You
that profit
from selling us God,
take your beads
and trinklets
and banish yourselves
from this bazaar
of religion,
13
Sep
2005
Vijay Bal’s blog on the ‘State of Hollywood’ provoked me to look into the very near future where, when SPIDERMAN takes his mask off, he will either be Chinese or Indian. Where Spiderman will swing not in New York, but in Shanghai or in Mumbai. And the film will be funded and produced in Asia. And I do believe that Hollywood is on the decline, bieng crushed under it’s own weight. And near-sightedness.
The descent into anarchy in New Orleans may have many reasons. But events like those make me wonder whether civilization exists only on the surface, for all it took was 3 days for a people to spiral back to tribalism.
And yet, the people you see in this photograph are defiantly celebrating life and community in the face of abject poverty ..
There,
Can you see me, Mom ?
where did love exist
before you tuned in ?
I seek
that,
which was not
supposed to be
I seek
that,
which had not
occurred to me
come
help me
down the mountain
feeling anxious,
am flying to LA tonight,
always anxious when I go there
Paani is a film about a city of 20 million inhabitants which runs dry of water. The water wars have begun between those that still have water and those that do not. Water has now become a weapon of political, social and economic exploitation.
by the time
it began,
it had already
ended
but then
in the end,
it had just
begun..
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