Driving home from work the other day, I heard an interview on NPR with a woman who had lost her job, run out of unemployment benefits, and was on the verge of losing her home. “I don’t know what I … Continue reading
While critics are still talking about Slumdog, I have been watching two old masters at work. Federico Fellini began making films only a few years before Satyajit Ray started working on his debut film, Pather Panchali (1955). Yet, as I … Continue reading
Driving home from work the other day, I heard an interview on NPR with a woman who had lost her job, run out of unemployment benefits, and was on the verge of losing her home. “I don’t know what I … Continue reading
As If People MatteredEnough is enough—it’s time for a protest on Wall Street.SARITA SARVATE, Apr 04, 2009Even as Congressmen are asking A.I.G. executives to commit hara-kiri, even as Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are contemplating strangling the throats of or … Continue reading
Enough is enough–it’s time for a protest on Wall Street. SARITA SARVATE, Apr 04, 2009 Even as Congressmen are asking A.I.G. executives to commit hara-kiri, even as Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are contemplating strangling the throats of or taking … Continue reading
Reflections on a pilgrimage to Mata Amritanandamayi’s ashram SARITA SARVATE, Mar 15, 2009 When one enters the compound of Amma’s Ashram in Amritapuri, Kerala, the first impression one gets is that of a yatra, a Hindu pilgrimage. Hundreds of people … Continue reading
The End of the World We KnowSARITA SARVATE, Mar 07, 2009Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, paints a bleak picture of a post-apocalyptic earth in the grips of a freeze akin to nuclear winter, much talked about in the ’70s. The … Continue reading
SARITA SARVATE, Mar 07, 2009 Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, paints a bleak picture of a post-apocalyptic earth in the grips of a freeze akin to nuclear winter, much talked about in the ’70s. The sun’s rays cannot penetrate the … Continue reading
It was when a packet of DVDs arrived in the mail that I learned of Cinequest, a filmmakers’ collective, which was hosting a festival from February 23, 2010 to March 7, 2010 in the South Bay. The Cinequest Film Festival … Continue reading
One of the benefits of having the Obamas in the White House is that we will now have a couple we can all look up to as role models. In the age of divorce and single parent families, it is … Continue reading