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oenophile: November 2008

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008. India's Unknown Birth Control Pioneer. Margaret Sanger, an American birth control pioneer, founded her first clinic in 1916 at Brooklyn New York. Marie Stopes, a British birth control pioneer, founded her first clinic in 1921 at London. Raghunath Karve, an Indian birth control pioneer, founded his first clinic in 1921 at Bombay. He was arrested and convicted twice on obscenity charges, and had to pay fines. Despite waging a lifelong passionate fight for gender equality a...

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oenophile: December 2011

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Monday, December 5, 2011. Dev Anand, A Tongue-In-Check Tribute. A 12 year old Me wearing strechlon blue checked bell-bottom trousers, a same-age friend (F) and his older brother (OB), and another friend of the older brother (FOB). F and me run into OB and FOB. OB and FOB :. F and Me :. Why are you ROFLing? Look at your pants. Nothing to laugh at, they almost match Dev Anand's in Amir Garib. He is my favorite hero. He is over 50 years old. At that age, 50 belongs with the dinosaurs). But he looks so young.

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Filmi~Contrast: February 2015

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Saturday, February 28, 2015. Pakistan Film Reviews: Lakhon Mein Ek (1967) لاکھہں مین ایک. There's something to be said for trans-border romances. Or rather, nearly everyone has something to say through them. Just like Desai seeks to resolve deep social rifts through separated brother motifs, trans-border romances can speak to the ache of helplessness and loss people feel when separated from loved ones by arbitrary lines on a map. Spoilers below. It's hard to discuss this film without them.]. After some c...

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Filmi~Contrast: December 2014

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Unsung Indian Film Favorites of 2014. Films I saw this year that didn't get enough love either here or on halfwaythruthedark. Rules. 100ish words or less per film. Films listed in order of year of release. This version of It Happened One Night is almost as good as Chori Chori (1956) in terms of entertainment value. Lesser in terms of standout songs. For anyone allergic to melodrama but curious about Uttam/Suchitra, this is YOUR film. Easy to find on YT, go crazy. If you need a...

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Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 and Part 2 (2012) - Filmi Geek

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Laquo; Julie (1975). The Preposterous Lady Carla ». July 31, 2015. Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 and Part 2 (2012). With Anurag Kashyaps magnum opus recently becoming available on various streaming services in the US, I sat down to watch it with Beth. As to the violence - dont get me wrong,. Has plenty of it - it doesnt get under my skin in the same way as, say, that in. Ive given some thought to why, and concluded that it is more cartoonish than it is horrifying, more hitting the ew, gross! I am trying to ...

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Filmi Geek: Carla's favorites

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June 04, 2016. Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013). ग ल य क र सल ल र म-ल ल. Dir Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Bhansali films have been a mixed bag for me. For instance, while I am very fond of. 0160;hits some terribly wrong notes, and my seething hatred of. 0160;is well-documented. Bhansalis aesthetic sense is strong, and even if he doesnt always pull it off, its clear that he always has a grand vision in mind. In. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, as the title cards put it,. The film is full of sequences like th...

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oenophile: February 2012

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Saturday, February 11, 2012. In his recent post,. Thinks I know a lot about 70's songs, and had this farmaish. Wouldn’t you like to do a 70s gaana post. Somehting like a hit parade of each year in the 70s or fads of 70s gaana or Dev in the 70s mood. It is kind of Harvey to think that, I did see a lot of movies in the 70's, but would not consider myself an expert. However, a 70's Farmaish cannot be ignored; and hence this one is for Harvey. 1) Guzar Jaye Din - - Annadata. PPS Legend has it that Kishore th...

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NH10 (2015) - Filmi Geek

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Laquo; Dil apna aur preet parai (1960). The Khans at 50, and women taking revenge ». March 17, 2015. The lawless countryside does have a law of its own, explains a character in. 0160;presents this argument but does not endorse it.  It does not take the side of so-called honor killers, of the people who enforce the rules by killing their sisters and daughters.  But it does present a troubling moral conundrum.  . 0160;Certainly turning a blind eye toward the violence he witnesses cannot be the morally righ...

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Exotic and irrational entertainment: Films of Jean Arthur, part 2

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Exotic and irrational entertainment. Books, opera, Bollywood, and other indefensible obsessions. Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Films of Jean Arthur, part 2. A continuation of Films of Jean Arthur, part 1. This part discusses If You Could Only Cook. The Devil and Miss Jones. The Talk of the Town. And The More The Merrier. If You Could Only Cook. 1935, directed by William Seiter and written by Howard Green and Gertrude Purcell). The Talk of the Town. And The More the Merrier. And it may have begun here.