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Indian Daughter Speaks - By Esha Tewari Pande

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From last few weeks, the movie ‘India's Daughter’ has been a point of discussion everywhere. The movie is about a rape that happened in Delhi in 2012. It quickly became a controversy where some people believe that the movie should be banned; the other ones believe that it shouldn’t.  Indian Government banned it and justified the ban by saying they are concerned by the remarks made in the film by one of the rapists, Mukesh Singh - who is on death row and of course other political legal /illegal issues associated with Flim which is still a controversy. People who are in favor of ban are saying that the movie reflects a wrong image of India and will impact India's tourism. Just like Indian government, they believe that a rapist’s point of view should not be publicized like this.  I watched many debates where people are discussing about what the rapist said in the movie and why this should be banned. So I have a few questions for Indian government and the people who ...

India's Greatest Ironies

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Posted as received.  Photo courtesy: (Apparently) India Times

DISCOVERING THE INCOGNITO, TOMB OF GAUS MOHAMMAD - by Nupur Agarwal

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DESIGNAING THE BUILT HERITAGE  Exploring the significance and expression of lattice , form and planning of tomb of Mohammad gaus and finding out reasons - how do we get decorative to cosmological . THE LEGACY OF MOHAMMAD GAUS  The mausoleum of Mohammad gaus locally known as “ tansen ka maqbara ”is reffered to be the world famous architecture from history .The huge scale of mausoleum testifies to sustained building work that Akbar was able to contemplate over a period of 38 years . The mmausoleumbuilt is paid as a homage to the sufi saint Mohammad gaus by the Mughal Emperor Akbar . THE MAGNIFICENT TOMB ARCHITECTURE  The architecture of mausoleum displays great variety both structural and aesthetic ,developing gradually and coherently out of earlier tradition and experience .its paramount virtues are several “a marked feeling for form and scale ” structural inventiveness specially in dome construction ;a genius for decoration and lattice work ,with a...

Leela Samsons Visit To Gwalior - An Interview by Doctor Sumit Narula

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Sensor Board has a clear eye on the content as well on the promos of the movies; these were the words of Ms Leela Samson, Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification. She was in Amity University, Madhya Pradesh for a guest lecture on ‘Statutory Body CBFC: Its Duties and Responsibilities’.  Dr Sumit Narula, Deputy Director, Amity School of Communication took her interview during for Global Times during her visit to the university. Excerpts of the interview are following: Q1: What are your views on the working of the Central Board of Film Certification? Answer: The working of the CBFC is very transparent and clear. We have also improved our system by giving the link for the online uploading of the films for the directors. This has helped us a lot in cutting time for clearing the movie. About the panels, I would say that there are various panels to approve the films and every panel member is very much qualified to do his/her work carefully. Q2: How many categories...

THRU MY LENS "GWALIOR SHILP MELA 2013" - By P Pradeep

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Dear Readers, With immense pleasure, I would like to present to you our Guest Blogger – P Pradeep . He is a technology Expert by Profession but carries passion for Creative Writing too. His Blog  " Neoimaginations " is just a result of that compulsive desire to write about people, places and life. In his own words – “The Photography came later as i wanted to bridge the gap between what i saw and what I wrote. I  know nothing about Photography but I am trying my hands at it. May be someday I can click the most desired pictures of this beautiful creation of God. I am not a stream-line writer and very random in my subjects of writing. Thus i write anything under the sky from satire to critical appreciation, from poems to reviews. I believe that Sharing is a law of nature. So i like to share my views, ideas, anger and happiness to people who are walking with the same wavelength of thought" Welcome Pradeep !! We sincerely hope you will enjoy your Journey with Gw...