Articles on Media
Jaswant’s Obama-like interview on his Jinnah biography in CNN-IBN
Published by August 17th, 2009 in Current Affairs, India and Podcasts & webcasts. 0 CommentsIn an Obama-like interview Jaswant Singh deals with a complex and polarizing topic like India-Pakistan partition with sensitivity and statesmanship that is rarely seen in Indian politics.
Best international news programmes: A list
Published by December 30th, 2008 in Current Affairs, Podcasts & webcasts and Useful Links (by topics). 2 CommentsAn effort to build a list of good international news programmes to get news from diverse perspectives
Over the last few years, I have developed an interest in international affairs. Unfortunately, International English news sources were dominated by channels in USA and Britain. BBC and CNN that were available widely had some high quality programmes but [...]
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 [...]
No Man’s Land
Year: 2001
Writer: Danis Tanovic
Director: Danis Tanovic
Category: Drama
Rating: 4 out of 5
Three wounded soldiers Ciki, Cera (Bosnians) and Nino (Serbian) get caught in a trench in the no man’s land. Cera is lying on a mine that would burst if he moves. There is tension as well as friendship [...]
This post is in reaction to a friend’s post about Mani Ratnam’s brilliance when it comes to handling children. Citing Kannathil Muthamittal and Anjali he says,
The master director’s known for his ability to extract the best from the kids – Anjali had proved that way back in eighties. But, then “Kannathil Muthamittal” truly showed how [...]
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