Well, Kurosawa was not just perfect. He was picture perfect. Satyajit Ray recalls- “The effect of Rashomon on me was electric. I saw it three times on consecutive days, and wondered each time if there was another film anywhere which gave such sustained and dazzling proof of a director’s command over every aspect of film making.” This article is a tribute on Kurosawa’s 102nd birth anniversary. Continue reading
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Picture perfect Kurosawa
Posted in Film, Personal, Philosophy
Remembering Azad
Today is the death anniversary of the great martyr Chandrashekhar Azad- the man who stood against tyranny, the mentor of Bhagat Singh, the reorganizer of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, the chief strategist and executor of Kakori Train Case, attempt to blow up the Viceroy’s train, shooting of Saunders at Lahore to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai, and the man who was never captured alive. Your fierce dissent and love of mankind & courage inspire us. Continue reading
I wrote a good omelet
I wrote a good omelet… and ate a hot poem…
after loving you
Buttoned my car… and drove my coat home… in the rain…
after loving you Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Personal, Philosophy
Your children are not your children
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. Continue reading
Posted in Education, Personal, Philosophy
Remembering Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
Today is the day Vikram Sarabhai passed away. He was the man who started the Physical Research Laboratory, the Indian Space Research Organization and Indian Institute of Management. 30 years have passed since the great man left us, and look what we have achieved. India has done well in space research programmes. May it be the numerous satellites we launched. May it be Chandrayan. Sarabhai indeed dreamt a dream come true. Continue reading
Posted in Education, Personal, Sankalp, Technology
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 