Yesterday, we did something unusual. We traveled over 330 miles (about 520 KMs) to New York City just to watch a new movie. But then Sicko is not just any other movie. Made by the controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore (of Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine and Roger & Me fame), Sicko is a wake-up […]
India would most likely be celebrating the 150th anniversary of its Independence not the anniversary of a failed mutiny if only the South and West had joined in instead of watching from the sidelines. Writing in the Oxford History of Modern India, Percival Spears observes that: The Madras and Bombay Presidencies were hardly touched by […]
At least that’s the conclusion of a Tehelka.com story on the reach and use of the Internet in Bihar’s hinterlands, far from the state capital Patna. Nineteen-year-old Swati Jha is in her final year of BSc, and is an ardent Internet user. “It’s a wonderful world, and life without the Internet would just be dark, […]
Language: English Year: March 9, 2007 in the U.S. Actors: Irfan Khan, Kal Penn, Tabu, Jacinda Barret, Sahira Nair Director: Mira Nair Producer: Lydia Dean Pilcher Screenplay: Sooni Taraporevala Story: Jhumpa Lahiri Music: Nitin Sawhney The Namesake is a gorgeous movie based on a lovely novel of the same name by Pulitzer prize winning author […]