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. [...]
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 [...]
Look Mom, I’m on camera !
There, Can you see me, Mom ? There, in the Milky Way, Through a billion suns with even more planets through billions and billions of people Can you see Mom ? there I am, waving, about a billion years after this picture taken ? I love you, Mom, Shekhar
Before you fell in love
where did love exist before you tuned in ? all you heard was the static that was the chaos that enveloped the harmony shekhar
Suddenly, Unexpectedly…
I seek that, which was not supposed to be I seek that, which had not occurred to me I seek that, which occurs accidentally I seek that, which suddenly overwhelms me people say, I know not what I want to be people say, I live indecisively can you then teach me, a more creative way [...]
courage
come help me down the mountain come help me breathe again I've played the game had my 15 seconds of fame give me the courage once again to be ordinary shekhar
where, why, what, whom ?
feeling anxious, am flying to LA tonight, always anxious when I go there LA is a city of temptation but how can i curse it, because temptation is only as effective as you are tempted, but LA conjures a web around you, makes you revel in illusion and people live in some illusion of immortality [...]
Paani
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. The picture posted here is part of a series that I [...]
love
by the time it began, it had already ended but then in the end, it had just begun..
The two of me
I am jealous and greedy and angry and I hurt I love and I hate I mean well but manipulate I am confused and riddled by doubt Of course I am I am after all only human and yet I long I yearn I aspire to be compassionate to be creative to be whole to [...]