http://www.indiamike.com/india What to see, hear, and view on the road or at home. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:19:50 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.indiamike.com/india/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.indiamike.com/india http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/what-s-your-favourite-movie-with-shahrukh-khan-t95825/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:51:35 GMT Hey Guys! I wondered what is your favourite movie with Shahrukh Khan?:) He has been my favourite Indian actor since...always..(well, actually since I was 12 - at that time our television started broadcasting Bolywood movies on Saturdays:))As far as I have only seen him acting in his earlier movies, I have no clue what are the new ones like..Hope you can help me with this one:):):) Hey Guys!

I wondered what is your favourite movie with Shahrukh Khan?:)
He has been my favourite Indian actor since...always..(well, actually since I was 12 - at that time our television started broadcasting Bolywood movies on Saturdays:))As far as I have only seen him acting in his earlier movies, I have no clue what are the new ones like..Hope you can help me with this one:):):) ]]> Books, Music, and Movies Simona http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/what-s-your-favourite-movie-with-shahrukh-khan-t95825/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/the-sky-below-t95633/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:27:42 GMT has anyone seen this?

The Sky Below

"To create the documentary THE SKY BELOW, Sarah Singh traveled solo--without a crew-- across one of the world’s most volatile regions tracing culture, history, society and the politics of divide and rule.

THE SKY BELOW is a contemporary exploration of the creation of Pakistan and the 1947 Partition of the Indian Subcontinent, weaving together 5000 years of culture, while investigating the lingering after-effects of this six-decade old political divide, most tragically witnessed by Kashmir. With her life in the hands of strangers and sometimes gunmen, Singh traveled from the desert of Kutch to the snowy mountains of Kashmir; and from the seaside city of Karachi to the spare but volatile terrain of the Khyber Pass." ]]> Books, Music, and Movies Sama http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/the-sky-below-t95633/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/travel-books-t95315/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:34:56 GMT Hello All, anybody can adv me with some nice travel books ( a bit of spiritual mix)???.. tks your ur reply Hello All,

anybody can adv me with some nice travel books ( a bit of spiritual mix)???..

tks your ur reply ]]> Books, Music, and Movies Manuswaroop http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/travel-books-t95315/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/33-000-live-concerts-by-7-000-bands-t95216/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:37:55 GMT Heres a great site that I thought I would turn on my fellow IMers on to. If you like rock or blues or jazz, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers,Eric Clapton, Bob Marley etc. this site has 33,000 bootleg concerts by almost 7,000 bands.

I'm listening to Bruce Springsteen right now from Madison Square Garden in New York from a concert last week.

Listen and enjoy.

www.sugarmegs.org ]]> Books, Music, and Movies ananda2193 http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/33-000-live-concerts-by-7-000-bands-t95216/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/carnatic-song-t94987/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:34:01 GMT Greetings Indiamike!

I am trying to find a song.

How 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' has languages from many regions on India...does anyone know a song which has the 4 main southern languages all together in one song?? Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

1 song, the 4 main Dravidian languages.

Thank you very much for any help or any pointers in the right direction of where to find such a song!

-Tim ]]> Books, Music, and Movies timmmber http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/carnatic-song-t94987/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/farhan-akhtar-shabana-azmi-sharmila-tagore-others-nyc-nov-11-15-a-t94770/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:49:01 GMT http://www.iaac.us/MIAAC2009/

One of the best Indian film festivals in the world, the Mahindria Indo-American Arts Council Festival, will take place in NYC Nov 11-15. I always find it reliably well-curated, so that when I go to movies I don't know anything about I'm pretty much always engaged and pleased.

There are still tickets to everything - the few sold out things aren't the only screenings of the respective movies.

Other well-known participants include Manisha Koirola, Shyam Benegal, Javed Akhtar, Mira Nair, Anurag Kashyup, and Aparna Sen. If you're interested also take a look at the panel discussions running alongside the festival at NYU.

Can recommend a few I've seen - Fakir of Venice, with Farhan Akhtar, is a comedy with a dark core about people exploiting each other, with the climax at the Venice Biennale

the Air India documentary (with a bit of re-creating) is really eye-opening about the bomb-caused crash of an Air India flight

Welcome to Sajjanpur -- village life, directed by S Benegal

Zanjeer one of the iconic movies of Amitabh Bachchan in the angry young man phase of his career in the 70s, and considered important I think thematically re: the country at that time - I've never seen it and look forward to this rare opportunity to see it on a big screen with Javed Akktar, who wrote it, there to talk about it.

And then in my experience, the documentaries and non-Hindi parts of the program always yield wonderful surprises for me, things you just aren't likely to run into elsewhere. ]]> Books, Music, and Movies NeeliAankhen http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/farhan-akhtar-shabana-azmi-sharmila-tagore-others-nyc-nov-11-15-a-t94770/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/bollywood-kollywood-for-westerners-t94501/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:43:27 GMT I am about to embark on a trip which will lead me to Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and Mumbai, and I thought it might be interesting to watch both a Kollywood and a Bollywood flick before departing.

I think this could be interesting and useful on many levels. At worst, it will give me an idea of what people talk about when they cite Indian cinema. At best, I might chance upon a huge artistic treasure trove that could delight me for years to come.

But approaching Indian cinema is really hard. I searched the web for a while, but just came away more confused, as all the resources I could find are clearly geared towards people who already know what is being discussed.

