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In Open Culture (via 3quarksdaily):
Here's one for Ripley's Believe It Or Not: Bertrand Russell, the eminent mathematician and philosopher, once made a cameo appearance in a Bollywood movie.
The year was 1967. Russell was by then a very frail 95-year-old man. Besides finishing work on his three-volume autobiography, Russell was devoting much of his remaining time to the struggle for peace and nuclear disarmament. To that end, he sometimes made himself available to people he thought could help the cause.
Carl Bromley in National Geographic:
In my basement lie the remnants of an obsession with a city: novels, histories, ethnographies, journals, films, shopping bags, listing magazines, boarding cards, foot creams, CDs, film posters, postcards, video and super 8 footage. There's also a cancelled passport with the name of the city stamped into it, Bombay, and a date—December 18, 1987.
There were 18 of us, touring India that Christmas and New Year, with a production of Romeo and Juliet. As soon as I boarded the bus from the airport, which took us to St. Xavier's College, the city seemed to emerge, almost atonally, in short bursts of light, like flashbulb explosions. I was mesmerised by this otherworldly city, a city whose neon light breathed life back into me after a long, motionless day on a plane. I should have felt out of place. But I didn't. I thought: If I had to be a city, I would be Bombay.
I was a maniacal teenage cineaste. I would make journeys to London and spend days at the Scala cinema in King Cross's red-light district watching exploitation movies from all over the world. My identity was saturated by cinema then; it was my reference point for everything. During that first hour in Bombay, I thought I was experiencing the real life equivalent of the opening frames of Blade Runner with its belching flames rising from a vast industrial plain. I had, by chance, been thrilled by the Amitabh Bachchan film Amar Akbar Anthony one Sunday morning on BBC television. I fell in love with Amitabh when he burst out of the giant Easter egg and sang, "My Name is Anthony Gonsalves." This playful, cheeky badmaash was the kind of hero I had always wanted to be. More:
In Open, a review of the Bollywood movie Makkhi:
The villain enjoys firing his rifle to loud screechy guitar riffs instead of attending business conferences. Sometimes, to challenge himself, he spins himself while shooting at projectiles, and sometimes he holds the rifle with just a single hand. Occasionally, he uses the shooting range for another kind of target practice— seducing women. The heroine, a social worker with an NGO (what else), likes to create miniature artworks at night. Her hobby suffers power failures. So the hero brings the moon for her—he harnesses its light by using a dish antenna and some silver foil of a cereal packet.
What follows is familiar. Hero and heroine fall in love. Villain kills hero. And the hero, to avenge his death, takes rebirth. Another Southern action flick in this season of South-inspired cinema.
Except that the hero is reborn as a fly.
Thefilm in question is Makkhi, the Hindi version of a film released earlier in Telugu as Eega, in Tamil as Naa Eee and in Malayalam as Eecha. It was one of the biggest crowdpullers of the south this year, having grossed over Rs 130 crore since hitting theatres in July. It was also a contender for India's entry to the Oscars (that is, before Big Brother Bollywood flexed its muscle). Billed as one of the most 'inventive' and 'entertaining' films of the year, at least one interpretation suggests that it is an allegory on the superstar cult of South Indian cinema. More
Rupa Subramanya in India Realtime / WSJ:
The gossip pages of Indian newspapers and magazines are predictably focusing on the glitz and glamour of the event, but it is noteworthy that there's a 10-year age gap between the new bride and groom. Mr. Khan will join the club of successful older men marrying attractive and accomplished younger women, rather like Hollywood icon Humphrey Bogart marrying the much younger Lauren Bacall (they had a quarter century age difference.)
Ironically enough, Mr. Khan has also been on the other side of the aisle, as it were, in his previous marriage. His partner then was Amrita Singh, a former Bollywood actor, who was 12 years his senior (he was only 21 at that time.) In popular parlance, Mr. Khan has gone from being "cradle robbed" to becoming the proverbial "sugar daddy." A less kind interpretation would deem Ms. Singh to have been a "cougar," along the lines of Hollywood actor Demi Moore who popularized in the Western imagination the trend of older women marrying younger men, when she got together with actor Ashton Kutcher.
Seriously though, the nuptials of Mr. Khan and Ms. Kapoor represent a well established and accepted cultural fact in India and indeed in most other societies: men tend to marry women younger than themselves. According to data collected by the United Nations the largest gap for first marriages in the Middle East and Asia is Bangladesh at 7.2 years, with Pakistan at 5.1 and India at 4.7. In the U.S., the majority of women have husbands who are no more than three years older than them, according to census data.
When you parse the Indian data more closely, a striking picture emerges. In India, according to the 2006 National Family Health Survey, the most recent survey from which data are available, the percentage of women married to men 10-years or more their elder is 16.4%, against 17.9% in NFHS-2 (1998-1999) and also 17.9% in NFHS-1 (1992-93). More:
"I Want Fakht You" is a musical number in the new Hindi comedy/fantasy film "Joker":
Nandini Ramnath in Mint:
Do you, as a director, get coy about the fact that you have cast a pornstar who has featured in lad mags such as Hustler and Penthouse, and who has won awards for such things as "Favorite Breasts" and "Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene"? Or do you flaunt her credentials, which may work nicely for Internet trawlers, but might just harm the box-office chances of a film that will release across single screens and multiplexes in the country?
Pooja Bhatt, who has directed Leone in the forthcoming Jism 2, says she has found a middle path that aligns Leone's pornographic past with her Bollywood present. Jism 2 is about "emotionally damaged characters" in search of sexual fulfilment, said Bhatt. Leone plays Izna, an adult movie actor who is used as a honey trap to draw out an assassin, Kabir (played by Randeep Hooda). The film's pre-release campaign, accordingly, mimics various stages of erotic pleasure, from intense arousal to extended foreplay, toa climactic release of emotions—timed with the actual theatrical release on 3 August.
Jism 2 has a small window to win its box-office battle before Salman Khan carpet-bombs every screen in sight with Ek Tha Tiger on 15 August. The main weapon in its armoury is Leone, the Canadian adult film actor and director of Sikh origin who first grabbed eyeballs across India as a contestant on last year's season of the reality television show Bigg Boss. Jism 2's writer and Pooja's father, Mahesh Bhatt, signed up Leone in a well-publicized gesture—he dropped into the venue of the Bigg Boss show to offer Leone the lead in the sequel to the 2003 movie Jism. More:
The BBC made a film on him, titled Bombay Superstar, in 1974. Above, part 1, and below part 2.The other seven parts are on YouTube.
Sidharth Bhatia in Mint:
To anyone younger than 35, it would be very difficult to explain that the gaunt, bearded figure appearing in an advertisement had once captivated the entire nation. The ad, somewhat tackily, puns on the word "fans" to evoke memories of a time when Rajesh Khanna was the darling of film goers. That is actually an understatement—he had a fanatic fan following, the likes of which has never been seen before or since.
