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…
Editor’s Note: This article describes our surmise of what might have precipitated the waterfall declines in the S&P 500 index this month. Putting it plainly, this is our opinion and our opinion only. Even more plainly, opinion is a fancy word for a guess. No one should base any decisions on any opinion in this…
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…
No. We are not obsessed with US Treasuries though we can understand why some readers might feel so. Our original title was going to be along the lines of “Is the American free market smarter than the rest of the World?“ We thought that would be seem unduly chauvinistic and so we chose our title after…