I have seen some YouTube clips, but taken out of context they didn't help me at all. In fact, judging from the clips alone, I would think that it's all a very cheesy affair, as if Indian movies were but over-the-top parodies of Broadway comedies. I am sure that this is not the case, and that there are bound to be some movies I would appreciate (if only I knew where to find them).

I suspect that on this site there are many Westerners who have experienced (and perhaps even learned to love?) Indian cinema, and I am hoping that somebody could suggest a good Tamil as well as a good Hindi 'beginner' movie for me to watch.

So please, tell me where I should start my cinematic journey from. ]]> Books, Music, and Movies PaoloNL http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/bollywood-kollywood-for-westerners-t94501/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/nikhil-banerjee-biography-t94341/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:19:47 GMT Any biographies of the sitar maestro? Any biographies of the sitar maestro? ]]> Books, Music, and Movies Satyagraha http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/nikhil-banerjee-biography-t94341/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/a-book-similar-to-aravind-adiga-s-the-white-tiger-t94299/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:16:02 GMT Hey Guys,

I have read Aravind Adiga's book a half a year ago and I have to admit it is one of the most realistic fiction books I have ever read. Does anybody could recommend another author reflecting India's culture/everyday so real as Aravind Adiga does?:):):) ]]> Books, Music, and Movies Simona http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/a-book-similar-to-aravind-adiga-s-the-white-tiger-t94299/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/no-no-sallekhana-is-not-suicide-t94264/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:18:42 GMT There are some books that I'm afraid to read, this is one of them going by the reviews.

http://www.hindu.com/lr/2009/11/01/s...0150140400.htm

An office colleague's grandmother went this way, quietly going into the night by refusing food for 3 days. They were Jains.


A long time ago, when I was in the London Museum looking at the India section, I came across the frieze that showed the different stages of Buddha's enlightenment. One of his experiments was fasting to get enlightenment. The stone frieze showed his emaciated face, the hollowed out cheeks, the prominent spider thread of veins across his face.

I stared and stared and then started crying.

fcuking mental, I was, crying over stone. ]]> Books, Music, and Movies Digital Drifter http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/no-no-sallekhana-is-not-suicide-t94264/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/anoushka-shankar-and-karsh-kale-breathing-under-water-t94126/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:32:51 GMT Been listening this album for a couple of weeks. Good Indian Classical Music and nice fusion symphonies. Psychedelic too. The Sitar is undoubtedly the best instrument ever, if in the right hands.

Give this album a shot. It's great. Not to mention, Anoushka has collaborated with her half sister Norah Jones on a song, Sting, Sunidhi Chauhan and Skahkar Mahadevan. ]]> Books, Music, and Movies sa_ill http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/anoushka-shankar-and-karsh-kale-breathing-under-water-t94126/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/indian-short-films-at-cork-film-festival-nov-2009-a-t94101/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:42:33 GMT Hi all,

A selection of Indian short films are going to be shown as part of this year's Cork Film Festival. On Sun 1st Nov, Mon 2nd Nov and Tues 3rd Nov at 4.30 pm each day, in the Kino.

Here's the link:
http://www.corkfilmfest.org/2009/str.../indian-shorts

I'm really looking forward to it! :D


I'll post up here the list of films: has anyone seen any of these, any views/ recommendations?

Chabi Wali
Girni
Kshya Tra Ghya
Stations

Kshitij
Punha
Right Here Right Now
Three of Us

Birju
Dhin Tak Dha
Dwijaa
Narween
Printed Rainbow ]]> Books, Music, and Movies JuliaF http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/indian-short-films-at-cork-film-festival-nov-2009-a-t94101/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/tansen-samaroh-gwalior-2009-a-t93677/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:20:08 GMT Anyone know the specific dates of this festival? The net is awash with information but not the actual dates! Anyone know the specific dates of this festival?

The net is awash with information but not the actual dates! ]]> Books, Music, and Movies Satyagraha http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/tansen-samaroh-gwalior-2009-a-t93677/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/looking-for-details-on-small-monuments-in-delhi-t93638/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:29:04 GMT Hi, I saw a post about the book "Small Monuments in Delhi" but have been unable to find it online.

Anyone have details about this book? Publisher, author? Thanks! ]]> Books, Music, and Movies PolishDan http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/looking-for-details-on-small-monuments-in-delhi-t93638/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/lonely-planet-india-13th-edition-september-2009-latest-issue-t93618/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:11:45 GMT I got a latest issue of Lonely Planet INDIA; must say it is a must have for Backpacking in India. Its 13th Edition / September 2009 issue. It has also come up with a 5th Edition of Lonely Planet SOUTH INDIA as well I guess the latest edition is still not easily available in the market; they say 12th Edition is the latest; so beware. I got one on Ebay.in I got a latest issue of Lonely Planet INDIA; must say it is a must have for Backpacking in India. Its 13th Edition / September 2009 issue.

It has also come up with a 5th Edition of Lonely Planet SOUTH INDIA as well

I guess the latest edition is still not easily available in the market; they say 12th Edition is the latest; so beware.

I got one on Ebay.in ]]> Books, Music, and Movies eshaan http://www.indiamike.com/india/books-music-and-movies-f4/lonely-planet-india-13th-edition-september-2009-latest-issue-t93618/