Khanna, who died in Mumbai on Wednesday after a prolonged illness, was the undisputed king of Hindi cinema through the early to mid-1970s. It was not just the kind of fandom that follows a film star but something over and beyond. He was mobbed wherever he went, women wrote letters to him in blood and then "married" his picture and every gesture and outfit he wore was copied. Rumours routinely floated about that he was suffering from a life-threatening disease, mainly because of his on-screen roles in several films (Andaz, Safar, Anand, Namak Haraam), where he died in the end.
Khanna (real name Jatin) was the son of a middle-class business family. He won a Filmfare contest in 1965, which got him a role in a G.P. Sippy film, Raaz (though Aakhri Khat was released earlier, in 1966). The film was not a hit, though he got noticed enough to be offered some more films like Baharon ke Sapne and Khamoshi.
In 1969, his film Aradhana, in which he had a double role, opened to an ecstatic reception. It had a story replete with emotion and drama, lovely locations and great music. The songs became huge hits and a new screen pair—Khanna and Sharmila Tagore—was born. More:
Barbara Ellen In The Observer:
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, once called "the most beautiful woman in the world" by Julia Roberts, has caused outrage in India by not losing her baby weight quickly enough. A website, Desimad.com, produced a feature depicting Bachchan with elephant sound-effects in the background. Many are raging that she is a disgrace to Indian womanhood and should set an example, "like Victoria Beckham," by getting back into shape.
When did Bachchan give birth? Seven months ago. What is her reason for not focusing all her energies on "snapping straight back into those pre-pregnancy jeans!", as the parlance goes? Bachchan says she just wants to "enjoy motherhood". What kind of lame excuse is that? Except it isn't. Rather, it's a nod to a saner time, before post-pregnancy was turned into another torture zone for the modern female.
People are forgetting that this used to be the norm. The aftermath of pregnancy was a time when women were freed from "looking sexy" in the conventional way. A sainted space when women could tell lookist society to take a hike – they were busy, OK? They needed to concentrate on their baby.
Then arrived the concept of the Yummy Mummy. Suddenly, body fascism crept into the postnatal experience, hunkering down among the nipple pads and Pampers, like some evil, squawking cuckoo. Women had to worry about not only shedding weight, but also shedding it quickly enough. What had always been viewed as a becalmed, no-pressure marathon transformed into a self-loathing sprint. From now on, the ideal would be to look as though, physically, the pregnancy never happened – that one's children were magically discovered beneath the Slimming World gooseberry bush or delivered by the Dukan stork. More:
His portrayal of the army man-turned-steeplechase runner-turned-bandit in Paan Singh Tomar has achieved both critical appreciation and commercial success. In July, he plays Spiderman's nemesis, the villainous Proto Goblin in The Amazing Spiderman. Come Christmas, he'll slip into the shoes of the Older Pi in Ang Lee's Life of Pi. Between all these, he manages to squeeze in a film like Thank You. Harneet Singh interviews actor Irrfan Khan:
What has been your toughest role till date?
It would be HBO's In Treatment and Life of Pi. I felt claustrophobic while acting in the In Treatment segment. The show required me to be naked emotionally, I felt as if I was being squeezed and strangulated and pushed in one corner, and I had to keep feeling that way for quite a while.
And why do you say Life of Pi?
Because it's such a difficult, intelligent and clever book. To be on top of that and to be directed by Ang Lee has been an experience unlike anything else. The film opened a new world for me. The themes the film deals with required me to absorb everything. It can be a small thing, the character can be speaking about "karma", but when I say the line I should come across as someone who understands the vastness of karma. Life of Pi required me to constantly understand, so that I don't become disconnected. More:
By Naresh Fernandes
Midway through Manmohan Desai's classic 1977 film about three brothers separated at birth, a man in a top hat and a Saturday Night Fever suit leaps out of a giant Easter egg to inform the assemblage, 'My name is Anthony Gonsalves.'
The significance of the announcement was lost under the impact of Amitabh Bachchan's sartorial exuberance. But decades later, the memory of that moment still sends shivers down the spines of scores of ageing men scattered across Bombay and Goa. By invoking the name of his violin teacher in that tune in Amar Akbar Anthony, the composer Pyarelal had finally validated the lives of scores of Goan Catholic musicians whose working years had been illuminated by the flicker of images dancing across white screens in airless sound studios, even as acknowledgement of their talent whizzed by in the flash of small-type credit titles.
The arc of their stories – determined by the intersection of passion and pragmatism, of empire and exigency – originated in church-run schools in Portuguese Goa and darted through royal courts in Rajasthan, jazz clubs in Calcutta and army cantonments in Muree. Those lines eventually converged on Bombay's film studios, where the Goan Catholic arrangers worked with Hindu music composers and Muslim lyricists in an era of intense creativity that would soon come to be recognised as the golden age of Hindi film song. More:
In The Asian Age, Suparna Sharma reviews The Dirty Picture:
The Dirty Picture is Adults Only, so is this review. Having sorted that out, let's go. Ms Vidya Balan, and I say this with respect and not a hint of misogyny, has balls of steel. Not any ordinary steel balls. No. Hers are lipstick-red, clanging, solid, shiny balls, hard to dent and impossible to ignore.
It takes guts to take on a role inspired by the sleazy and tragic life of an extra whose magazine cut-outs and images were mostly conjured up in the privacy of bathrooms to assist ejaculation. Few actresses in Bollywood would have said yes to portraying Silk Smitha, the two-bit "item bomb" from south, and turned it into a career-defining concerto. And fewer still would have delivered it with the dazzling chutzpah and high jinx that the retelling of Smitha's life demanded, and added their own generous sprinkling of sauce, salt and red pepper. Ms Balan lets it all hang out, metaphorically and literally, and deserves a loud and ecstatic standing ovation.
Barring the last 20-25 minutes, The Dirty Picture is an inspired piece of work. For producer Ekta Kapoor to zero in on Smitha (I am completely ignoring her oscillating stand on it is-it isn't about Smitha) was obviously a commercial decision more than a feminist schema — you'll be hard pressed to find a script on which the cliché "exposing is necessary because the script demands it" sits more happily. But to put together a team that not only tells the story with skill and cheekiness, but also comes together to create the naughty Eighties, is an act of mad genius. More:
After the Slumdog boom, Bollywood has become more Hollywood—and looks like it's in America to stay. What does that mean for people who grew up with it? Sarah Khan in The Atlantic:
Pre-"Bollywood" Bollywood was a simpler time, with simpler titles like Beta (Son) and Maine Pyar Kiya (I Have Fallen in Love) and Hum (Us). Today, nonsensical spectacles with monstrous appellations like Jab Kabhi Kabhi Kuch Kuch Ho Na Ho to Dhoom Machake Alvida Na Kehna (JK4HNHTDMANK for short) generally struggle to make up for what they lack in storylines by serving up extra helpings of vulgarities. Even the music is rapidly spiraling downhill. "Sheila Ki Jawaani" (Sheila's Sexiness) and "Character Dheela" (Loose Character) might get the frontbenchers excited for all the wrong reasons, but it was during the smash "Mehndi Lagake Rakhna" (Keep Yourself Adorned with Henna) in the '90s classic Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (The Good Hearted Will Take the Bride) at a theater in Hyderabad that I witnessed crowds express their sincerest appreciation by exuberantly flinging rubber chappals (flip-flops) high into the air.
