Have you crashed?
She had these little stubby wings, like she could’ve glued them on, you know, like I’m gonna believe she’s a fairy. So she said, “I’ll prove it.” So she reaches into her backpack and pulls out this invisible cloak and…
Neon God we pray
“When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve” ~Matthew 26:20 How much of a difference can art make to history? Whether its the canvas or LEGO bricks, the imaginative capabilities of a human mind can draw abstract assumptions from what’…
The Sitayana
Nina Paley has an interesting animated series titled “Sita Sings the Blues” (a new twist on an old myth). It is an animated feature based on Sita‘s adventures in the ancient Indian epic the Ramayana. Check it out sometime for a cute mythological overload. In another…
Da Ramayan Code
Here’s a scoop from an article I was reading, Everybody Loves A Good Ban by Vir Sanghvi. It narrates the journalist’ last conversation with Pramod Mahajan (who recently passed away), on the fuzz around the upcoming controversial film “Da Vinci Code“, and on this related…
Jesus of India
A priest in Montreal intends to improvise a Passion Play on Jesus and finds a group of young actors to perform the play. The group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form…
Aligato
An Iraqi man arrives in Iran through Hoor-ol-Azim waterway. He intends to get from his Iranian friend a wedding gown for his bride. On their way back home, he and his Iranian friend are attacked by the Iraqi patrols and the U.S. war planes. When the man’s…
Mera Rang De Basanti Chola
dam nikale is desh ki khaatir bas itna armaan hai ek baar is raah mein marna sau janmon ke samaan hai dekh ke veeron ki qurabaani apna dil bhi bola mera rang de basanti chola In October 1990, Rajiv Goswami, a student of Delhi Univeristy (India), attempted self-immolation (and later…
Dreaming Lhasa
“Land of Snows” While on it, Dreaming Lhasa is a small film driven by big ambition. The film captures the emotions of Tibetans. A quest for the heart of Tibet … 2006 is also the “Year of Tibet in Australia and New Zealand“.…