For those of you that have not heard of Irena Salina, look out for her name. She has just made a terrifying, informative, well researched documentary on the future of fresh Water resources on our Planet. She shows how gradually all the main Water resources are being usurped by major water corporations all over the [...]
India heading towards Civil War ?
Just as we were getting used to a rising stock market, Shopping Malls on every corner in our consumeristic cities, billions of dollars coming in from FRI's, all on the basis that we have such a young population - just as everyone (but the poor farmers) were celebrating and the headlines were screaming about India's [...]
Are free and fair elections possible in a combined Kashmir, or anywhere in India ?
I am tired of the voices that talk about collective self determination of the people of the both the Indian side and the Pakistani side of Kashmr, without even once looking at the consequences of such an election. As usual we are addicted to key words that stop us form thinking beyond. As if democracy [...]
The Himalayan environment : like a stray dog on a rubbish dump
What are we doing to our environment ? I took this picture in the Kumaon ranges in the HImalayas on the way to Mukhteshwar. I remember travelling here looking for locations for Masoom, my first movie. These were untouched places of immense beauty. This picture was shot at a point where people come to get [...]
Mumbai Mirror’s completely irresponsible article on mine and Suchitra’s divorce
I have never spoken about my divorce publicly before. It is a painful process not only for the two people involved but also for the young children. Both Suchitra and I spent nine very painful and turmoil driven years in a marriage, and though I was not in favour of a divorce because of our [...]
Letter from Tblisi, Georgia
Anna is still in Tblisi and is yet uncertain about her future and if the war has really ended. She has sent another letter, exploring herself as the people of Tblisi still sit on the edge. Feeling...Indescribable I remember that day very well. I was the happiest person. It was cold, winter day and I [...]
Emotional living
eye spy asked : if you prefer to live emotionally........do you get conned by an individual who knows your pulse and plays the cards right and presses the right buttons ..... ? To live on an emotional plane is not the same as to live on an obsessive plane. One is about freedom and understanding, [...]
Why Liu Xiang’s exit from the olympics plunged China into grief
The last time I saw one nation plunge into a stunning outpouring of grief was when Princess Diana died. I could understand that. England at that time clung to the princess as their one great icon. Now Liu Xiang's inability to run the 110 m hurdles has plunged the whole of China into a grief [...]
Sonya’s Picks for Rainy Weekend Reading
Independence Day weekend, and we're off. To the gorgeous Verandah in the Forest, in Matheran. Where no cars are allowed . So we will be walking, many kilometers, in our raincoats , along the red mud of the railway track, to get to this atmospheric Parsi bungalow. With our rucksacks full of books. And games. [...]
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