Showing posts with label Kashmir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kashmir. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Movie review: Midnight's Children

A tryst with destiny 

Pruning a 600 page book into a 130 page script is a challenging task in itself. Salman Rushdie took upon himself the task of betrothing his darling to the big screen and the results are all “acts of love.”

Deepa Mehta guides the film delicately through a path which initially moves majestically and later descends into a whirlwind of colours, crackers, characters and composites, showing India and her chosen children in a light which retains Rushdie’s elegant prose.

Beginning on the idyllic Dal lake in Kashmir, Saleem Sinai narrates how India and the lives of those like him, who were born on the stroke of midnight, on the eve of India’s independence were entangled and challenged. At the end of the film Saleem’s voice (narrated by Salman Rushdie himself) concedes that even though the promise was grander than the reality, they both survived and whatever they did were all acts of love.

What really draws your attention though is the sheer breadth of everything happening on the screen. Hopping from pre-independent India to post-independence Pakistan to the newly formed Bangladesh and back to India, twisting and turning through marriages, labour pains, childbirths, disownments, adoptions, magic, gritty reality, snakes, baskets, spices, sarees, colonial buildings, slums, politics, power and love; all tied by Rushdie’s steady narration, you will come out of the theatre feeling refreshed and bittersweet.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2013.
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Thursday, January 10, 2013

“I don’t want parents and children to be traumatised”

The latest Union Budget has given ample scope to HRD Minister Kapil Sibal to realise his grand dreams to completely revamp and restructure the education system in India. In an exclusive interview to priyanka rai, Sibal lays down a road map for how he will do to education what Manmohan Singh did with the economy in 1991. B&E wishes him Godspeed.

B&E: At what point of your life did you first think of joining politics?

KS: I think I was 14. I was sitting in the Parliament gallery. I heard someone speak. He was from Kashmir and was speaking in beautiful Urdu. I found it fascinating. I said to myself that I had to be here.

B&E: Was there anything in particular in our education system that frustrated you back then? 
KS: I found the system completely unrelated to the outside world. Basically everything was ratta (learning by rote) examination. Remember, there are all kinds of people, there are those that are by nature disciplined, and those that are not. There are young boys who are full of ideas. For them curriculum discipline is oppressive. The system must make education entertaining. Today education is a torment for young minds. Education is basically about life and the existing syllabus doesn’t complement what you learn from life.

B&E: Did any particular incident make you think this way?
KS: Not in my case. I was the captain of my school team in cricket, hockey and football. I was also the winner of the first prize in 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. I was an athlete. I was least interested in studies. As life moved on, I became more serious about studies. I took up theatre in college. In my first year I was Julius Caesar with Kabir Bedi playing Casca. Then I was the lead character in Richard III. I also directed plays in St. Stephen’s College.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
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Friday, August 17, 2012

In Good Faith

Srinagar’s rich cultural heritage, unique antiquity and its colourful environment make it different from other cities of the world. The city’s blooming and well-maintained gardens, beautiful rivers and natural lakes, and green mountains with snow-capped peaks are like the shining jewels in the crown of this 2000-year-old human habitat at 1,730 m above sea level. The city has been home to many seers, saints, poets, thinkers and writers whose brilliance and contribution have accorded it much pride and distinction.

Srinagar’s dissimilarity also lies in its shrines, mosques, temples and other sacred religious places like Hazratbal, Khanqah-e-Molla, Dasgeer Sahib, Shankaracharya and Khir Bhawani temples and many other holy places. The historical and architectural significance of these places is also appealing to the visitors around the year.

On the western shore of famous Dal Lake stands Hazratbal (literally meaning the majestic place) shrine, a monument, which, vast majority of locals believe, houses a holy relic of Prophet Muhammad. The relic is known as Moi-e-Muqqadas or the sacred hair and was brought to Kashmir 300 years ago.

“The Moi-e-Muqqadas reached Kashmir in 1699. The relic was first brought to the Valley by Syed Abdullah, a saint who left Medina and settled in Bijapur, near Hyderabad in 1635. After his death, his son, Syed Hamid, inherited the holy relic. Hamid sold it to a wealthy Kashmiri businessman, Khwaja Nur-ud-Din Ishbari," says Tariq Ali Mir, a journalist and a student of history. “It was initially kept in Naqshband Sahib, (a shrine in the heart of the Srinagar city) but the shrine was small and therefore not capable of handling the huge crowds that flocked to the holly relic each day. So, the relic was shifted to Hazratbal,” Ali Mir added.

The Moi-e-Muqqadas is displayed on various occasions related with the life of the Prophet and his four holy companions. A glimpse of the Holy Relic, the major attraction of the holy place, leaves many devotees with moist eyes and the air reverberates with praises of the Prophet.

The brief disappearance of the holy relic from the shrine in December 1963 led to public upsurge in Kashmir, which continued for several weeks. The situation was so bad that it forced the then Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, to depute his trusted colleague, Lal Bahadur Shastri, to visit the Valley and supervise its retrieval.

In 1968, the Muslim Aauquaf Trust (now known as Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board), which looks after Hazratbal and most of Valley's shrines, hospices and mosques, and was then headed by Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, started the construction of the present marble structure. The work was completed in 1979.

The pristine white marble elegance of the shrine and the view of snow-clad picturesque mountains beyond are reflected in the waters of the lake. The view and the holiness of the shrine make it a major tourist attraction in Srinagar. The only domed shrine in Srinagar, it is known by many names including Hazratbal, Assar-e-Sharif, Madinat-Us-Sani and Dargah Sharief. The Friday prayers offered at Hazratbal attract thousands of resident Muslims.

The importance of Hazratbal can be gauged also by the fact that Kashmir’s politicians, particularly Sheikh Abdullah, chose to make important announcements and decisions known to the public from the pulpit of this shrine.


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