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In one line, HTPL is a good movie :).It deals with a serious matter like marriage, which is not simply the union of two bodies, but the union of souls too. And it shows how the union of two souls does not necessarily follow a rose strewn path, and how often, marriage turns out to be more of a contract of existnece between two grown up individuals .But the movie does not lectures the viewer, rather presents the dilemmas and conflicts with much humour and subtle tinge of pathos.
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"At Five In The Afternoon" is the second film of Samireh Makhmalbaf that I watched.I do not have much theoretical ideas about the inception of New Iranian Cinema and the ways paths they are following, Earlier I have seen "The Blackboard" by the same director, and a couple of films by her father, Mohsen Makhlambaf, including "Once Upon A Time Cinema".I must say it was quite an experience watching the film, which evolves in the backdrop of Afghanistan in the post Taliban regime . Devastation rules ; poverty, hunger and helplessness looms large.Nogreh is a young girl in her twenties, whom her father sends to an institution which feeds young women on conservative theories of ideal womanhood.
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Last week I went to watch "Dus Kahaniyan" , a bouquet of ten short films from Sanjay Gupta. A praiseworthy and unique effort, the film was surely interesting to watch [ far better than Karan Johar :) ], and I thanked myself for changing my decision in the last minutes to watch Dus Kahaniyan instead of Om Shanti Om. I watched the latter by borrowing a dvd from a friend, and realised , I did a good thing by not spending Rs 200/- [150/- FOR TICKET +REST FOR SNACKS ] :) on OSO !!
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I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO CONTROL AND/OR TELL ME WHAT , HOW AND WHEN TO VIEW/ READ/KNOW/SHARE ! PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION...
Posted by Mahasweta Ray on Wednesday, 8 April 2015
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To begin with, I thank all the people who thought it right to make the video go viral by sharing and re-posting it. You all were courageous enough to go against the "ban" put up by the Authorities of The Great Indian Democracy. At this point, I feel I should rather thank our Authorities first, for setting up a classic example of negative publicity. Hadn't they put up a row, most people would not have found time to watch the video on TV on 8th March - it's a Sunday, Cricket matches are on, most households do not maintain the maximum rated cable/DTH package that allows viewing BBC in India. But now, Jyoti Singh is present in almost every single concerned individual's desktop, laptop, tablets and smartphones - good work Sirs !
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During my post-graduation classes, I came to know that in the "West", in the school art classes,from a very little age, children are taught to copy the art of classical masters. The idea fascinated me. I realised it is actually a wonderful way of learning about painting styles, use of colours, compositions, textures etc, in a fun way. I also went to a weekend art class in my childhood. But I never went through any such session.
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A blog post on my journey as a reader, inspired by an event organised to celebrate International Authors' Day
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"Hello, am I speaking to Mahasweta?""Yes""Well Mahasweta, I am a friend of yours....""err..ok...""So how are you?""May I know your name please?""My name? Do you really need to know it?""Yes, it will be nice if you say...""What if I do not tell you my name?"
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Leaving few hours in between, I have been more or less glued to the television since Wednesday late night. It has been beyond 48 hours, and a bizzare drama is still going on in front of my eyes - almost the likes of hollywood thrillers - with fire blazing out of one of the most magnificent structures of the country, random explosions, gunshots and security forces- NSG, MARCO, RAF, and others.... the financial capital of the country, Mumbai, was attacked by terrorists, who by now we know are in all probability backed by a militant group from Pakistan.
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A few days back, I was with my niece Srijani and nephew Rick, on the formers birthday, and I gifted her a pair of dolls, which she had secretly wished for from me. They had brought out all their dolls and kitchen sets and we were playing, scattering things on the floor. Srijani is more interested in dressing up her dolls, and changing their dresses, while Rick is the one who takes charge of organizing things in place, and even cooking and making tea with his toy utensils. They reminded me of my own childhood.I am an avid lover of dolls, and I used to play with dolls even when I was quite grown up.
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