Articles with tag: dog

Demystifying Slumdog

Diditi Mitra Mar 2, 2009 interacts: 33

Any film about the ‘East’ that gains recognition at the global level (read: Western), must fit the frames constructed by the West, frames that deny the ‘East’ a place in ‘modernity.’

Slumdog Success Brings Focus on Child Poverty

Riaz Haq Feb 24, 2009 interacts: 12

After the well-deserved success of the well-made Slumdog movie, will the lives of poor children in Mumbai improve?

A Dog's Death

Shahzada Sultan Aug 11, 2007 interacts: 3

He was tired, hungry, wounded and weak. He looked at a circle of red eyes and white teeth above, and struggled a smile. They could not reach him any more.

Ramzaan Mubarak

Temporal Oct 6, 2005 interacts: 54

Being a good Muslim, or being a good Insaan is a 7/24/365 proposition. It is disarranged folly to think that by abstaining from food and drink for thirty days and indulging in some rituals, the rest of the year is fair game for other travesties.

Scam Dunk

Subroto Pant Mar 10, 2005 interacts: 9

'I was just trying to figure out the amount of money that a military dictator of a third world country makes' said Nawab. 'Probably enough to make the directors of some Swiss bank very happy' I replied trying to figure out what was happening.

Travels with My Charlie

Ali Pracha Feb 11, 2005 interacts: 7

As far as I am concerned, his bark and bite were quite evenly matched. I lectured him about this matter, but he sat back, licked his wounds and stared through me like I was an idiot. And perhaps I was. After all, I was talking to a dog. Still, he DID

The Corrupted Daughter

Fakhra Hassan May 7, 2004 interacts: 31

What makes us corrupt? I sometimes wonder whether it is related to the awareness of having nothing or all. She was searching for someone within herself, someone who was there, yet missing or hiding.

The True Underdogs

Nadeem Akram Aug 4, 2003 interacts: 4

As I pass over the dried blood on the road, I often wonder which breed of turtles this particular one belonged: the adamant one trying to breach the divider or the conformist who wanted to play it safe