Bambini Movies

Bambini Movies

Media form: Movies
Language : Hindi
Source:DVD

Brief: After the release of Tare Zameen Par the kids genre in Bollywood has blossomed. Various story-lines with great direction have given the bank a set of movies layered with questions,hopes, aspirations for Young India. Hoping that the message does seep in the blood of the country and does not just remain a box office number! Its we teachers WHO CAN!

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher. - Abdul Kalam


Movie Name: I Am Kalam
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Movie Name: Stanley Ka Dabba
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Movie Name: Chillar Party
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Sayaji Baug - Baroda [Vadodara]

Sayaji Baug - Baroda [Vadodara]


Category: Gardens and Museums in India > Visitor attractions - Vadodara
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Brief: This is a great place one can spend time and know a lot more new things. The baug is not just a hang out park but holds home to Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery, the Sardar Patel Planetarium, and the Sayaji Baug Zoo and aches of land for green parks and pastures.

Best Moments:

Indo-Saracenic architecture of the museum is simply amazing with a wide collection of anthropological and ethnographically artifacts and paintings from Turner and Ravi Verma.









The structure of the planetarium and the show in the dome is so nostalgic it one has been to the Nehru Planetarium in childhood :)










White peacock, Toy train and Floral watch :P calls for the kid in you!

Potpuri - Movies

Potpuri - Movies

Name: Bedtime Stories
Language : English
Source: Collected movies
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Take Away: do believe in happy endings!
Loved: the RED horse



Name: Pirates of the Silicon Valley
Language : English
Source: Collected movies
My Dristikon: * * *
Take Away:either be a genius or a smart theft if you want to be rich!
Loved: the 90 hrs working n i m loving it Tshirt





Name: Footloose
Language : English
Source: Collected movies
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Take Away: learn to get over things
Loved: the title sequence

Memories in March

Memories in March


Media form: Movie
Language : English+Hindi+a little Bengali
Source: DVD
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Brief: This time i would say what the movie is not about!.. the movie is not about homosexuality, it is not a story of a gay, and it does not talk bout life of a gay. The movie is about how one perceives life. It is the sensitivity and simplicity of the movie that touches me the most. It is not a conventional chick flick and a must watch for parallel cinema lovers.

Best Moments:

conversations






conversations...








and some more conversations








PS. the songs of the movie are FAB

The Kid

The Kid


Media form: Movie
Language : English
Source: Rare DVD [National Institute of Design Library]
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Brief: The movie is about an abandon kid who is then taken care of by Charlie. It also portrays the beauty of human symbiosis and unconditional love in a relationship. The situational direction, scrip, and innovation in back and white cinema could not be more legendary. direction: Charlie Chaplin, music: Charlie Chaplin, screen play: Charlie Chaplin actor:Charlie Chaplin!!

Best Moments:

the window side affair









the daily job











the pain









my baby syndrome












Devil Vs Angles

Selected Writings for Children - Rabindranath Tagore

Selected Writings for Children - Rabindranath Tagore


Media form: Book
Language : Bengali translated to English
Source: Landmark
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Brief: The book has delicious originally pieces of Bengali literature written by the most innovative writer I have known. Delightful nonsense poetry , presentations of a child's desires and fantasies; and wonderful never-land gets created in ones minds by sheer simple words. The book also contains a wealth of illustrations by Rabindranath himself. A must to share it with your kids if you have one.
Me: it has plays also.
Me: what plays?
Me: yes short plays of 5 to 15 mins each, thy are daam fun to read n imagine of! :)

Best Pick: The Fairy

Charulata

Charulata


Media form: Movie
Language : Bengali
Source: YouTube, also available in DVD
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Brief: Its English name or punch line reads as "The story of a Lonely Wife"
To me it was a story of any and every women. The strong characterization talks a lot about women of the 20th century... talented, intelligent, good looking, frustrated, underestimated. Charulata also seems to b a refection of the questions imposed on the position of a woman in Indian society.
A deeply layered script with great direction and powerful acting.

Best Moments:
the swinging love










the eye









the helplessness\anger









the confidence









the ignored news

Chanakya and Chanakya Neeti

Chanakya


Media form: TV Serial on DD National -1992
Category : History\India\People
Source: YouTube, also available in DVD packs
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Brief: Chanakya (चाणक्य) is a 47-part Indian television historical drama written and directed by Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi. It was telecast on DD National when i was a kid. Most of the times i lost track due to the ornate Hindi and Sanskrit language used :P but the rhythm of the Shlokas till date are fresh. I got back to it when i was in search of having a better understanding of Indian Education System and Corporate world place politics.

Favorite Moments:
The alone kid: "jinka koi nahi hota use kuch khone ka bhay nahi hota! mai aab azad hun."

Fathers Advice: " jiske aathon mein gyan ka shashtra hota hai use kisi chez ka bhay nahi hota. tum apne andar gyan ki aagin ko janam dena, jalna gyan ke praksh mein jalna, suraj na sahi deepak tho zarur banna!"

About the education\national systems : rashtra ki raksha agar shasahn nahi kar saka tho uski raksha SHIKSHAK ke haat mein hai! : If the nation is not protected by its leaders it needs to be protected by its Teachers!

Power: "Shashan ke aage nahi sachayi chalti hai nahi chaturayi, shashan ko ek hi bhasa samajh mein aati hai, aur who hai shakkti ya bal!"


Chankaya Neeti


Media form: Book
Category : Political Ethics\Nitishastra and Arthashastra\Economics and Political Science
Source: Available at Landmark, Crosswords and others
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Brief: Quite remarkably Chanakya had already written many wonderful ideas in his book ‘Chanakyaniti’ ‘Arthashastra’ and ‘Nitishastra’ much before we come across books like "The Art of War" or "Gita in Everyday Practice" . The book has his concepts and ideas on diverse subjects such as love, corruption, politics, women, how one should behave, the art of war, power and many others.
The book tho is in the form of Shlokas in Sanskrit - English - and its meaning. I wish there was some more details in the book never the less the short examples are brilliant to stay ever in your head. Think need to get going with Sanskrit now :)