Today's Bollywood is a different animal. Bye-bye, dhamakedaar (action-packed) plot twists; hello, remakes of remakes of remakes. Sylvester Stallone and Rob Lowe share screen space with Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar, and Akon and Snoop Dogg collaborate with Mumbai's top music directors—even singing lyrics in accented but admirable Hindi. The arrival last week of Royal Couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan's baby made headlines on E! News; superstar Priyanka Chopra signed on with Lady Gaga's manager and is currently joining forces with the likes of Pete Wentz on an album; and one of India's most celebrated production houses, YRF Films, announced this past Tuesday that it'll be adding a touch of masala to a romantic comedy it's producing starring Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, and Billy Crudup. Gone is the innocence of yore, replaced instead by X-rated dance moves that put the Pussycat Dolls to shame—in fact, when that very girl group joined music maestro A.R. Rahman for an English version of his Slumdog hit "Jai Ho," it seemed all too natural.
Perhaps it's easy to romanticize the past; after all, when do I ever sit down to watch an '80s romance-revenge mash-up in my Manhattan apartment? Maybe if I actually revisit the favored films of my bachpan (childhood)—I saw Dil (Heart) a mind-numbing 93 times—I'll cringe at the gaudy clothes, over-the-top histrionics, and voluminous tresses (on both the heroines and heroes). Glorified in the enchanted recesses of my memory, these movies will always have a special place in my own dil. More:
A nice song in the Bollywood movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara:
In the Indian Express Sunday magazine Eye, Shubhra Gupta on Bollywood's three superstars: Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan:
It's not like there haven't been others, some who have held their own, some who have retired hurt but only temporarily, some who are coming up so fast that they could be serious challengers to the Khandom. Kyonki har ek star zaroori hota hai. Amitabh Bachchan is the formidable carryover from the era before theirs, but is clearly a senior statesman. Saif Ali Khan has charm, and the rare ability to be both star and actor. Akshay Kumar is biding his time, to forget his bad run, and to get into a fresh sprint to the top. Hrithik Roshan is clear superstar material, whose presence in a pretty road movie makes it top drawer. Ajay Devgn has all three crucial sectors — comedy-drama-action — under his belt. And Ranbir Kapoor is fast reaching that stage where he's slated to become the stickiest youth magnet.
So what is it about the Khans that sets them on top of the A-list? In the last five years, the Salman-Shah Rukh-Aamir trio has battered all opposition into submission. They no longer just act. They produce. They control almost every aspect of their films. When they come to the table, and that in itself is a prize they bestow like visiting deity upon waiting masses, they bring with them the triple-barrelled power of influential star, all-pervasive brand, and industry maven. They are to the left of you, to the right of you, all around you. There is no escape. As a young SRK once sang: jaata hai tu kahaan?
A true-blue industry maven himself, with his 42 years in the trenches as lyricist and filmmaker, now chairman of Reliance Entertainment, Amit Khanna has a calming yet definitive perspective. "We've always had superstars," he says, "right from Ashok Kumar to Dev-Dilip-Raj, Rajesh, Amitabh, and now the three Khans — they all have had the ability to endear and endure." More:
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…and why that should make you gnash your teeth. Rahul Bhatia in Open:
Bajirao Singham is an upright cop gifted with earthen values and a natural tendency to whoop ass. The hardcore antisocial elements of Singham have got nothing on him, but we learn that love and its admission reduce him to a stuttering wreck. This film is a celebration of his virtues, which, though rare here, were virtually a contractual requirement in every such movie three decades ago.
Like his predecessors, Singham is not ambivalent about dealing with crime—watch the pussycat 'claw' move in the film's opening item song—and matters are usually resolved with: a) a belting right out of Ralegan Siddhi, and b) a bullet. Singham, which poses the wholly reasonable question of how to deal with a corrupt administration, finds an answer filed under Rang De Basanti. But here's the thing: although the story is the stuff between fights, like plaque between teeth, Singham holds up well in comparison with Bodyguard, which has somehow become this year's monster hit.
While the story arc of both movies have nothing in common, they could have been designed by committee. For the superstars who wrap these films around themselves, duty, love, humility and justice come above all else. Both open with songs that glorify their legend, and both songs contain a trademark move: Singham gets to claw, and Salman Khan's character gets to flex his biceps. Both heroines come under attack. Both heroes destroy these attackers with moves that require a blue screen. Both heroines fall instantly in love. More:
Gayatri Rangachari Shah in NYT:
A hit Hindi film this summer had a very unusual character: Bagwati, an Hermès Kelly bag in orange ostrich, complete with a hat and sunglasses.
The handbag appeared in "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara," or "You Only Live Once," the story of three friends on a road trip across Spain. Purchased as a wedding gift, the Kelly begins to take on anthropomorphic qualities — and prompts some giggles.
Bagwati's cinematic appearance is part of a Bollywood revolution. Traditionally a medium where vibrant color and sparkle always trumped taste, costume and art direction in the country's movies are starting to reflect the growth of fashion consciousness across urban India.
"We've gone from no information, no aesthetic, no awareness of fashion to a place where we thrive on fashion," said Karan Johar, one of the most successful producer-directors in Hindi cinema. More:
Rawinder Bawa from Delhi in Dawn:
Facing stiff competition from Salman Khan's Bodyguard on Eid, Pakistani film Bol is managing to hold its own thanks to the word of mouth publicity.
Dealing with multiple issues ranging from misogyny to prostitution to fanaticism, Bol is director Shoaib Mansoor's second offering after Khuda Ke Liye. Bol was released alongside mega blockbuster Bodyguard, 'That girl in yellow boots' and 'Mummy Punjabi'. Unlike Khan's masala movie, Bol offers a riveting storyline and great acting, with people publicising the film more than the PR agencies.
For starters, there is actress Vidya Balan who says, "Loved Bol! Love the performance of the father. The boy who played Saifuddin was cute. My heart went out to him."
As one of the audience members, Tushar Pahwa, walking out after a show puts it, "Bol is a ubiquitous film- whether a Muslim family in Lahore or a Hindu family in Bihar, everyone can relate to it. Women and transgenders are disrespected in India and Pakistan both. I just hope people start to speak up after watching the movie. It was a good gift for Eid."
