A greater ‘hole in the wall’ you cannot imagine. A small fading sign on the top saying "Cellphoon reapars" barely visible through the street vendors crowding the Juhu Market in Mumbai. On my way to buy a new Blackberry, my innate sense of adventure (foolishness) made me stop my car and investigate. A shop not [...]
Water as Human Right Threatens to Split World Body
Water as Human Right Threatens to Split World Body by Thalif Deen Children help an old woman fill her containers with water from a community pump in Dobra Khira near Sanaa, Yemen. Credit:UN Photo/Ian Steele UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15, 2010 (IPS) - A long outstanding proposal to recognise the right to water as a basic [...]
Mumbai taxi driver talks about water problems in city
If you want to know the real truth, talk to the Taxi drivers. They live their lives on the streets and have their ears to the ground. I asked this Mumbai driver what he thought about the water issues , an here is a snippet from the conversation. Shot this on my flip cam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZtVbYl0cj8
Local internet magazine fights back as mainstream media goes for sensationalism
Hamari Awaaz (our voice) is an issue based video magazine I found ( or my assistant Anish Patel did) on the internet. I don’t know much about it, but I can feel the depth of commitment of the young people involved. Neither looking for fame, not for a lot of money, nor carried by the [...]
Is it a wonder that India’s roads are dangerous ?
Problem is that this looks like a lot of fun. And the problem is that it's what I used to do when I was in college. On my lambretta as if even death could not touch me in the flush of youthful optimism and daring. What was it about us in those days ? What [...]
Water as a weapon in battle against terrorism ?
Rabid nationalism may yet drive a nation to wage war against another through blocking water resources. China could do it to India through damming the Brahmaputra. Turkey could do it in the Middle East, and it is common knowledge that whoever hold Goan Hights also controls the flow of Water. But I am talking about [...]
Thirsty Pakistan gasps for water solutions
Thirsty Pakistan gasps for water solutions Experts say country is facing a water crisis that could see it run dry in several decades Sahar Ahmed Karachi Reuters Friday, Jun. 18, 2010 10:15AM EDT Pakistan is facing a raging water crisis that if managed poorly could mean Pakistan would run out of water in several decades, [...]
Paani adviser Maude Barlow : The world has divided itself between rich and the poor…
Worlds most renowned water activist Maude Barlow gives a fiery and factual speech at the Earth Summit in response to the G 20 Summit meeting at Toronto. Maude is one of the biggest supporters and adviser to our film Paani. It is a speech worth listening to as it drives home many truths, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnpcw-90T7U&feature=youtube_gdata
What does it take to become an Actor ?
This is a question I am often asked and want to answer it as truthfully as I can You must want to be beyond the needs of being accepted as being glamorous and beautiful. Looking for acceptance from other people is to put yourself at the doorstep of unhappiness. Acting is not an indulgence. Do [...]
Elizabeth and Golden Age : Mythology and Melodrama
Question "‘you make a distinction in your audio commentary of "The Golden Age" between mysticism and melodrama (one being a product of the East and the other of the West). I wonder if you might elaborate on this for me’ Mythology are the stories that are buried deep inside ourselves, that struggle to connect our [...]