On October 4, 2008 we wrote an article titled “Are The Wheels Coming Off Global growth? – Dubai and China” – www.cinemarasik.com/2008/10/04/are-the-wheels-coming-of-global-growth–dubai-and-china.aspx Dubai and China represented the Promethean dream of unfettered global growth and we implied in our article that the economic gods were about to punish them just as the Greek gods punished Prometheus. This…
On September 6, we wrote a brief article titled “Slumdog Millionaire – A discovery from the Telluride Film Festival” – www.cinemarasik.com/2008/09/05/slumdog-millionaire–a-discovery-from-the-telluride-film-festival.aspx. That story was brought to our attention by Raj Mundhe, our old friend and a noted investment advisor in metro Boston. This morning Raj alerted us to the review of Slumdog Millionaire by Joe…
This is our monthly update of our list of 10 Most Popular Articles (in terms of viewer hits) as of Friday, November 7, 2008. 1. Shabana Azmi on “Indian Democracy is unfair to Muslims” – Our views and the Relevance to America – August 23, 2008 – www.cinemarasik.com/2008/08/19/shabana-azmi-on-indian-democracy-is-unfair-to-muslims–our-views-and-the-relevance-to-america.aspx2. The Greatest Publishing Project of Recent Years…
We began this blog by asking “Are Bollywood Interpretations Better Than Their Hollywood Originals?”. I grew up hearing the plaintive cry “why can’t India make films like Hollywood”. A few years ago, I began noticing that, Bollywood interpretations were turning out to be better than their Hollywood originals – more gripping, more innovative, more chic…
The Bollywood movie is Waqt. This the greatest and the simplest tribute we can pay to an evergreen and evergreat film which was a pioneering film when released in 1965. Waqt is one of our all-time favorite films. By writing about Waqt today, we wish to pay homage to the legendary Bollywood moviemaker, B.R. Chopra. Mr. Chopra passed…
“If there is a Heaven on earth, It is here, It is here, It is here” – Jehangir. Rarely have truer words been spoken. The heavenly vale of Kashmir has been an integral part of Indian Culture, History and Tradition since time immemorial.Indian religious and spiritual texts can be broadly divided into three categories: The Ved (4…
Dylan Ratigan, the anchor of Fast Money and more CNBC shows than we can keep track of, has been a temperate, thoughtful reporter who takes pains to show a genial, good-natured side to his viewers. But, this week, Dylan Ratigan underwent a radical transformation of personality and recast himself as a financial reincarnation of CNN’s Lou-Dobbs. It was…
Editor’s Note: It is our belief that all financial networks share the biases we describe in this article. We mention CNBC specifically because it is the leader in market coverage, because we have watched CNBC for years and watch it every day. We do switch channels from time to time to watch Fox Business and…
The American Television and Print Media have portrayed the Taliban as a group of militants operating in the mountainous area on the border of Pakistan and their conflict as a battle between Islamic terrorists and the America-led Coalition forces in Afghanistan. Our view has been very different. In our opinion, the Taliban is far more dangerous…
This is our monthly update of our list of 10 Most Popular Articles (in terms of viewer hits) as of Friday, October 10, 2008. 1. Shabana Azmi on “Indian Democracy is unfair to Muslims” – Our views and the Relevance to America – August 23, 2008 – www.cinemarasik.com/2008/08/19/shabana-azmi-on-indian-democracy-is-unfair-to-muslims–our-views-and-the-relevance-to-america.aspx 2. The Greatest Publishing Project of Recent Years – Conceived…