Many have given the tickets to family and friends in beautiful gift envelopes as eidi. "This was my eidi to my sister The film's message has been well received and I felt my sister must see this movie as an example," says Shahnawaz Siddique, a shop keeper. More:
See trailer here in AW
Beth Watkins in The Wall Street Journal. [Beth Watkins has been blogging for more than five years at Beth Loves Bollywood. She is an expert on Bollywood history and lore as well as contemporary movies and actors]:
It can be difficult to ignore the similarities between certain Bollywood films and earlier offerings from elsewhere in the world. Sometimes Mumbai borrows from Hollywood films that sank without a trace, as in the case of "Aap Ki Khatir" (2006), which met a similar fate to its source material "The Wedding Date" (2005). Of course, a dud in English does not guarantee a flop in Hindi. Director Farah Khan formally procured the rights to remake the 1966 British-Italian comedy "After the Fox" into last year's hit "Tees Maar Khan," turning a film that was panned on its release over 40 years ago into one of the biggest grossers of 2010 and demonstrating the crossover appeal of a Neil Simon script. Other remakes choose more obvious subjects, such as the thoughtfully adapted "Partner" (2007), pairing lovable comic stalwart Govinda and smooth-talker Salman Khan in an Indian take on "Hitch" (2005).
However, it's a lot more fun—and constructive—to focus on Hindi cinema's unique strengths and think how they might enhance and improve some foreign films. There are several classics from the U.S. and elsewhere that seem like such a good fit with filmi conventions that it's a mystery they haven't been turned into Bollywood hits. More:
Prakash Jha's latest movie "Aarakshan," which tackles affirmative action in India's universities, releases on August 12. In WSJ:
The build-up to the release has seen plenty of controversy, after some groups suggested the film was biased against Dalits, as members of India's most discriminated caste groups are known. The state of Uttar Pradesh, which is run by the Bahujan Samaj Party, which has a Dalit support base, said late Wednesday that it won't allow the film to screen there on the grounds that it could cause social unrest. The state of Punjab also followed suit on Thursday, news channel NDTV reported. Mr. Jha did not immediately comment on the developments when reached on Thursday.
Excerpt from the interview:
When did you get the idea for 'Aarakshan'? Is it based on a true story?
Mr. Jha: I thought of the story around seven years ago. The characters are loosely based on several real-life characters. We've all come across these characters – I've had teachers who never bothered about money. They would teach underprivileged students until the early hours of the morning without expecting anything in return. I've tried to highlight that aspect here.
What interests me is the societal changes that follow any kind of government policy. Ever since the Mandal Commission report, the issue of reservation keeps coming up. I've been taking note of the changes in the education system because of this policy. [The Mandal Commission recommended in the late 1980s that India expand educational affirmative action—IRT]
'Aarakshan' is about a very principled and compassionate character who's the principal of a private college where there's no reservation policy. I narrated the story to Amitabh Bachchan [who plays that character] quite a few years ago and he liked it.
Full interview here:
The characters in "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (You Only Live Once)," directed by Zoya Akhtar, are the finished products of reforms begun when Manmohan Singh, now prime minister, was the finance minister. Manu Joseph in IHT:
In the hit Hindi film of this season, three Indian bachelors and a Hermès handbag, which they have named Bagwati, go on a road trip in Spain. Their objective is to endure three extreme adventure sports. On the way they meet a beautiful Indian-British diving instructor, a Spanish girl who apparently will let any man into her bath as long as he asks "May I enter?" in Spanish and the artist father of one of the bachelors who had abandoned the boy when he was still in the womb.
Directed by Zoya Akhtar, this joyous film, titled "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (You Only Live Once)," is set against a backdrop of affluence, easy sex and relentless reminders that life is meant to be fun. Such ideas and protagonists in a mainstream commercial Hindi film would have been unthinkable in an earlier time. Which is one reason the film was 20 years in the making, almost exactly 20 years.
Ms. Akhtar might view such a statement as an outrageous factual error.
But it's true.
Her film had its beginnings in a moment in Indian history whose 20th anniversary went by a few days ago, unobserved by an ungrateful nation. On July 24, 1991, when Manmohan Singh, now prime minister, then finance minister, rose to present the national budget, India was in deep financial trouble. It did not have enough foreign currency to import supplies and had to pledge its gold reserves to secure an emergency loan.
It was not hard for Mr. Singh to convince Parliament and the people of India that the country had no choice but to initiate far-reaching economic reforms, to privatize, to liberate itself from socialism and the philosophies of obsolete men.
The characters in Ms. Akhtar's film are the finished products of Mr. Singh's reforms. More:
In The Economic Times:
"At this age, I feel I am going to have a problem signing my cheques very soon. Really, you can forget how to do your own signature and that's a problem. At this age, your hands are not steady….your handwriting deteriorates, that is already noticeable now with me…" He smiles, and then, for a moment, looks at his hands calmly resting on the table. Hands that wave at cheering crowds; helping hands that reach out to Rahim Chacha in Deewar; big, long hands that many beautiful women once hoped to hold. "So, I deliberately do as much as I can, if I can, with the pen and not use computers," he smiles again. It's Tuesday evening at Janak, the new bungalow behind Jalsa, his home.
There is a buzz outside the room in the office of AB Corp, where officials of the entertainment firm and its partner are covering the last mile before the release of Rs Buddhah Hoga Tera Baap. The firm is the new avatar of ABCL, the first effort at corporatisation in Bollywood; a firm whose name evokes images of a near bankrupt superstar, messy legal tangles, damaging controversies and bitter lessons that its founder will never forget. Few could sense back then how it was to become the harbinger of a spectacular turnaround story – of hard work and brand power, and not stuff like financial engineering that most corporate case studies are made of.
The success of AB Corp will depend on the power of the Bachchans, their ability to attract other stars and directors, and what the future holds for Abhishek, who is battling through a rough patch. But there's something more pervasive that worries Amitabh Bachchan , something that could swing the fortunes of not just his company but other corporates that dot the Bollywood landscape. "The Americans are here. They will buy us out…. They have very cleverly entered the Indian market. Everywhere they have gone, they have destroyed that market. They went to the UK, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and Hollywood destroyed their local industries. It's fearsome," he says. More:
Kalyani Vittala in The Christian Science Monitor:
Nabila Kanji was 7 years old when she fell for Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan. She vividly recalls watching him in "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" ("The Big Hearted Will Take the Bride"), the epic love story of two first-generation British Indians struggling to persuade their culturally conservative parents that they should be together.
"I remember thinking they were so hip and cool but I could still relate to them because they were like me, like my family," says the second-generation South Asian who grew up in Markham, Ontario.
Ms. Kanji wasn't alone in her love for "DDLJ," as it is referred to by its millions of fans. Released in 1995, it was really the first Hindi film to present a story from the perspective of nonresident Indians. It went on to become the largest-grossing film in Bollywood history and the first to make a significant chunk of its earnings in Western markets.
Kanji has never lost her love of Bollywood or Mr. Khan, who she hopes will make an appearance at the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) being held in Toronto on June 23-25.
She snagged two $300 tickets for the glamorous awards show and has been offered up to a thousand dollars per ticket. For Bollywood fans, "it's kind of like the royal wedding," she says.
The Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai has had a global following among the South Asian diaspora and in other Asian, African, and Middle Eastern countries since the 1950s. But over the past decade, the world's most prolific film industry has been making inroads into mainstream North American and European consciousness and in so doing seems to be helping to burnish India's global sheen or its "soft power," to use the term coined by Harvard political scientist Joseph Nye. More:
Cannes may have been awash in Hindi movie glamour, but the truth is that Bollywood is hardly a blip on the radar of world cinema and culture. Derek Malcolm in Mint Lounge:
The real influence of Bollywood on anyone other than the diaspora is practically nil. It's thought to be a bit of a joke—a huge engine that spews out dozens upon dozens of films a year, some of which make large profits but most of which sink without a trace. A couple of years ago, the main companies distributing Bollywood in the UK organized press shows for British critics. They duly went along to the first two or three. But the reviews were short and often negative, and soon the idea of adding to the 10 or 12 new films opening in London each week with a slice of Bollywood was quietly dropped.
If the sheer gigantomania in India's film factories has indeed attracted bemused attention in recent years, it is largely because of the omission of Indian cinema from most global histories. Dozens of books have been devoted to the history of Hollywood in the West. Very few have even tried to tackle Bollywood, which, until it realized that as much money could be made abroad as in India itself, frequently seemed to come from a vast, enclosed world nobody but Indians knew a great deal about.
The idea that Indian commercial cinema, whether from Mumbai or not, is made for the illiterate masses and seen by no one even slightly sophisticated, dies hard in the UK. It was always a view verging on sheer ignorance and, even today, when it could be claimed that India's cinema has been technically strengthened but culturally weakened by Western influences, it's not entirely true.
It certainly wasn't so in the post-war decades that produced a whole series of film-makers, stars, musicians and playback singers worthy of anyone's attention. I have soundtracks from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s that combine Indian classical, folk and traditional music with memorable skill. Would there were good-quality DVDs of some of the lost films. M0re:
Aakar Patel in Mint Lounge:
Indian society functions as a whole. Observed in part, it's dysfunctional. Let me explain. Without Gujaratis and Rajasthanis, India wouldn't have an economy. Delete Tata/Birla/Ambani/Mittal/Premji and India begins to look like Bangladesh. The rest ofthe country—Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Kashmir, UP, etc.—will have lots of culture but little else.
That such a tiny community monopolizes the ability to raise and manage capital is frightening. However, it needs to be understood as part of a whole. There are things missing in Gujarat and Rajasthan as well, whole chunks, without which those states wouldn't function properly.
Gujarat's contribution to the Armed Forces, for instance, is instructive. In 2009, The Indian Express reported, Gujarat sent its highest ever number of recruits to the Indian Army. How many? A total of 719, in an army of over a million soldiers. Mind you, this was after a big awareness campaign. In the preceding two years the number of Gujarati recruits was 230. Gujarat has 55 million people but it depends on the rest of India to defend it.
Gujarat also needs another thing, though some might disagree. As a mercantile culture, Gujarati literature is quite poor. The shelves of Crossword stores in Ahmedabad (Surat has none) are lined with volumes of Bengali novels in translation. I wonder how many Gujarati novels have Bengali translations. Probably none, but Gujarat needs the literature of others and I only discovered Camus through his Gujarati translations. More:
Punjab's effervescent culture is Bollywood's hottest beat and it's also spreading its influence across India. Shefalee Vasudev in The Indian Express Sunday magazine Eye:
It could have been any night but it was a Punjabi-themed night at a many-splendorous wedding. It could have been any girl but it was Shruti Kakkar in Band Baajaa Baaraat who, with partner Bittoo Sharma, made a binness out of being cheeky. It could have been Rajasthani bangles but it is the Punjabi chooda that today's Bengali brides want to wear for their honeymoon. Savouries could have been labelled Sindhi Curry or Rasam Ragaa, but they are called Dal Biji and Chilli Chataka instead. Across the country, coffee shops like Barista and fast-food stores like Subway include chicken tikka sandwiches in their menu, not jhaalmuri or upma. Hip-hop singer Hard Kaur and pop singers Mika and Punjabi MC, whose numbers keep gyms and pubs pulsating with excitement, are theth (pure) Punjabis. After Jab We Met, Love Aaj Kal, Singh is Kingg and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, films like Rocket Singh, Band Baajaa Baaraat and Patiala House have made Punjabiyat a poster symbol of Hindi cinema.
It's not just a collection of random anecdotes. Draw a matrix of Hindi cinema, Indipop music, cuisine, sangeet ceremonies at weddings, SMS lingo, college slang or fashion trends, and you notice a Punjabi takeover. Punjabiyat is the flavour of the moment. We may still associate it with golden mustard fields, the utopian backdrop of Aditya Chopra's We Shall Overcome love story Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (DDLJ), but it has become much bigger. The popularity of Punjabi characters in Bollywood, the super success of Punjabi pop in dance clubs, the Big Fat Punjabi wedding as the propeller of the most commercially viable consumer market in India, the 'sweety' (ah, such a Punjabism) new avatar of the Patiala salwar as a trendy garment and the spurt of oye, virji, paaji and soniye in everyday vocabulary has made Punjab a leading character in the life of modern India. Not a Santa Banta caricature. More:
Manu Joseph in the New York Times:
In a recent Hindi film, the actress Katrina Kaif holds a thin white bed sheet against her bare body and sings, in English: "I know you want it, but you're never gonna get it."
That what has become one of the country's popular Hindi songs opens with an English sentence is unremarkable for Indians. So is the truth that Hindi films are now written in English — the instructions in the screenplays are in English, and even the Hindi dialogue is transcribed in the Latin alphabet. Mumbai's film stars, like most educated Indians, find it easier to read Hindi if it is written this way.
Almost all advertising billboards in India are in English. There is not a single well-paying job in the country that does not require a good understanding of the language. Higher education here is conducted entirely in English. When Hindustan Pencils makes cheap pencils, which its sells to rural children for a rupee apiece (about 2 cents), the company prints the brand name, "Jobber," in English. "A villager has more respect for a brand that is written in English," said Dhruman Sanghvi, a company director.
English is the de facto national language of India. It is a bitter truth. More:
In Mint-Lounge, Neelesh Misra profiles movie director Vishal Bhardwaj:
Bhardwaj was born in Chandpur village near the small, uneventful town of Bijnor in western Uttar Pradesh. His father was a sugarcane inspector, a government official who oversaw quality and matters involving the licensing of sugarcane-related products. The senior Bhardwaj was often posted out as part of his job profile, and the family lived in the small sugar-trading town of Najibabad until Bhardwaj completed class V in school.
Najibabad was no place for creative churning. It had only two claims to fame: It was home to the Agarwal family that was one of the biggest bottlers of Thums-Up; and it had an All India Radio station.
Before the city began to dent his creative instincts, help arrived in the form of transfer orders for his father. They moved to Meerut, the city where Bhardwaj would lose his father but begin to reach out for his dream. When not supervising sugarcane licensing, Ram Bhardwaj wrote poetry and lyrics for Bollywood—the film industry was not called Bollywood then. The films he wrote for included lesser-known ones such as Ahimsa, Shuruaat, Kanoon Meri Mutthi Mein, Khoon ka Badla Khoon and Chhota Baap. Even though based in Meerut, Bhardwaj's father worked with some leading names of the Hindi film industry then, such as music composers Kalyanji-Anandji, and singers Asha Bhonsle and Usha Khanna.
