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Anand Patwardhan Online

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From Laura Taflinger, posted via Doculink.

The Voices of Resistance an online discussion with Anand Patwardhan, August 23 to 27, 2004.

On June 16, 2004, one of India's most distinguished documentary filmmakers, Anand Patwardhan (War and Peace) gave a riveting keynote address at the Silverdocs International Documentary Conference in Washington, DC. In it, he took on some of the more critical issues facing documentary filmmakers today: media conglomeration, censorship (and self-censorship) and the increasing marginalization of ”the voices of resistance.”

From August 23 to 27, join Anand and other documentary colleagues from around the world for an intensive discussion of these issues, and for an international perspective on the challenges of political documentary filmmaking.

To read or participate in this free discussion, you must first register. If you have already registered for a previous discussions on The D-Word Forum, you can go straight to the discussion.

For documentary professionals who are interested in joining the ongoing documentary discussions on The D-Word Community, go here.

Literary Nuggets

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Champa Bilwakesh is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Andover Townsman, INDIA New England and Sawnet.

Her February 1, 2004 article in India New England spoke of South Asian women writers having a “formula” for publishing books that often receive critical acclaim. I am curious to know if women have muses too?

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Street Law

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Via Neeraja Viswanathan

“Can you get arrested for wearing a thong if you're ugly? Or becoming too familiar with your Halloween pumpkin? Or unknowingly renting a house to drug dealers?

Welcome to the wonderful world of criminal law. The Street Law Handbook answers all these questions. You might be the straightest arrow in town or the black sheep of your community, but either way, The Street Law Handbook is for you. “

This is one book I could have used at Chico State.

The Tree Bride

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Bharati Mukherjee's new novel, “The Tree Bride” is critiqued by Michiko Kakutani in today's New York Times.

“Ms. Mukherjee's efforts to widen her canvas from the personal to the political, from the private to the historical, result in her most maladroit novel yet.”

Don't hold back Michiko!

Life Photog Dead

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Legendary photographer Carl Mydans is dead.

“Mydans travelled the world with his cameras, witnessing and recording landmarks of history – from the gaunt faces of 1930s dust-bowl farmers to General Douglas MacArthur wading ashore on his return to the Philippines in 1944.”

First Bresson, now Mydans. Are the lights dimming?

The Doppler Effect

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Via Jasmeen Patheja

“For decades comics in India have been synonymous with children's playthings. They are popular educational aides for myths & fables, but little more. Comics can change societies, archive societies, create and enforce new archetypes for heroism, and still be fun to read.”

That's from Rohit Gupta's introduction to The Doppler Effect. You will find the original story written by Gupta at Tatlin's Tower, an online literary magazine. Illustrator Gabriel Greenberg massaged the story into a comic book. A successful symbiotic relationship, wouldn't you say?

Return To Sender

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Via NEXT@CNN

PhotoStamps is a new form of postage that allows customers to include their favorite digital photographs, designs or images on valid US Postal Service postage. Customers design state-of-the-art, professional-looking postage from the PhotoStamps web site by simply uploading pictures from existing image files, digital photographs, and original graphics. An intuitive interface allows users of PhotoStamps to flip, rotate, and zoom in and out of their images, as well as add colored borders to create harmonized themes.

Sure it costs extra. It's a business for crying out loud. But does the extra charge mean my mail will actually be delivered on time now?

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