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Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
21 January 2016

Film review: Like Stars on Earth (2007) by Aamir Khan, ****

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Taare Zameen Par Synopsis Ishaa Ishaan is an 8 year old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colors...
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01 December 2015

Film review: Earth (1998) by Deepa Mehta, ****

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Synopsis Earth, the second film in Deepa Mehta 's controversial trilogy is an emotionally devastating love story set within the sw...
12 December 2014

Film review: Salaam Bombay (1988), by Mira Nair, *****

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Synopsis Mira Nair adds her angry voice to the cinema of forgotten children in this wrenching drama of an 11-year-old boy (real-life str...
10 December 2014

Film review: Mississippi Masala (1991) by Mira Nair, ****

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Synopsis The story of an Indian family who after always having lived in Uganda, Africa, are forced to leave under the orders of dictator...
15 November 2014

Film review: Fire (1996), by Deepa Mehta, *****

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Synopsis Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) runs a family business that sells takeout food and which also has a video rental store at the side...
03 December 2013

Recensione: 700 ore in India - sulla scomoda sella di una Royal Enfield 500 (2013), di Giuseppe Santucci, *****

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Sinossi Questo libro parla di un viaggio. In India. Da solo. In motocicletta. Una Royal Enfield 500 Bullet Machismo. Monocilindrica. ...
24 March 2013

Film review: Namesake (2006), by Mira Nair, ****

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Synopsis Namesake is a Bollywood drama by Mira Nair , based on the best-selling novel by Jhumpa Lahiri . Ashoke ( Irfan Khan ) and Ash...
10 March 2013

Film review: Outsourced (2010) by John Jeffcoat, ****

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Time magazine cover, 2006 Synopsis Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton) spends his days managing a call centre in Seattle until he gets the ...
17 February 2013

Film review: Born into Brothels (2004) by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, ****

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"Running" by Gour, 13 years old Synopsis The most stigmatized people in Calcutta's red light district are not the prosti...
21 January 2013

Films about India

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Eternal work in progress, these are the best film about India I have seen... Born into Brothels (2004) by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman...
30 December 2012

Film review: Water (2006), by Deepa Mehta, *****

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Synopsis Set against the epic backdrop of the River Ganges in 1938 during Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, this is the inspiring...
24 December 2011

Book Review: Inferno, by James Nachtwey, *****

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Synopsis A document of war and strife during the 1990s, this volume of photographs by the photojournalist James Nachtwey includes dramat...
31 August 2010

Map Review: Indian Himalaya Maps, sheet 6, by Leomann maps, *****

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Review This is probably the best set available for this part of the Himalaya. Not so much for trekking but good for trip planning. Sturdy p...
29 August 2010

18° g - 29 AGO: Delhi, tempio Sikh e partenza per l'Europa

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Ultimo giorno di viaggio. Ancora una volta, molto a malincuore, lascio l’India. Ma so che tornerò presto. Quasi non mi sembra più di essere ...
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28 August 2010

17° g - 28 AGO: Chandigarh – Delhi TRENO: km 300

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Alle 9 alcuni di noi partono in rick-shaw a motore per il Neck Chand Rock Garden , un enorme parco/giardino surreale, pazzesco, iperbolico, ...
27 August 2010

16° g - 27 AGO: Manali – Chandigarh, km 350

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Partiamo alle 8, Thakur ci affida a due Toyota Innova fiammanti, con due autisti impeccabili e un po' formali e taciturni, ma comunque b...
26 August 2010

15° g - 26 AGO: Chandra Taal – Manali (2050 m) km 129

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Colazione all'aperto contornati dalle montagne, molto suggestivo anche se fa freddo. Partiamo a piedi sulla strada del ritorno mentre l...
25 August 2010

14° g - 25 AGO: Kaza – Kunzum La (4550 m) – Chandra Taal (4270 m) km 102

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Sveglia prestissimo e colazione indiana alle 7! Che vi devo dire? A me il chai con ceci e patate a colazione proprio piace da pazzi! Ma sono...
24 August 2010

13° g - 24 AGO: Kaza – Kibber (4205 m)–Kee Gompa (3957 m)– Kaza, km 42

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Giornata in giro per la valle dello Spiti. Partiamo da Kaza in direzione di Kee. Ci inerpichiamo su per i pendii vertiginosi, ma ormai ci si...
23 August 2010

12° g - 23 AGO: Kungri – Kaza – Langza (4300 m) – Kaza (3680 m) km 86

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La mattina presto un paio di monaci artisti stanno lavorando alle sculture sul tetto del gompa nuovo, modellano l'argilla e poi la dipon...