So much Hoo Ha about India’s entry to the Oscar’s. Do you really care about the Oscars ?
Author: shekhar
My Guru
My Guru died
In Iraq, it’s already too late …
While we argue about Cindy Sheehan’s campaign and President Bush’s political future. While the world argues the legality of the War and the real meaning of terrorism, or genocide etc., lets understand that for most Iraqi’s it’s already too late. For another complete generation, it’s all over.
The Blog, or the end of all Institutional Power, and the rise of true democracy. Your voice is finally more important than your vote !!
Freedom of speech ? Freedom of expression ?
What lies. What an absolute load of bollocks.
Buddha, hope ….
Buddha in meditation. A skethch from the designs of the film Buddha.
shekhar kapur
The Heart of Terrorism
Terrorism of any kind is inexcusable. But since it is a fact of modern life, the only way to combat it is to understand the heart of the terrorist.
This is not the first time an aeroplane has been used as a suicidal weapon. Japenese Kamikazie pilots were well known in the 2nd World War. However terrorism today is defined by acts against civilian targets. But targetting civilians has become an accepted form of warfare. Be it London or Hiroshima in the 2nd War or arguably even Baghdad today. There is surprisingly nothing in the Geneva Convention that forbids this ..
Here comes the True Prophet
You
that profit
from selling us God,
take your beads
and trinklets
and banish yourselves
from this bazaar
of religion,
The end of Hollywood
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.
Of Human Dignity
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 ..
Look Mom, I’m on camera !
There,
Can you see me, Mom ?