27 June 2006

Good Night & Good Luck

Integrity...freedom of speech..human decency..and where the world would be..if there were no one to defend it ..


If we confuse dissent with disloyalty — if we deny the right of the individual to be wrong, unpopular, eccentric or unorthodox — if we deny the essence of racial equality then hundreds of millions in Asia and Africa who are shopping about for a new allegiance will conclude that we are concerned to defend a myth and our present privileged status. Every act that denies or limits the freedom of the individual in this country costs us the . . . confidence of men and women who aspire to that freedom and independence of which we speak and for which our ancestors fought.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.


No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices. If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous", had a friend who was "different", or joined an organization that advocated "change", we would all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants


Gotta admire Ed Murrow .. and George Clooney for making an intelligent movie..

07 June 2006

Childhood memories...

aaah.....the 80's..
those free summer vacations...
hanging around in the trees...
inventing games...
reading non-stop..
movies non-stop....on the rented VCRs...
- Shammi starrers
- Amar Akbar Anthony
- Arth, Ardh-satya, Mirch-masala ..
doordarshan...
Ek Do Teen Chaaaaar.........
Ramayan...Mahabharat...
blissful ignorance of the surroundings.....
growing up...
'Kashish'
'Banegi Apni baat' ...
studies..

Wonderful memories !
I just keep wondering if todays children will look back so fondly on their childhood ... everyone should be able to ...