Recently, about two hundred years after its abolition, Prime Minister Tony Blair finally expressed “deep sorrow” for Britain’s role in the slave trade in an article for New Nation newspaper. One can only wonder, what the hell took so long, especially considering that Britain has been a democracy for about 400 years?
Kabul Express is about a pair of Indian journalists, Jai (Arshad Warsi) and Suhel (John Abraham) who are in Afghanistan after the collapse of the Taliban, hoping to further their careers by shooting a war documentary involving an interview with a captured Taliban fighter.Things go wrong as the captured Talib breaks free, and ends up kidnapping them, together with their Afghan guide, Khyber. The Talib forces them to drive towards the Pakistan border, through which he hopes to escape from Afganistan.
We have often come across the term ‘angels’ through people, the media and other sources of information and conditioning. The Hindu word for angels is Deva. It means, “Shining one.” A being living in the higher astral plane, in a subtle, nonphysical body. Deva is also used in scripture to mean “God or Deity.
‘There are plenty of fish in the sea’, runs an old proverb. Maybe that was once true, but now, thanks to unrestrained consumerism, the proverb no longer holds!The population of many of the most common species of fish is fast declining and is soon set to collapse if something is not done to reverse the trend.
For so long Sun Tszu’s The Art Of War has ruled the boardroom. However it looks like now another eastern scripture is set to replace it at the top of every manager’s bookshelf.The Bhagavad Gita, a profound and important scripture in the Hindu faith is rapidly finding favour with business managers in the USA. So much so that the respected business publication BUSINESSWEEK decided to publish an article about it.
Shaken not stirred…that’s cold water with a dash of vermouth and gin. The reason you stir the martini with a special spoon is so as not to chip the ice. Why am I telling you this? Cos Mr Bond is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it.Yeah well, not in this film he’s not. Daniel Craig as Bond in Casino Royale is one tough son-of-a-gun with balls of steel. Literally! And this registered killer DOESN’T “give a damn” if his martini is shaken or stirred.
In what has been a season of sequels for the Indian film industry, Dhoom2 rejoins super-cop Jai Dixit (Abishek Bachan) in his endeavour to solve yet another string of high profile robberies.
Arise Arjuna is written in the format of short chapters, which are grouped into four sections: Social, Religious, Historical and Cultural issues. It is intended for a Hindu audience and examines the need for a reawakened Hinduism in the world. For too long now, Hinduism has retreated into a shell and has lain dormant while the world has been moving on. This was not always the case. Historically, Hinduism and Hindu Society were at the forefront in much scientific and cultural advancement in addition to unequalled strides made in areas of philosophy and spirituality.
During the winter of December between the 21st - 25th the worship of Ganesh in his five-faced Maha Ganapati form is performed in a modern Hindu festival known as Pancha Ganapati. Pancha Ganapti is a Hindu expression of a seasonal worship, gift giving and celebration. The festival is based around the family especially the young children, the future of Hinduism, who play an integral part of its performance.
More than 2,000 retired Gurkhas marched to Downing Street on 14th of December to demand the same pensions as other soldiers. Calling themselves ‘Britain’s Forgotten Veterans’, payments affect at least 20,000 Gurkhas in Britain and Nepal, they claimed.
