Madhuri Katti | madkat70@gmail.com | 58 posts
I am a writer and a voracious reader, film and music buff too...
The poignant tale of disillusionment of a beautiful young nun was branded ‘blasphemous’ by Vatican and the film was banned in Spain by the conservative Catholic dictator, General Francisco Franco. After more than 40 years Malaga Festival of Spanish films paid a tribute to the masterpiece on the 25th death anniversary of Luis Bunuel.
April 21, 2009
Picasso's Challenging the Past is an ongoing exhibition that opens up new doors.
April 20, 2009
Cortazar’s short story ‘A Yellow Flower’, in his book Blow-up and other Stories has a unique take on continuity of life and existential angst. The protagonist of the tale perpetually ponders upon mortality, immortality, reincarnation and death through his own surreal experience.
April 7, 2009
Every war photojournalist must suffer extreme depression. To be a mute witness to death is not easy. But it is important to capture noir reality frame by frame. The worst suffering must be recorded. The brutal beast inside man must be exposed
April 4, 2009
The rare tape shows Jimi Hendrix singing and playing guitar quietly in his apartment which is a real contrast to the live electric performance Jimi Hendrix is renowned for.
April 3, 2009
Censorship can only defer arrival of new insight or truth but yet it cannot rein in and imprison human intellect and imagination in the confines of ignorance. Good creative works and insights get buried only to be resurrected much later.
March 31, 2009
In Eduardo Galeano's books history becomes a series of narrated stories and life a sad poetry, thus blurring the genre lines between fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
March 29, 2009
Herzog dares to navigate the darkest of terrains of human soul to portray the madness imprisoned in human beings.
March 24, 2009
Voltaire’s tale of enlightenment of Candide is a realistic tale of disillusionment as well.
March 10, 2009
Charles Darwin influenced modern scientific thinking to an extent that can't be paid homage to in any way. Perhaps, the exhibition dedicated to him “Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts” at the Yale Center for British Art is a befitting ode to the great thinker.
March 6, 2009
Carlos Saura immortalizes fado on the celluloid with his movie 'Fados'. The movie features artists like Mariza, caetano Veloso, and Ricardo Ribeiro.
April 24, 2009
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