How do we see memory, I am sure we all have to recollect, there is a kind of effort involved. What if remembering does not need an effort. What if you cannot forget. What if you can remember exactly what happened a few years back, on a particular day, who you were with and what you did. And like that if all the days in … Continue reading The Woman Who Can’t Forget – The Memoir of Jill Price (AJ)
Kundera’s 11th fictional work. The Story of the intersecting life of Alain, who has not seen his mother since his childhood; Ramon a retired intellectual; D’Ardelo, a narcissistic; and Charles and “Caliban” who operate a catering firm… Marking the 40th book in my 50 Book 2017 challenge. One specific part is etched in my mind with an extremely heavy philosophical tag. The imagination … Continue reading Milan Kundera’s The Festival of Insignificance
Love Wins is an interesting read. A history class of our times through the moving stories of lovers, lawyers, judges and activists who worked towards one of the most important, national civil rights victories in decades—the legalization of same-sex marriage. Written by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell the book unveils the struggles to open the eyes of a society that was hesitant to do so. It … Continue reading Love Wins: From Institutional logic to Constitutional logic
We live in a world where people have started referring to Nuclear Warheads like it is something they have seen in a movie or on High Definition TV while sitting on their plush Couches with a remote control giving them the Divine power to change channels. But we all know that’s not the case. That is why it is important that we regularly go back in … Continue reading John Hersey’s Hiroshima – “Everyone who can Read should Read”
Just finished reading the amazing journey of Stephen Ritz ‘The Power of a Plant” chronicling his mission to grow healthy minds and Schools. The book starts with the statement he made in his 2012 TED X talk “I am not a farmer. I am a people farmer, My favorite crop is organically grown Citizens.” It is not just the statement that is profound and you will … Continue reading The Power of a Plant – The incredible Journey of the People Farmer Stephen Ritz
Just finished Josh Hanagarne’s The World’s Strongest Librarian. I picked it from the Library more for it’s title than it’s content. But I should say the content is way more stronger than the title. Hats Off to Josh for writing such an honest memoir and taking people like me into many worlds that I had very less knowledge of. The book’s subtitle says ‘A Book … Continue reading Josh Hanagarne’s The World’s Strongest Librarian is a Must Read
Today I watched the movie ‘Mary and Martha’ a 2013 British-American television film starring Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn. The film tells the story of two women, two mothers Mary (played by Hilary Swank) and Martha (played by Brenda Blethyn). Mary decides that her 10 year old son George can learn more from the world than from the traditional school and together they travel to … Continue reading Mary and Martha – About Malaria, Loss, a Purpose and the Life we Make and Remembering Harry Yirrell
There are a lot of Good actors in Indian Cinema and there are some wonderful actors. Rajkummar falls into the wonderful bucket with an ‘exceptional’ tag to it. His movies are ones I will be looking forward for and I see he has several releases coming this year. I wrote about Nawazuddin the day I watched Kahani. On Rajkummar I am way too late penning … Continue reading Rajkummar is a wonderful actor with an ‘exceptional’ tag to all his roles; Waiting for his Newton
Celluloid Man is an amazing documentary about P.K Nair an Indian film archivist and film scholar, who was the founder and director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in 1964. He is regarded as the Henri Langlois of India because of his lifelong dedication towards the preservation of films in India. The documentary takes you through the pioneering work of Mr. Nair in … Continue reading P.K Nair – The Celluloid Man – Watch it now on Netflix
Match is a funny yet extremely emotional movie that intertwines us concepts of relationship with pursuit of passion and then finally settles us in that ever needed ambience of solitude. Written and directed by Stephen Belber, based on his 2004 play of the same name Match takes you through 2 or 3 days of a middle-aged ex-dancer now working as a ballet instructor at the … Continue reading Watch the 2014 Movie ‘Match’ on Netflix
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