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A father threw his 10-month-old son to his death from the 14th floor of an apartment block in Shanghai’s Minhang District yesterday, police said. Afterwards, the man, surnamed Zhu, tried to kill himself by cutting his wrists. He is recovering from his injuries in hospital. Neighbors said Zhu, 29, and his wife, Wang, 28, were [...]

'How do I become a film maker, I've been struggling to do so for so long ?' How often have I been asked that question. "is that a Video you are running on your cell phone ?" "yes " "Do you have access to some form of editing system on your computer or on the [...]

Always wondered about Mantra's. When I was a child i was asked to recite the Gayatri Mantra every night with my parents.  I thought it was a prayer more than combinations of sounds created in a rhythm designed to provoke the universe to give in to 'intention'.  Well .. I guess that is what a [...]

Subsequent to the furore caused by Twitpic saying they own copyright to all pictures that you upload they have changed their terms as follows, which while accepting that you own copyright now to your own pictures, they retain the right to exploit those pictures for their own benefit : "To publish another Twitpic user’s content [...]

I wrote this poem after the terrorist attacks on Mumbai to a friend that was there. Midival Punditz, Karsh Kale and I are going to do a series of collaborations of this kind. I find it fascinating and exciting. Different tones etc. The last one posted on this blog earlier is called 'Today' in Hindi [...]

It's expensive and a logistical nightmare. But do Indian directors love musicals? Yes, says the chorus In India today, the term 'musical’ has two connotations. The pure musical comes from the Indian tradition of folk theatre, where there is no difference between songs and dialogues. The other is the western concept, where there is a [...]

This came in from Marshall : Hi, On the 30th January 1659, Charles Stuart, King of England, Scotland and Ireland stepped onto the scaffold to face his execution after seven years of civil war in his three kingdoms, conflict that resulted in the death of a greater proportion of our population than in the world [...]

We have long passed the danger point on Water, and are in a crisis situation. Which is why I decided to make my next film on Water, called Paani (water in Hindi) . Its time has come now as water is high on the consciousness on the people. When I first thought about it 10 [...]

एक रोटी हमे भी दो कुछ जीने का हक तो हमे भी दो नहीं मंगाते हम आपकी ऊंची इमारतें थक जायेंगे जहाँ अपने आप को ही ढूँढ़ते ढूँढ़ते छु लेंगे हम भी आसमान को अपनी ही औकात से लेकिन एक रोटी हमें भी दो कुछ जीने का हक तो हमे भी दो आपके बच्चे फलें [...]

Today - MPKK with Shekhar Kapur by Midival Punditz