Life and Opinions of an Artist ; "A Time For Dreamers"

Gurinder Chadha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Gurinder Chadha OBE Chadha in 2019 Born 10 January 1960 (age 59) Nairobi , Kenya Residence London , UK Occupation Film director, screenwriter Years active 1990–present Spouse(s) Paul Mayeda Berges Children 2 Gurinder Chadha , OBE (born 10 January 1960) is an English film director of Kenyan Asian origin. Most of her films explore the lives of Indians living in England. The common theme among her work showcases the trials of Indian women living in England and how they must reconcile their converging traditional and modern cultures. Although many of her films seem like simple quirky comedies about Indian women, they actually address many social and emotional issues, especially ones faced by immigrants caught between two worlds. Much of her work also consists of adaptations from book to film, but with a different flair. She is best known for the...

West Is West (2010 film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search West Is West Theatrical release poster Directed by Andy DeEmmony Produced by Leslee Udwin Written by Ayub Khan-Din Starring Om Puri Linda Bassett Robert Pugh Aqib Khan Music by Rob Lane Shankar Ehsaan Loy Cinematography Peter Robertson Edited by Jon Gregory Stephen O'Connell Production company BBC Films Assassin Films Distributed by Icon Film Distribution Release date 12 September 2010 ( TIFF ) 25 February 2011 (United Kingdom) Running time 103 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Budget £2.5 million Box office £4.9 million [1] West Is West is a 2010 British comedy-drama film directed by Andy DeEmmony and starring Om Puri , Linda Bassett , Aqib Khan , Ila Arun and Jimi Mistry . A sequel to the 1999 comedy film East Is East , it was written by Ayub Khan-Din and produced by Leslee...

East Is East (1999 film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search East Is East Directed by Damien O'Donnell Produced by Leslee Udwin Screenplay by Ayub Khan-Din Starring Om Puri Linda Bassett Music by Deborah Mollison Cinematography Brian Tufano Edited by Michael Parker Production company FilmFour Assassin Films Distributed by Channel Four Films Release date 5 November 1999 Running time 96 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Budget £1.9 million [1] Box office £10 million [2] East Is East is a 1999 British comedy-drama film written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by Damien O'Donnell . It is set in Salford , Lancashire , (now in Greater Manchester ), in 1971, in a mixed-ethnicity British household headed by Pakistani father George ( Om Puri ) and an English mother, Ella ( Linda Bassett ). East Is East is based on the play East is East by Ayub Khan-Din, which opene...

comment i always wonder about the Philipines and their way of life. I have met a lot of very "nice "  and lovely people from this country  .... always cheerful and friendly and wonder why they are not like the other high achieving Asians , more like the Jappannese and Koreans ..... is it because they are Catholic ?  This is possibly one of the reasons why they produce so many children and cannot use birth control .....

comment; The days are coming when  we are going to be the last generation to have lived through the beautiful experience of "Privacy" ..... lets drink to the luxury we have had in our lives.  From now on we will have the stress of having to eat our sandwiches in a different way ......    

Saint George and the Dragon is a painting i  created in the 80's..... only the divine can save us...   

Saint George and the Dragon  is a concept we will have to remember when dealing with over ambitious and "inhuman" use of the new surveillance technology.  I painted this painting in my twenties after reading a story written by Ray Bradbery , i think it was called "The Thing In The Jar" .... and it came out of my subconscious because i didn't know where this painting was going  ..... i liked the colours but i didnt like the painting because it was too much with the (cyclopse) eye .... then in 2018 i was struck by the affinity of this image with what surveillance was doing to our lives .....  Where is Saint George in the picture ?  He simply isn't there ....  can any thing save us from this development ?  The region of the Uigors  certainly  needs to be defended from the plan to use all it's rescources for the benefit of everyone else  but the people who have lived there for centuries .... it is similar to the Palestinian story, when...

  Comment; It isn't only the economic sanctions that are throwing away public opinion in these "rascal countries" ....  The Chinese have different customs but are traders with that mentality.  The million dollar question is this;  Why is it  that  the people of  Judeo Christian belief (including Islam) have to always be fighting and bickering ?    The awnser is ; The story of the prophet Joseph .... his brothers hated him and the attitude has survived  .... but today there is a lot of manipulation going on by clever Iago  who wants to fish in the muddy waters of surveillance (by creating room for it) .

Comment I have always been curious about The Class systems in the world and the Indian Hindu one which seems to be the one which has lasted for centuries.  How on earth could a religious thought put a group of people in a certain class and keep them there for so long .... it is unbelievable that even today there are people who still stay in their Dalit class and accept to be the lowest grade humans .....  and why have they not had a revolution like the Russians did against serfhom .....    this is why i am very happy everytime i hear about a Dalit converting to another religion which views mankind and womankind  as a brotherhood  and (sisterhood)   of equal spirits .....

When China Rules the World From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search When China Rules the World... Author Martin Jacques Country United Kingdom / United States Language English Subject Globalization , Chinese history and culture , international relations , modernity Genre Non-fiction Published June 2009 Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback) Name (UK): When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World Name (US): When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order is a book by British journalist and scholar Martin Jacques . It was released in 2009. It aroused a serious discussion in the United States and globally about the role of China in the creation of the new 21st century world order. Jacques refers to the estimates on China's economic sup...

The selfish case for saving bees: it’s how to save  ourselves Alison Benjamin These crucial pollinators keep our world alive. Yes, they are under threat – but all is not lost Sat 18 May 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Sat 18 May 2019 23.18 BST Shares 999 Comments 489 Illustration: Matt Kenyon/The Guardian W hen I see a bee buzzing around my garden or in the park in early spring, I get a real thrill from being able to identify her. If she is black and darting among small, white tubular flowers with her long tongue protruding and her legs tucked under her furry, round body, I know she is a hairy-footed flower bee. A few years ago I wouldn’t have noticed her because, like most people, I thought all bees were striped. I also assumed they made honey, stung, and lived in a hive with a queen bee...