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Comment on Great movies from Iran – list and brief descriptions by venkat

venkat — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:12:15 +0000

recently saw OFFSIDE in UTV WORLD MOVIES. hilarious.deserves to be top 20 Iranian movies.also saw recently the children of heaven, a separation, about
elly, the white balloon, the Mirror,the colour of Paradise,the stranger,father(is it Pader)

Comment on List of useful software (mostly free) for students and professionals by Freeware students | Premiervirtual

Freeware students | Premiervirtual — Sun, 13 May 2012 18:36:42 +0000

[...] List of useful software (mostly free) for students and professionalsThe following are my bookmarks relating to useful software. Some point to sites that provide online or off line services, others lead to articles describing these … [...]

Comment on Babasaheb Ambedkar’s works online: Books, articles, talks by sanjay patil

sanjay patil — Thu, 03 May 2012 07:40:13 +0000

kahi jaha me kabhi kuch aise log bhi janm lete hai. jinke jeevan ka uddheshya kahi anya logo ke kalyan me hi apne aap ko purnatah samprit kar dete hai. jis me purn paripurit dr. baba sahab ambedker ji the.

Comment on Disciplinary training: More trained, less able by Vivek S.

Vivek S. — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:35:34 +0000

Dear Gaargi: Thank you for your comment. You should be able to follow the blog from viveks.info/feed. If you are interested in specific topics, you could use http://viveks.info/subscribe. As of now, I have just an RSS feed that you can use in any reader that you have.

Comment on Disciplinary training: More trained, less able by Gaargi

Gaargi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:50:14 +0000

Hi Vivek,

I chanced upon your blog when I googled Dreze and Sen to locate the name of one of their books that I had read as a PG student. You have impressive and prolific writing here! Many of the topics interest me (doctoral studies, Ambedkar, Indian development), and I shall keep coming back. I don’t seem able to ”follow” this blog though…any suggestions on how I may be able to?

cheers,

Comment on Great movies from Iran – list and brief descriptions by Sreeraj, It is called Shirin. I fast forwarded throughout the movie.

Sreeraj, It is called Shirin. I fast forwarded throughout the movie. — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:15:12 +0000

Seeraj,

It is called “Shirin” (2008), Kiarostami’s production. It is simply a parade of close-ups of 113 Iranian actresses and also French star Juliette Binoche, who are watching a film which we never see.

Comment on Great movies from Iran – list and brief descriptions by varun

varun — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:10:38 +0000

some time back i saw a little clip about a movie in which a young girl who live in iran do not like basic rules for women in iran. she played a sort of rebel in the movie who do not like to wear scarf on her head & also don’t like other traditional things. i don’t know the name of the movie. can someone help me ??????

Comment on Online resources on OBC reservation debate in India by rajeev

rajeev — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:17:21 +0000

Equality and egalitarianism are ideals for which every society should strive. It should also be noted that at no stage in History was any Society truly equal or egalitarian. Some type of Caste system prevailed through out the world. How else will you explain the concept of Slavery in the Muslim world and the Americas, Apartheid, etc.. The Machine Gun was developed as a means of a more efficient killing of the Native Indians. Differences between various strata of Society all over the world existed as a matter of fact.
India was never as brutal as societies which thrived on Slavery or killed entire populations. Castes and privileges were accepted as such by the Indian population as a fact of life. Otherwise we could have had a mass conversion to Islam during the Muslim rule in India or to Christianity. Nothing of this kind happened. In fact as times changed, Indian reformers themselves took up this issue and worked to remove this among other backward thoughts from within our society. SC / ST reservations although not good for developing a Merit based society were somewhat justifiable. But OBC Reservations! OBCs were the very people who were the main exploiters of the SCs / STs. Brahmins are themselves not exactly land lords or traders but middle class or lower middle class in general and also very poor. And now the OBC objective is merely to Grab seats without imbibing the learning culture of those who excel. And one simple thought for those who say that SCs/STs/OBCs also pass the same exmns.. First that it is Unfair to deny a more deserving Candidate a seat. Second, why is it that the Politicians, incl the late V P Singh and now Sonia Gandhi went abroad for relatively routine and normal medical attention? Why not make it mandatory for them to be treated by the last SC/ST/OBC candidate who qualifies after studies?

Comment on Two bizarre gates by Aaditya

Aaditya — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:44:20 +0000

Ha ha, I like this article – especially the colorful theory!

Comment on Kamal Hassan’s Anbe Sivam: An underrated classic by skumar

skumar — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:27:22 +0000

Today I am watching this movie in K tv for 10th time. This is a fantastic movie and

has an wonderful message “love is god”. Tamil society should accept this kind of

movies atleast in the near future.