Visual Art and Culture

    Films made with new technology, with minimum budget, with contemporary themes.......                                                               A few days back, I viewed a short film on face book uploaded by high school students, who are hardly in the 7th grade. This short film of three minutes duration is done with their mobile phones. Though the film is crude and abruptly finished, I appreciate their sincere efforts in finding the subject appropriate for their age, writing the script for it, selecting the locations- the whole approach seems innocent and funny but at the same time honest and beautiful. Due to television, computer and mobiles, today children have been gaining a lot of knowledge of various subjects. Internet has become a boon to everyone as it covers and enlightens on all subjects. Compare...

Art Diary in Your Travel Bag Now the travelling scenario has changed all around the world. People are very enthusiastic to travel, ready to spend, eager to see and explore the diverse cultures of distant lands. So, naturally, tourism has developed and offering attractive facilities like anything to tourists these days. Tourism industry all over the world has come out with various packages; these packages are quite affordable and enjoyable. As these packages are designed and planned to cater to all sorts of travelers taking into account of their age, gender, and food habits, these seem reasonable and very comfortable to travel with. The travel packages, to some extent, look a little bit restrictive due time and place restriction as these are planned by the travel agencies. Whether one likes it or not, one has to fit oneself in these slots if travel packages are preferred. But if one likes to travel on own, it becomes pretty difficult as one has to shoulder all the resp...

Contemporary Movies With A Difference : Pink, Chalk n' Duster,  Agasi Parlour and Angry Indian Goddesses                                                                                    I have been seeing movies continuously for the last two to three months. This includes Hindi, English and regional movies as well.  Certainly, there is a remarkable change in movie making, and certainly it has  changed for the better over the years. Socio-political themes interest the producers and directors a lot nowadays. Lot of new ideologies and concepts have crept into new movies. The present day movie director...