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12/02/2009 21:39
Daibaddha
Film Review
Quite some miles away from the glitters of the silver screen, where no glycerine-induced cries do incite our tearducts or no silvercoin tingles to lure us to be glued to our seats, comes a small film from a new entrant. Whatever small it is - it’s beautiful, sincere, thought provoking...
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12/02/2009 21:38
Civil Liberties and Indian Cinema
In 1983, Marienella Garcia Villas was murdered by the Salvadoran Army members. His crime - he was the President of the Human Rights Commission in El Salvador, investigating the use of chemical weapons and bombing by the state on civilians. He was immortalised by a Dutch filmmaker, Frank Diamond,...
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12/02/2009 20:10
Behind the Doric Grandeur
The hullabaloo over the Town hall is not over. All the lefts and rights alike, are too eager to show their concern over this historic building. Remind the days of just a couple of years back. To a passerby it was just another archaic building built by the colonial rulers, in a decaying condition...
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12/02/2009 20:08
Daibaddha ( Committed )
Quite some miles away from the glitters of the silver screen, where no glycerine-induced cries do incite our tearducts or no silvercoin tingles to lure us to be glued to our seats, comes a small film from a new entrant. Whatever small it is - it’s beautiful, sincere, thought provoking and committed...
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12/02/2009 20:04
Civil Liberties and Indian Cinema
In 1983, Marienella Garcia Villas was murdered by the Salvadoran Army members. His crime - he was the President of the Human Rights Commission in El Salvador, investigating the use of chemical weapons and bombing by the state on civilians. He was immortalised by a Dutch filmmaker, Frank Diamond,...
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15/01/2009 14:32
Leaders for Tomorrow,Delhi
EKJON JHUMUR, sent to periiodical viewings of Leaders for Tomorrow, Delhi, an organisation involved in social work
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-Ingmar Bergman