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India’s National Anthem Rings Out From Kenya and USA’s From France!
The thing that hooked me in was the Indian National anthem being sung by Kenyans.
Or the French singing the anthem of the Americans.
Pangea, is the name of the project that aims to use film to promote unity. A powerful concept that rides upon the ubiquity of the internet and the visual media.
I [...]
A Callous Society
Today I happened to go to CMH Road in Bangalore on my way to work. I observed something was not quite right. It was this way since the explosion of commerial establishments on the previously quite road.
But I could not quite pin it down for more than a few moments. Then it struck me, the [...]
As an obedient, and patriotic, Indian do I get a discount on this baby?
Just heard that the Jaguar/Land Rover deal has gone through in favour of the Tatas. A balanced non-jingoistic viewpoint available here. Also a comment points out the fact that Tatas are used to licensing, trade-union regimes, hence might have worked out plans to deal with these factors.
But what do I care. I have [...]
Dramatic contrasts in India, raises more questions at HBR
Marshall Goldsmith at HBR wonders about the contrasts in India. To quote-
"In the cities, I saw a longing for extreme opulence — countless ads with rich people living lavish lives — next to the reality of extreme poverty — countless shanties with poor people living harsh lives."
To be honest, as an Indian, I have become [...]
I am Lust, I am Power!
It starts with the uncanny visual realism, yet something is not quite right - skin that looks like skin but is too perfect to be real, a face too taut and a posture straight out of the Renaissance period. The voice actors are first class - what strikes you is how self-sure the voice [...]
Like hope for the forsaken..
..does arrive the words of my Master,
“Anything else one may doubt but that he who desires only the Divine shall reach the Divine is a certitude and more certain than two and two make four. That is the faith every sadhak must have at the bottom of his heart, supporting him through every stumble and [...]
Indian Independence Day
Many decades ago, a nation woke from its centuries old slumber. An ancient civilization willed itself awake. No longer content with her introspective splendors, she wished to speak to the world. A billion voices she makes her own, a million gods all receive her homage. Ashamed of her outer squalor and remembering her glorious past of [...]
