Shekhar Kapur

There is debate raging, or perhaps more than debate -a revolution -seething in India that could redefine the relationship between a People and it's democratically elected Parliament and Government. Does Power once given to the elected Government and Parliament for it's term ( in India 5 years) effectively take all Power away from the Citizens [...]

While growing up, I'd never really considered how important it is to be imaginative.   It's a childhood profession, you could say.   It comes naturally.   Then we hit an age when we're presented with a scantron of bubble-in options, a template for a CV that we need to create, and Excel.  At that point, our [...]

Ah yes, this one is going to get really acrimonius given what just happened in Norway.  But Abdul has raised some questions of 'awareness' and prejudice.  I hope for an informative healthy debate here without people hurling abuse at each other : "Problems cannot be solved on the same level of awareness which created them [...]

Sunita Rajkumar sent me this and I was moved by what I read. So relevant to our times "The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it’s that I have greater respect for justice. Where there is a conflict between the law and the higher moral code that we all share, my [...]

Corporate Slaves:— I am Lost in the maze of regional rivalries. Exploring the current political and social situation of the world is like putting your head into a washing machine. A lot has been written and said on this subject, but none of it makes sense to me. Role of Media: In the midst of [...]

He took out two phones, gently placed them on the table. One rang. He stepped away to answer it. In the meantime, the other one rang as well. He held the phone wrapped in his hand as he attended to the first call. Polite and professional, he explained in Urdu, the door-to-door campaign would start [...]

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 [...]