bad films (with some good ones too) , and a level of moral corruption throughout every activity in India (including corporate India, Indian justice system, Indian administration system, Indian political system, Indian religious systems) does not justify harrassing young vulnerable [...]
dancing with Shiva
the impossible dance of chaos finding the steps to follow a pattern where there is none seeking harmony without letting go of linearity ? being with shiva with out sensing timelessness? allowing myself to be swept into the chaos of the dance not resisting not thinking not trying like a helpless child in the wave [...]
Moral Police ? No, just hooliganism
Why is the Media giving so much weight to what really are young hooligans taking out their frustrations on vulnerable people. They are doing it simply because they can, taking safety in numbers. Acts of cowardice really. But one of the so called 'vulnerable people' will turn out not to be vulnerable, and some one [...]
“Thy Will be done”
Thy Will be done Is part of the christian prayer that I always assumed was part of a strict adherence but then, if you let go of any attachment to result as the Bhagvad Geeta asks us to and if the 'Thy' is God and God is the Universe then it means the same thing
yelling
i ran from the noise looking for silence and in my solitude i heard a single scream that came from inside my head i was the one yelling the loudest trying to be heard above everyone else like a child screaming for attention in a world where a billion voices were doing the same
End of Face book
If you have not seen this already, its' worth a read : By Steve Tuttle | Newsweek I was a late convert to Facebook, the social-networking site that turned five years old Wednesday. I joined about a year ago at age 47, swept up in the massive wave of people turning the corner to the [...]
A stray thought
when was the last time a lion asked of another so what's he doing these days ? doing what lions do I guess being a lion so what r u doing these days, shekhar ? doing what human beings do I guess being human and destroying the planet by flying to new york and taking [...]
Hey Roger Federer ! Big boys dont cry
I saw Roger Federer's tears as he lost the Australian Open to Nadal. It was quite heart warming to know that behind all that professionalism lay a little boy still trying to prove himself. And once the tears came so publicly, there was no stopping them. Even Federer could not help smiling at his own [...]