Japanese films are divided in two categories- the jidai-geki or period films and the gendai-mono or modern-story films- which generally carry the conception of crime, thriller and western cinema. The jidai for long lingered with romantics and used age old film making methods. Among the films that are originally jidai, but in gendai style, Throne of Blood is noteworthy! Continue reading
Category Archives: Philosophy
The intention of Throne of Blood
Posted in Film, Philosophy
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
Lights, camera, fiction
A new trend is emerging in Indian cinema. Our new directors are fascinated about making derived films on real or known stories. Take Raavan, No One Killed Jessica and Raajneeti for example. These films had fictionalized an entire set of events, but viewers already knew whom they were seeing on screen. They kept comparing or contrasting, and due to a lack of good performances could not do justice with the concept. Continue reading
Posted in Film, Philosophy
Marxism, nationalism and martyrdom…
In a modern sense, Nationalists and Communists are soul enemies. The last time a party combined the two and came to power, World War II happened and millions of people were killed. Interestingly, both the nationalists and the communists of India consider Shaheed Bhagat Singh as their hero. And why not? Bhagat Singh was among the few people, who had taken the best of the two ideologies. Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
A nation can’t run faster than its education
Swami Vivekananda had written this letter to Shrimati Sarala Ghoshal, editor of The Bharati, Darjeeling, on the 24th of April, 1897. It is indeed interesting how, 115 years later, everything written about Indian education in the letter still applies. Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Philosophy
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 