Category: World Themes
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The Invention of Noon
It is the first weekend of March, which means that sometime tonight the nation will once again participate in its biannual ritual of arguing with the clock. On the East Coast, the last respectable piles of snow are receding into damp resignation. In Seattle, we have already endured the annual forecast that confidently predicted snow…
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World Themes for Indian Cinema (Part 6 of 8)
Co-Blogging Series – Anand C and Lazy Geek WAS IT WORTH IT? The title of this theme comes from four separate sub-themes or recent events that all lead to one question… (it is taken from the refrain in Richard Bach’s “The One”, which goes – “I gave my life to become the person I am…
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World Themes for Indian Cinema (Part 5 of 8)
Co-Blogging Series – Anand C and Lazy Geek LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICNE (Nightly Dose) If you think the conventional take on everyday events is mundane and monotonous, you’ll enjoy these recent quips on George W, on a 45-second stretch in the Tonight Show (NBC, weeknights, 11:35 P.M): Q: Why was the president surprised at “Meet…
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World Themes for Indian Cinema (Part 4 of 8)
Co-Blogging Series – Anand C and Lazy Geek ‘ART FOR ART”S SAKE’ “If I worship thee for fear of hell, burn me in hell; if I worship thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise. But if I worship thee for thy own sake, grudge me not thy everlasting beauty!” This hymm from Sufi…
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World Themes for Indian Cinema (Part 3 of 8)
Co-Blogging Series- Anand Chandrasekharan and Lazy Geek Fire-fighters, investment bankers, engineers working on outsourced IT projects, doormen – thousands lost their lives. The untold outrage, the genuine sorrow (and the political photo-ops) aside, one of the most vivid memories of September 11, 2001 is tens of people jumping down from a burning tower. When people…
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