Month: September 2004
Digital Photo Contest!
Hey! JPG Magazine, a new publication which showcases the work of photographers who fall between the amateur and professional levels, is accepting photographic submissions for its premiere issue, themed “Origin.” Click the link for more info.
Get With The Program, People!
Have you read the latest Simon World :: Asia by Blog? Well, what are you waiting for?
Bride And Prejudice
What’s the follow-up to Gurinder Chadha’s wonderful film Bend It Like Beckham? Oh yes: Jane Austen in a sari. I can’t wait to see Bride and Prejudice. In Bride and Prejudice, the Bennet family of sleepy Longbourn, Hertfordshire, become the Bakshis of Amritsar, a city equally far removed from Indian high culture and society. Elizabeth Bennet has become Lalita Bakshi, while Mr Darcy is a wealthy heir to an American hotel chain, who meets Lalita while visiting India for a friend’s wedding. With swift changes of locale that would do justice to any Bollywood film, the action ricochets between India, …
Oh No?
The Iraq war’s not about oil? Yeah, sure, say the authors of two books discussed here. Given the Administration’s ties and allegiances, I’d be surprised if anything they did wasn’t about oil.