Posts Tagged ‘History’

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    Understanding Cinema
    There is a story I often quote in my lectures on classical dance. It unfailingly brings out a spark of understanding in my students’ eyes. In an ancient text called Vishnudharmottama there is a story about a king who desires to learn dance. He approaches the venerated court acharya of dance. The guru tells him ‘go and learn the art of sculpture first.’ The king obeys...
    by Indu Raman at July 25th, 2009 at 11:07 am
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    Museum For Cinema in New York
    A Museum for Cinema in New York The Museum of Moving Images was high on this writer’s priority list on a visit to New York this spring. After savouring the glass and metal super structures across the city, and hoping for a fantastic Hollywood experience, the museum was disappointing. It is located in the down-market area Astoria, Queens, making it a long trip from...
    by Indu Raman at June 18th, 2009 at 08:06 am
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    Rantings of an old-movies buff
    iView Author: Nivedita Ramakrishnan (California, USA) Email: niveditaramakrishnan [at] gmail [dot] com Rantings of an old-movies buff I sit in my California apartment, happily surrounded by my old, tottering VHS tapes of Hindi films from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Like King Midas with his gold, I proudly survey my precious collection, which is my only tangible link to...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 3rd, 2009 at 12:06 am
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    Bollywood, India, and claiming our rightful existence
    iView Author: Vineet Roy (Bangalore, India) Email: vineetroy.mail [at] gmail [dot] com Bollywood, India, and claiming our rightful existence “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” – by David McCullough, there I go a very cliched beginning to my article but this one line pretty much sums up...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 20th, 2009 at 06:05 pm
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