The film released a year ago in 2007, and is meant to be a Hollywood style representation of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of September 11, 1857 in Utah. (BTW, on the offside, what is it with September 11 and the history of the American nation?)
The historical accuracy Hollywood’s account of the massacre, allegedly undertaken [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 18, 2008
September Dawn
October 12, 2008
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
After all those recos, I finally got down to watching Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, and I must say that there no regrets. It’s lovely little film, and an example of how great cinema is made.
I don’t really want to rewrite all the great reviews on the film that have already gone before. But, I’d [...]
October 12, 2008
The last legion
This film was in the news sometime ago because it was one amongst many of Ms Aishwariya Rai Bachchan’s famed international projects. But, the film was finally released quietly and bombed at the box office, without creating much of a flutter.
I was still curious about the film though. After all, I am a great fan [...]
October 4, 2008
It’s been three years
Three years in a marriage is not a lifetime. Yet, when you get up one morning to realize that you are celebrating three years of being married, you wonder how that happened so quickly. Where did the last three years pass me by in the twinkling of an eye?
Like all marriages, we’ve had [...]
October 2, 2008
Tolerance
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti…
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We remember the Mahatma not because of what he said, but what he did.
Tolerance is not you standing on a mountain, banging your chest, and proclaiming to the world, “I am tolerant”.
That is aggressive arrogance.
Tolerance is lived in our lives everyday.
How tolerant will I be today?
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I say that my tolerance [...]
