Filmi Girl reviews Jewel Thief (1967)- sees it as the ‘conflict of values’ being ‘worked out on the stage of East and West’:
The locations have a similar coding. Everything associated with Amar is modern, glitzy, and Western while the things Vinay is eventually drawn to are traditional. Interiors associated with Amar like Helen’s apartment, the [...]
Archive for November 17th, 2008
Nandita Mahadevan has posted two songs for the Peace Day. Listen to her beautiful rendition of Allah Tero Naam.
‘Whither Goest Thou, Indian Woman?’
Published by November 17th, 2008 in Government and Women. 0 CommentsAt Cheruti reacts to Vayalar Ravi’s wisdom:
At a public function organised by the Indian Association of Sharjah, Mr. Ravi stated that Indian women would not be allowed to visit the Gulf alone. When asked the reason, Mr. Ravi retorted with a brilliant question of his own - why would an Indian woman want to [...]
Space Bar doesn’t find Dasvidaniya remotely funny:
But why grumble all the time? Let’s end this with a Fun Moment which even in the midst of death we can find if only we look hard enough. So during this scene where Amar and his brother are on his balcony discussing the view, someone in the audience [...]
‘When will academic casteist terrorism come to an end?’
Published by November 17th, 2008 in Caste, Dalit and Education. 0 CommentsMeena Kandasamy explains the background of the recent violence in Dr.Ambedkar Government Law College in Chennai:
It is easy to argue that there’s really nothing to a name, but if there was nothing, why did the Mukkulathoor Maanavar Peravai not evoke his name? And according to students there, these caste tensions ran high especially after the [...]
The Second One State Solution Week.
Published by November 17th, 2008 in Activism, Religion, Secularism and South Asia. 0 CommentsWhite Ribbon Campaign announces it’s support for the Second One State Solution Week, which flagged off today and is on until the 23rd of November 2008.
This is an event that tries to gather voices in favour of a tighter political coalition between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Bloggers, writers and rabble rousers are invited to say things, [...]
SDICMFLASH? What’s that?
Published by November 17th, 2008 in Cinema, Humour, India and LGBT. 0 CommentsNeha Vishwanathan on the gay stereotypes of Bollywood.
It’s hilarious… :)
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