That had to rub off on the son, who grew up with notes of music wafting around him. His first dream was born—Vishal Bhardwaj was going to be a music composer.
When he was 17, Bhardwaj composed a song that caught the fancy of his father. Ram Bhardwaj discussed his son's composition skills with Khanna, who asked to hear it. Soon after, she used it for the film Yaar Kasam. At 19, Bhardwaj recorded his first song with the playback icon Bhonsle—the same year he lost his father. More:
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i have noticed that on tickover the engine seems very noisey when outside of the car whether engine is cold or hot ie tappet noise maybe anyone noticed this
i have noticed that on tickover the engine seems very noisey when outside of the car whether engine is cold or hot ie tappet noise maybe anyone noticed this
Yes ive noticed it that its not that quiet. Never bothered me although its alot louder when cold.
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No, my engine is extremely quiet, inside and out, hot or cold.Originally Posted by jordychris
No discernable tappet noise at all. I would say it is as quiet as the 2.4 V6 A4 I used to own a few years ago.
Get it checked out at your dealer.
(I assume the oil level is OK ?)
I get a tappet like noise on my petrol - sometimes there, sometimes not.
Mind you, mine chirps too now and again which is odd.
A bit off topic, I had a caterham 7 HPC with the Vauxhall XE engine. Normal use the hydraulic tappes where fine, a little noise for them for the first few mins, then quiet (as quiet as that car could be) as a mouse. 10 mins on the track pulling 1.4 latteral G in the corners and they started to make loads of noise, oil level was fine etc etc, and the data logger recorded no loss even momentry in oil pressure. The solution was the oil I was using, mobile 1 was to thin for the engine under hard load, so I switched to mobile 1 motorsport. But this in its self did not solve the problem because the hydraulic tappets held onto a large amount of the old oil which was to thin, so they had to be removed from the engine and flushed (or replaced dependent on my budget), and that solved the problem.
It might be that the very thin long life oil is causing problems with the hydraulic tappets but I guess the best thing to do is pop into the dealer and see what they think.
yup my TFSI is the same
i think its more to do with the high pressure injectors rather than the tappets.
i wasn't worried about it at first but not anymore as it seems to be a 'feature'!
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i spoke to a rac guy today who was out to look at another problem and asked about the noise he said it was a bit noisey but not to worry finish running it in and if still concerned take it to the dealer
I am not even sure the TFSI uses hydrualic tappets, but if it does how many miles have your engines covered before the noise has developed?
The point on my original post was to point out that some designs of hydrualic tappets don't circulate their oil, so the thin long life oil filling them could be well past its best.
my the same, but i use to have 2.0fsi non turbo and was much more quieter then tfsi.
I think you may find that it actually is the injectors you can here, not the tappets.
Mine is the same, and while mine was in yesterday haveing the seat frame replaced, I had a 2.0 T FSi A6 as a courtesay car and it was just the same.
Nothing to worry about.
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It is a very noisy engine. And I believe it is the injectors, a VAG specialist mentioned it in passing to me only the other day.
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It is the same in the 2.0FSI (non turbo). I have seen it mentioned in various forums and apparently it is indeed a 'feature' of FSI engines. It is the high pressure injectors that you hear.
I first noticed it in a colleague's A4, also a 2.0FSI, a couple of years ago and was kinda dissapointed to find that my sportback made exactly the same noise. If only they would put the same noise insulation in the petrol cars as they do in the TDIs. It is no problem inside the car, but outside it is very apparent and kinda sounds like a diesel clatter.
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Well, my 2.0T is extremely quiet, even starting from cold. It is one of the smoothest and quietest engines I have ever owned, by a huge margin.Originally Posted by rich1068
If yours is noisy, it is either defective, or it has been thrashed !
As previously stated it is a feature of the 'FSI' engine and is nothing to worry about. I raised my concerns with a good friend who is in to his engines/ cars and he informed me that is all part of the FSI engine and not to worry.
This guy strips and re-builds engines for fun at the weekends an know's his stuff so don't panic mate, just enjoy the noise when you put ya foot down!
have you any proof of that?Originally Posted by mfspen
its the injector noise as i said in my previous reply.
the FSI engine uses very high pressure fuel injectors similar to new diesel engines.
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Then why is my engine quiet, and completely free from rattling of any kind ?Originally Posted by RobinA3
If I stand outside my car after starting up, all I hear is a smooth hum. No rattles.
Inside the car, at idle, the dominant noise is a smooth burble from the exhaust. Pulling away, above about 1500rpm, the exhaust noise disappears, and I just hear a very faint hum from the engine. It's very similar to a 6-pot actually. That's it, absolutely no rattling of any kind, at any time, at any temperature !
BTW, my car is 6 months old (bought Sept 2006), so I guess it is possible that the newer cars have been modified by Audi, if there was a problem on earlier cars. Incidentally, so far, my car exhibits zero oil consumption, which would be consistent with an engine with low wear and/or low mechanical noise.
perhaps you are more special then everyone else then...........
As you can see from the baove replies there are several owners who have the name noise and also this was mentioned on the Mk5 Golfs forum and people with the GTI's which has the same engine also noticed the same noise.
The noise isn't that loud, its just a faint clicking sound of the injectors pulsing.
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Well my 2007 S3 is slightly noisy and thats brand new with 2.5k miles on and no oil consumption! Not bad through!
The new TFSI engines are noisier than others because of the technology.
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Well, there seems to be a huge inconsistency between my experience and the handful of reports above ("very noisy engine" vs "extremely quiet").
I can only conclude that Audi have made some changes to the design recently.
It depends upon what experience you have had ie what cars exactly have you been used to that your are basing your comparison to?
Iv'e come from 2 8L S3's and at the min the noise seems more diesel than those on tickover.
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Yes I agree.Originally Posted by JamS3
I am basing my criterion for an engine being 'quiet' or 'smooth' against the 2.4 V6 A4 and the 320i straight six I used to own a few years ago. So, that's a pretty severe test, I think you would agree.
None of the above.Originally Posted by mfspen
Have you tried lifting the bonnet?
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No, I find it hard to see out of the windscreen with the bonnet raisedOriginally Posted by rich1068
lol! Touche!
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Please note I'm not saying its 'very' noisey and mine too does not make hardly any noise when idling at any temp and all i get is a nice rumble from the exhaust but I noticed a slight noise (if i kneel down by the front bumper by the grill) after about two weeks of owning the car which I have been told and has been veryified several times in this thread is just a feature of the 'FSI' engine and how it functions.
Its not a sign of a faulty engine, or design changes by audi or that the motor has been thrashed, its just the way it is any maybe some are louder than others???
called into audi today asked technician to take a look at my car concerning injector noise and he confirmed this is a feature of fsi engine it is to do with the pressure the injectors are working under just as robina3 has said
Jam is right.Originally Posted by JamS3
The 8L S3, and in fact all the 1.8T engines, have the same tappety noise. Its actually a combination of all sorts. There are numerous solenoid valves and obviously the injectors, etc. that all make clicking noises.
