All crucial leads into the 26/11
attacks of 2008 on Mumbai are coming from one man - Abdul Amir Qasab, the lone
terrorist captured alive. But behind the capture is a story of grit, of a group
of 5 policemen who trapped two terrorists, killed one, and got the other alive.
Those policemen stopped the terrorists from spreading further mayhem in Mumbai.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Season of Yellow
Photographer Raghubir Singh once said that India
knows colour through intuition. Colour in India
is more than just visual aesthetics, it has its own seasons, its own symbolism
and sociology. Each colour tells a complex story.
Yellow: Every colour has its symbolism and sociology. We look at the stories
linked to the colour of Spring in India At the Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya in Delhi ,
spring is celebrated with everyone wearing yellow and carrying mustard pots.
The yellow stone of Jaisalmer is the yellow gold for the people of the town.
The yellow 'odhni' worn by the women of Rajasthan signify that they are mothers
of new born sons. Yellow was the colour of sacrifice. Bhagat Singh would say
'mera rang de basanti chola'. Yellow is the colour of haldi, used prominently
in traditions across India .
The film is a journey in search of Yellow across
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Maha Kumbh: The Holy Dip
Allahabad, one of the prominent
and sacred cities of India, is described with great reverence in ancient
scriptures as Prayag or Teerathraj, i.e. 'the holiest pilgrimage center, The
city is situated at the confluence of India's holiest rivers - The Ganga, The
Yamuna and The Mythical Saraswati. With the irresistible attraction of Kumbh
Fair, hailed as the world's largest congregation of Devotees, the glory of the
city has certainly doubled. Maha Kumbh has a mesmerizing influence over the
minds of Indians as it is witness to the largest human gathering in history for
the same cause on a single day irrespective of any worldy barriers of caste,
creed, colour and religion.
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