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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Still a White Man's World
The film makers claim that this is a rags to riches story depicting a
slum boys rise from extreme poverty. However, insists former BBC
Broadcaster, Krishan Tyagi, the film is nowhere close to describing
the poverty in the slums of India, not to talk of offering any
analysis of the underlying exploitative socio economic system Read
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See it - But Once
Slumdog is one of those rare movies which one would not like to miss
only because it has received so much of acclaim, awards, and is
heading for the most coveted OSCAR awards. There is no doubt on its
sleek direction, excellent editing, and music. However, wonders A.K.
Chopra, whether it can be seen again, the answer according to him is
‘NO’. Read More...

GEETIKA AND MANTIKA
- AN ARANGETRAM TO REMEMBER
The two sisters, Geetika and Mantika Haryani, sixteen and thirteen
years old respectively, had their Bharatanatyam Arangetram at the
ISKON Auditorium in Delhi on 1st February 2009. For the young dancers,
reminisences former DG ICCR, Suryakanthi Tripathi, it was an evening
to demonstrate how well they had learnt the classical dance over the
past seven years.. Read More...

UTILITY OF HONESTY IN TRADE

K.B. Khushalani
In regard to the purchaser, the following are the acts
of dishonesty performed by him. explains. If he sends for goods
from two people dealing in the same commodity, and perchance gets bad
stuff from one who refuses to take it back, he tries to dump it on the
other. This is a mean practice and is simply taking advantage of
somebody's goodness and reliance. Continuing serializing the Late Shri
Kimatrai Baharmal Khushalani’s essay UTILITY OF HONESTY IN TRADE.
This essay was awarded a Gold Medal in 1934. Readers will find that
the essay is as relevant today as it was then. Read More...
Discourses on Music -6
Music in Healing
Music appeals to the emotional side of the human nature. Music stirs,
births, expresses, fires, harnesses, channelizes and tempers emotions.
Music precedes the development of language as a form of expression.
That is because music is present in nature even before the human is
born as an individual or a species., explains Prateeksha Sharma.
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INDIA ’S ONLY MULTI-TOWN CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL ENCOURAGES KIDS
BB Nagpal reports from Bengaluru and informs that the 5th
International Children’s Film Festival, the only one of its kind in
the country in terms of its reach, closed with all participants
emphasizing the importance of making meaningful films that were
entertaining and yet sent subtle messages that the young could
understand. Read More...

The Most Magnificent Palace in the East- Part-III:
Each sub-area within the Red Fort, says Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, had
its own courtyards bounded by gateways and continuous arcades that not
only provided shaded areas to work, sit or walk in, but also privacy
from the other spaces around them. Read More...

Do You Have What It Takes to Succeed?
One of the first questions my clients always ask me is: "What does it
take to succeed in this business?" Now, says Sharon Moist, here's the
catch with that question: What It Takes to succeed as an actor, and
What You Have To Do to be successful in this business are two
different things: Read More...