So I expect the 2.0TFSI is going to be very similar, and probably sound even like a diesel slightly because of its high pressure direct injection system.
I'm pretty sure it does as most car engines do. It stops you from having to adjust valve clearances every x miles. Strangely my Mum's Honda Jazz has solid lifters so it'll need checking/adjusting at some point in its life.Originally Posted by HeliChris
Car engines generally don't rev high enough to need solid lifters. Not sure about the likes of CTRs and RS4s etc with they're highish redlines.
That's whyI had the 1.9TDi instead of the FSI, quieter and loads more torque.
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I think if I was in your position, I would ask my dealer to demonstrate a couple of their 2.0T's. If you can't tell the difference, then that's end of story, but if your engine is significantly noisier, you would have a good case for a warranty claim.Originally Posted by jordychris
Audi is supposed to be a premium brand, and there is no way I would put up with my engine being noisy and rattly. As I've said, my engine doesn't rattle, and neither did either of the two cars I test drove before I ordered it.
I agree, check it out with the dealer. My 2.0T is quiet and does not have any noticeable rattle or "tappet" noise from the engine.
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i thought one of the benefits of a petrol engine over a diesel is they are quieter???? we now sayin the diesels are quieter than the petrols???
No, petrol engine is definitely quieter, but comparing these FSI engines to some V6s, of course you would notice they generate somewhat different noise at idle (or when cold, but at least petrol isn't freezing so easily ).
Not that there's much noise on my, sure it doesn't sound that nice as 6-cylinder from outside when it's cold morning, but it's near-silent inside.
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My engine is the same. I popped the bonnet and I reckon there are 2 things causing it. One of them seemed to be coming from the alternator belt tensioner. And it seemed to be vibrating quite wildly too. The other noise I'm not sure about.
While driving there's no noise but at idle it's unacceptable. Gonna get it checked out this week now I'm on leave (yay!). I will ask them to demo me with another tfsi if they try and fob me off.
I've booked my car in for thursday.
The tech said it was normal noise so I said that lots of guys on this forum said they had quiet idle. He said he'd do a diagnostic check on it so I said I wasn't happy with that as it wouldn't show everything up. He said they then compare it to 3 other cars with the same engine, preferably of the same model.
Fingers crossed they'll get it sorted.
mm, that reminded me.. on another forum, there was some talk about belt being a bit loose, which would cause it to slip when engine is cold, making some kind of weird noise. It would go away when engine got warm, but they did something on the service to it.
No idea if this the same noise, but.. just came to mind.
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Audi dude reckons there's nothing wrong with it. They compared it to another a3 tfsi that had only done 2 miles and it was the same apparently. Are we being too sensitive??
I've made a vid which clearly shows the noise I'm on about. Plus halfway through I closed in on what my mate said was the tensioner and you can see it vibrating. I'm not sure it is a tensioner cos it doesn't look like it touches a belt! The audi guy didn't correct me though.
My God, that sounds more like a diesel !
...and absolutely nothing like my engine !
Mine sounds much like that.
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A Vancouver restaurant is embracing the Christmas spirit and is trying to help a 10-month-old girl and her family, who have spent many nights in the intensive care unit this year.
Edible Canada, on Granville Island, opened Sunday for a special fundraising dinner for Lauren Arneil, a Burnaby, B.C., girl who had a heart attack when she was five-months-old.
Arneil was diagnosed with a rare heart condition — anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) — when it landed her in the emergency room earlier this year.
Lauren's parents Amanda and Matt Arneil were playing with the baby girl and taking photos, when they noticed something wasn't right with her.
They rushed her to hospital, where her heart stopped.
"I feel on the floor of the resuscitation room, praying. I was face down on the floor when they were trying to resuscitate her," said Matt.
"I just remember screaming in the hallway: 'This can't be happening, this can't be happening,'" Amanda said.
Lauren survived thanks to a heart bypass machine, and her heart recovered with the help of three surgeries.
"It started actually to beat again, and it was so exciting to see the little blips go across the screen that showed that her heart was just starting to wake up a little bit," said Amanda.
The Arneils were frequent customers of the Vancouver restaurant, which heard about Lauren's emergency and brought bags of food to the ICU for the parents.
"They said: 'Don't worry about it,' and started providing us with meals on the weekends when they were open for breakfast," Amanda said.
As well as the Sunday's fundraising dinner proceeds, the restaurant also donated five per cent of the day's breakfast sales to an education fund for Lauren.
Edible Canada's Eric Pateman said the season is part of the inspiration.
"Christmastime: It's all about giving back, and really being able to do something," Pateman said.
"For us to really do something for a single person, that could change their life of make a huge difference in their life, is important to us," he said.
The family isn't sure what developmental obstacles Lauren's heart attack may lead to, but say they're touched by the restaurant's generosity and Christmas spirit.
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Flea & Tick Product False Advertising Class Action Lawsuit
By Mike Holter
According to the class action lawsuit, Bayer and Merial collectively sell approximately $2 billion in flea and tick products annually, including Bayer's line of Advantage, Advantix, K9 Advantix and Advocate products, and Merial's line of Frontline and Certifect products. These products are sold as treatments for dogs and cats suffering with fleas, ticks, adult flea eggs, larvae, mosquito, heartworm, ear mites and sarcoptic mange. While each one of individual products targets only a limited subset of the pet aliments, all of the products target fleas and their larvae.
The problem, the flea and tick product class action lawsuit states, is that Bayer and Merial make false and/or misleading claims about what these products do. These allegedly false advertising claims include that the products:
* are self-dispersing and cover the entire surface area of the dog or cat's body when applied in a single limited spot;
* are effective for one month and require monthly application to continue to be effective;
* do not enter the blood stream of the pet and instead move across the pet's skin to cover the pet; and
* are waterproof and remain effective following shampoo treatments, swimming, or after exposure to rain or sunlight.
The Bayer and Merial Flea and Tick Product Class Action Lawsuit is seeking to recover damages on behalf of all consumers who purchased the products, as well as an injunction barring Bayer and Merial from continuing to misrepresent what their flea and tick products can do.
Updated October 26th, 2011
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- Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and saute for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the onion, oregano, chili powder, basil, ground black pepper, salt, cumin, parsley, salsa and tomato sauce.
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My mother is Mexican (born and raised) and immigrated to the US when she was 15. My inlaws are also Mexican who immigrated 30 years ago. This sauce is sooo NOT like anything my mom or my inlaws would ever make. The sauce was 1. Too runny 2. Way too sweet 3. Tasted like italian pasta sauce. I tried to fix it by adding some chopped jalapenos and some splashes of tabasco sauce, but my enchiladas tasted like I made them with ragu. On the possitive end, I think this is a good base and will try again with some modifications. Also, I think this is kid friendly and would be something young kids and non spicy tolerant people might enjoy. Sorry, I hate giving bad reviews but I appreciate the sharing!
