The 2006 National Film Board of Canada documentary, “Bombay Calling” takes you up close and personal with callers operating in a Mumbai call centre you really would prefer not to converse with and perhaps have hung up on in the past. Indian call centres selling legitimate products and services proliferated for some time in theContinue reading “RKS Throwback CANADIAN Documentary: “Bombay Calling”: Up Close and Personal with Those You’d Prefer to Hang Up On”
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The Return of the Penniless Pensioner: Can I Save Canada? Chapter Three: I Am Not the Man I Used To Be
If you have read my book “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” you might be tempted to say I morphed in light speed from a spoiled Indo-Welsh brat into a man of intrigue. Am I happy? How can you ask that after my sweet Calabrian plum Ginevra and our unborn child were killed inContinue reading “The Return of the Penniless Pensioner: Can I Save Canada? Chapter Three: I Am Not the Man I Used To Be”
RKS 2024 Film: “To Kill a Tiger”: Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
In a small Indian village Kiran, a 13-year-old, is savagely beaten and raped by three young men and then threatened with death if she tells anyone about the rape. Kiran tells her father Ranjit of the gang rape and he notifies the police. The lads are arrested and jailed. Given the prevalence of rape inContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “To Kill a Tiger”: Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film”
RKS 2023 Film: “The Elephant Whisperers”: 2023 Academy Award Nominee
“The Elephant Whisperers”, an Indian documentary short film, has been nominated as the best documentary short film at the 2023 Oscars. The documentary breaks the chain of depressing documentaries about elephants. Instead we encounter Bellie and Bomman at the Theppakadu Elephant Camp in India which is the largest contiguous wild space for Asian elephants. BellieContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “The Elephant Whisperers”: 2023 Academy Award Nominee”
“The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 45: Back in Bombay
In September I returned to Bombay. I kept myself occupied with the various businesses I had on the go that had been managed by trusted advisors over the past few years. I had sold the gold mining business my father had built up a few years ago and diversified. My newest business was called “NumberContinue reading ““The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 45: Back in Bombay”
RKS Film 2023: Slamdance Presents “The Underbug”
Your first question may be what is “Slamdance”. It sounds like a play on “Sundance” doesn’t it? Slamdance is a community, a year-round experience, and a statement in which everyone is invited to take part. The first Slamdance Film Festival was held in 1995 by a wild bunch of filmmakers who were tired of relyingContinue reading “RKS Film 2023: Slamdance Presents “The Underbug””
“Mutantism on The March” :Chapter 104 Garth Reseudo the Panarchist
Garth Reseudo, the well liked Zorollian panarchist, was rather enjoying Montreal. The Canadians were a friendly lot and much more reserved and cautious than the Americans. They were slow to lose their temper and that made them the true fibre of panarchism. Gandhi had appealed to Reseudo who read his books during his Washington stay.Continue reading ““Mutantism on The March” :Chapter 104 Garth Reseudo the Panarchist”
Canada announces Aid To Indian Red Cross
Canada announces funding support in response to COVID-19 in India From: Global Affairs Canada News release April 27, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada Canada is working with its partners and international organizations to control the spread of COVID-19 around the world. This is vital to helping those affected by the pandemic and protectingContinue reading “Canada announces Aid To Indian Red Cross”
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