What she should tell him

Look into his eyes and say…. “Don’t ask me why…. never…. because you have no idea you can never fathom years of anguish burdened with smiles silently wrapping the unacknowledged dutifulness and blind stares at all the overflowing love the habit of insignificance nameless, faceless, emotionless nights and days that don’t end giving… caring and serving and yet not enough….” Take a Pause because he … Continue reading What she should tell him

Manal al-Sharif – The Freedom Drive

There is an uncomfortable question in many minds…. some forcibly put it down for varied reasons, some ignore while some take notice….. and the question is simple said but complex understanding… The question is “What options do we have when we see something wrong happen around us?” While we might fall into one of these roles I would believe that taken the fact that people … Continue reading Manal al-Sharif – The Freedom Drive

Lullabies they hear and don’t

There are lullabies that are heard from far away Lullabies that once soothed the whole world but are now born silent everyday… There are Lullabies that are cut short by bullets and swords Lullabies that fall and evaporate on the deaf ears of guilty lords Lullabies that could never stop the cries because they were not rich enough to pay the price Lullabies that were … Continue reading Lullabies they hear and don’t

Satnam

It is going to be a year the world has probably forgotten his name meant the name of truth and his quest to find it finally succumbed to unkind reality…. too brutal… too young.. too early accused by divinity imprisoned by authority charged with insanity he died with an unanswered inquiry where is our humanity…? where is our humanity…? Do you remember him…? Satnam Singh…. … Continue reading Satnam

Raanjhnaa and the shades of Male Chauvinism…..

RaanjhanaaWatched Raanjhnaa during weekend… the motivation was to see Dhanush in the hindi movie and that I heard it was the story about JNU politics…. But what I saw was shades of Male chauvinism across the characters and their dialogues….. Not sure if that was intentional or the story writer and filmmaker thought that is how life should be… well then there is an issue….

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Hitchcock – The Man behind Psycho and the Woman behind him

Hitchcock-posterWe have always sat on the edge of the seat and bit our nails watching Hitchcock movies…. be it Psycho, Vertigo, The Birds or any other of his full length or short films….. But how would you like to see what went behind the scenes of Psycho…. what went through Hitchcock as he was making Psycho….

I watched the movie in flight as I was travelling to India last month…. Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock is Marvelous….. From the casting of Norman bates to working with film boards and the extend he goes to keep the suspense intact and unknown to both crew and public… the movie takes you through a journey into the life of the filmmaker as he makes his most famous movie…

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