I am so glad I read the other reviews before I made this dish. This recipe makes an excellent enchilada sauce with a few changes: 1) use tomato paste instead of sauce 2) use chicken broth instead of water 3) blend the salsa to make it smooth 4) double the chili powder and 5) cook the sauce for several hours, adding broth to maintain a smooth consistency. I made this sauce with Gerry's Chicken Enchiladas, also on this site.
First let me start by saying I am 1/2 Hispanic 1/2 White. This does NOT taste authentic as far as enchilada sauce goes, it DOES however taste really really good. Usually when I try any new recipe here I'll tweek it a bit to my own taste. This is so far the only recipie I have ever come across that I did NOT want to change anything. It is great !!EDIT: I have used 1 can of tomato juice and ommited paste/water. If you do it this way, I'd suggest a long simmer.Also my choice is CALVIN AND CLEOS™ salsa. Tried Pace™/Old El Paso™, even my own home made, but commercially, theres tasted best in at least this recipe. Be warned, the awsome smell it creates may drive you crazy for a while....dang it I'm hungry now ...Gonna make some again this weekend.............. Quick recipe. Make enchilada filling from 2lb hamburger, 1 medium onion, 1lb velveeta cubed, or shredded, and about 1/2 cup of this sauce, roll your filling up,Pour about a cup on the bottom of a 9x13 pan, Place rolled enchiladas in cake pan, pour the rest of this sauce over it all, and top with shredded cheddar, bake for 30 min @ 350. YUMMMM.
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The King County Sheriff's Office and City of Maple Valley are inviting the public and media to attend a dedication ceremony of the new "Hicks and Raburn Memorial" site.
The new memorial site was commissioned by the City of Maple Valley in partnership with the King County Sheriff's Office at Lake Wilderness Park. This is to provide a local memorial for fallen deputies who served in Southeast King County.
There was previously a memorial located at the Hicks/Raburn Precinct in Southeast King County; however, due to closure of the precinct a new memorial has been commissioned.
Sergeant Samuel Hicks was shot and killed on June 24, 1982 while conducting a murder investigation.
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There really are no weaknesses in relation to other fighters. That said, Matt Serra once proved he's not unbeatable. In other words, if you tag him, he can be taken out.
What Carlos Condit brings to the table: Condit is a complete MMA fighter. We're talking about a guy that brings an even amount of submission (13) and (T)KO victories (13) into this encounter. He's technically sound on his feet, has solid wrestling skills, and is a well above average Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner. He's capable of causing guys to tap from both the top and bottom position. What's more, he's showed a lot of power recently, having (T)KO'd Rory MacDonald, Dan Hardy, and Dong Hyun Kim consecutively. Not to mention, the guy won a controversial decision while mostly on his feet against Nick Diaz. Simply put, anyone who is able to have a level of success on his feet against a guy like him has cardio and possesses toughness.
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Quote:Pete,Quote:Mike one of the clinchers for me on getting a C6 was Larry Carlinos review of his saying it was every bit as good as his Synta Mak of like sized aperture.Is this the review? Celestron C6-S Schmidt-Cassegrainian Mike
Quote:Mike one of the clinchers for me on getting a C6 was Larry Carlinos review of his saying it was every bit as good as his Synta Mak of like sized aperture.
Quote:Info you should know about the C6, or any small SCT for that matter.
They were not designed to add a lot of length in accesories off the back end. Tthe shorter you keeep it the better off you are.
f/10 is only nominal and occurs at only ONE single position. Your scope is almost never operating at f/10.
These scopes were not made for use like you see in some photos here on CN, with 2" diagonals, reducers and binoviewers. Put a reducer, a 2" diagonal and a binoviewer on the back end of a 6" SCT and it'll be operating close to 4".
Best used with a 1.25" diagonal (or a short 2" diagonal) too get the full aperture.
With a standard 1.25" visual back and a standard 1.25" mirror diagonal, a C6 is operating near F=1700.
Quote:What this shows is there does not seem to be any binoviewer configuration that gives full aperture. And frankly, I would not use my BV on the back end in a 1.25" diagonal. So, just about any BV configuration I select would result in a loss of at least 14 to 18mm in aperture.
Quote:I wonder how long it will be before this shows up on the used market with stripped out secondary screws, and uneven aftermarket focuser, internal fans installed, the rear cell threads stripped out, mirror locks and a the corrector reinstalled incorrectly. I say 6 months tops!! Your killing me Mike.
Quote:I think in some applications the loss of aperture for binoviewing is negligible - I'm guessing as I haven't done it yet. Terrestrial spotting would be fine and I'm gonna leap here and say the comfort and efficiency of bino viewing offsets the aperture loss on contrasts on lunar and planetary.I'm interested in a lot of your results now Mike !Pete
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Availability: Radisson Blu Plaza Resort Phuket Panwa Beach
Deluxe RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Deluxe Room, Sea ViewMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
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Upscale resort on the beach, with 2 outdoor swimming pools
Within easy reach of Cape Panwa, Phuket Aquarium, and Khao Khad Views Tower, this Wichit resort is located near the bay and set on the beach. Area attractions also include Chalong Temple and Phuket Zoo.
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Spend the day catching some rays at the beach, relaxing by one of Radisson Blu Plaza Resort Phuket Panwa Beach's 2 outdoor swimming pools, or pampering yourself at the full-service spa.
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LCD televisions come with premium satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, and refrigerators.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Radisson Blu Plaza Resort Phuket Panwa Beach features a full-service spa, 2 outdoor swimming pools, a health club, and a steam room. The resort offers a coffee shop/café and a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include a beach bar, a swim-up bar, and a poolside bar. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
This 5-star property offers access to a business center and small meeting rooms. Event facilities measure 1970 square feet (183 square meters). This luxury resort also offers a children's pool, spa services, and a children's club. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests.
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- Total number of rooms - 211
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- Full-service health spa
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- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free Wi-Fi
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- Multiple small meeting rooms
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- Year Built 2008
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- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 183
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
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AQUA - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and brunch. A children's menu is available.
AZUR - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in seafood and serves breakfast and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
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2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a steam room.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, health club, or fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Aerobics on site
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- Volleyball on site
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TALAY has 6 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include facials, body wraps, body scrubs, and body treatments. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
- Number of treatment rooms 6
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
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Check-out time is noon
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
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- Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per child: THB 2600 (from 4 to 12 years old)
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: THB 6200
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: THB 3600 (from 4 to 12 years old)
- Additional Details
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Awards & Affiliations
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- A Green / Sustainable Property - Second Party CertifiedThis property participates in The Green Leaf Environmental Standard (GLES), a second-party certification program. Second-party certification measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. An assessment of a company's sustainable tourism practices has been performed at this property by an assessor or auditor that is not independent of the second-party certification program.


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Offshore outsourcing, that is.
Seems there's a law called 122-12 which forbids layoffs in the case of outsourcing deals:
- If you think they can't be serious, they are. Just ask Alcatel, which signed a deal a few years ago and laid off hundreds of workers, only to be forced by a French labor court to take a large number of them back.
Whole story is here.