Archive for August, 2008

Cyrano de Bergerac: Moving

Published by Vivek August 20th, 2008 in Movies. 0 Comments

Cyrano de Bergerac
Year: 1990
Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Length: 137 mins
Category: Drama

Rating: 4 out of 5

Beautiful French movie about a man in love who is unable to express it through his life since he thinks he’s ugly. Cyrano, a poet, soldier and a man highly accomplished in many [...]

Playthings by Tagore

Published by Vivek August 2nd, 2008 in Fun stuff. 0 Comments

Tagore wrote a beautiful poem called “Playthings” that I was reminded of when I saw this child play
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Child, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the morning.
I smile at your play with that little bit of a broken twig.
I am busy with my accounts, adding up figures [...]