tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13242432.post7329554532366156220..comments2024-03-02T06:59:38.275+05:30Comments on Cutting the Chai: A Mother's JourneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13242432.post-79041090618418375062006-09-14T15:12:00.000+05:302006-09-14T15:12:00.000+05:30For you it was Charu Mazumdar and Kanu Sanyal but ...For you it was Charu Mazumdar and Kanu Sanyal but for me and many more from Assam it was Bhaskar Nandi and perhaps Hemanga Biswas(if I remember correctly)...Grew up with legends of the movement and slogans and short stories and novels and people---all related with the movement in Assam even though it was not as strong there as it was in Calcutta.<br /><br />After many years of yearning I got the chance to watch the movie last year in the land of the neem trees: Delhi University Arts Faculty, above the University Book store (rich very rich!).To analyse it, it was another 'intellectual pursuit'! Before, we used to fulfill that in the book store, thanks to the students' concession there.<br /><br />I do agree that Hazar Chaurashi…… doesn't go into deeper levels of understanding and also deal with the 'lack of understanding from even close family members; just to add, that also of the society. But I think it also makes you think; to recall and ponder why a whole generation sacrificed their lives without even thinking twice. The scene between Jaya Bachchan and Nandita Das for instance is one such example.<br /><br />And yes, 'the enigma remains till date'---of the movement and the movie.<br /><br />And the post too, on one of my most favourite movies.<br /><br /><i>[Received this comment via email and posted it here myself - Soumyadip]</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13242432.post-73190101440171930192006-09-13T07:32:00.000+05:302006-09-13T07:32:00.000+05:30Dwaipayan Comment 1: The September issue will be c...<b>Dwaipayan</b> Comment 1: The September issue will be coming soon. The release date has gradually shifted from the beginning of the month to mid-month.<br /><br />Comment 2: Being fit and blogging don't necessarily go together, at least for me. Many of the posts were written while the thermometre under my tongue read 104F. <br /><br />Comment 3: Mementos. At that time they might seem insignificant, but with time their cherish factor keeps on multiplying.<br /><br /><b>Adi</b> The sad fact is that while youth has been at the forefront of all revolutions in this nation, when it comes to governance it is the virtual monopoly of the 60+<br /><br /><b>San</b> Somehow this repetitiveness doesn't sound monotonous to me.<br /><br /><b>Appu</b> Better much better.<br /><br /><b>BVN</b> Sometimes the methods mar the intentions. I'll look for the movie.Soumyadiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682209847610571893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13242432.post-23617162046767160742006-09-12T23:19:00.000+05:302006-09-12T23:19:00.000+05:30Nice post...thoughtful one. We too have some Naxal...Nice post...thoughtful one. We too have some Naxal folklore in kerala. Maybe there methods were wrong but the smug faced us have no right to question their intentions. Naxals have a very important place in our history - if they are already part of it. I'll try watching this movie.<br /><br />There is a Shaji N karun movie that won Cannes - Piravi - its about a fathers wait for his son,who was killed during the emergency-Naxal days in Kerala - in case yu can get hold of itb v nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766548210985676148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13242432.post-29341984994786993602006-09-11T19:45:00.000+05:302006-09-11T19:45:00.000+05:30i've only managed to watch bits of this movie . di...i've only managed to watch bits of this movie . didnt get around to watcing it all. <br /><br />Nice post though. (i'm becoming repetitive)Sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542542549895543741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13242432.post-76249788625201959552006-09-11T18:45:00.000+05:302006-09-11T18:45:00.000+05:30youth has always been the 'gomukh' of revolution.....youth has always been the 'gomukh' of revolution... misguided or not, who m i to saydelhidreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613041484425960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13242432.post-23068941308040117752006-09-10T21:33:00.000+05:302006-09-10T21:33:00.000+05:30and now after reading half of the post I've someth...and now after reading half of the post I've something to say!!<br /><br />nakshalbari movement!!<br />our school library still has an almirah on which the slogans were once written. the madam has not wiped away that and kept that intact as a memento. that was the the only experience I've directly!!dwaipayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147671956829078835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13242432.post-56995749912231831642006-09-10T21:25:00.000+05:302006-09-10T21:25:00.000+05:30oh!! you were ill?? hope you are fine now. you mus...oh!! you were ill?? hope you are fine now. you must be,when you are blooging that means you are fit!!dwaipayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147671956829078835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13242432.post-18755430146394927422006-09-10T21:23:00.000+05:302006-09-10T21:23:00.000+05:30so it seems finally you have managed some time to ...so it seems finally you have managed some time to watch this movie. I've neither read the book nor have I seen the movie.<br /><br />btw, what about the september issue of ispecial cutting chai??dwaipayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147671956829078835noreply@blogger.com