A few weeks ago, I went to see “3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets,” a riveting documentary about the shooting death of Jordan Davis at a Jacksonville gas station. It’s well worth your time. On the way out, I picked up a Midtown Art film calendar that had Apu’s face on the cover. Apu as in Satyajit Ray’s “The Apu Trilogy, the highly acclaimed series … Continue reading Satyajit Ray, or Manikmama
“If they answer not to your call, walk alone,If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall, open your minds and speak out alone.If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness, trample the thorns under thy tread, and along the blood-lined track, travel alone.If they do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm,with the thunder flame … Continue reading Suchitra
Thousands of deities are on their way to the banks of the Ganges in West Bengal today. The immersions have to be finished by Wednesday in the capital, Kolkata. Ma Durga, the goddess of strength, returns to Ma Ganga, the holiest of rivers. In the next few hours, murtis or images made from clay, wood, paper mache, bamboo, straw, shell and sand will begin dissolving … Continue reading Goddess of strength
