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#Haiku बरगद

दिनों की बेल

युगों के बरगद

पर पनपी..

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Key:
 पनपी: thrived, grew

#Haiku दरख्त

हर किवाड़

में एक दरख्त हैं

धीरे भिड़ाना

मनीषा शर्मा~

किवाड़=दरवाजा

दरख्त=पेड़

भिड़ाना=बंद करना

The movie buffet

When we hear about or read a story in a book then it depends on the ability of the storyteller how he narrates the story, how he manage to keep the story interesting till the very end. Over the years, stories, characters and their names and addresses vary according to the will of who is telling the story, changes in printed stories can be seen too.  Many times we see stories through plays, and they seem more breathtaking than they would  have if we had read or heard them. A story narrator cannot show us the characters; we can see them in a play but the actors also have a limit of space and acting.

If you want to see and feel a story, then for that which breaks all the boundaries and goes beyond the imagination, is the cinema. Cinema is the magic where everything is possible; to any extent, in fact there is no limit!

Today I've brought the treasure of the world's best films. After seeing these you will be forced to think and will thank a million to its creators for creating such master pieces.

If you're interested in movies or good stories, them you must watch these movies.

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France:

No man's land  = 2001

The life and passion of Jesus Christ = 1903

Les Vampires = 1915

A trip to the moon = 1902

Seven years bad luck = 1921

Napoleon = 1927

  

The fall of the house of Usher = 1928

The passion of Joan of Arc = 1928

Baby's Laxative = 1930

The bitch = 1931

The grand illusion = 1937

The rules of the game = 1939

The raven = 1943    

Beauty and the beast = 1946

The battle of the rails = 1946

Children of paradise = 1945

A very long engagement = 2004

Small change = 1980

Shoot the piano player = 1960

Day for night = 1963

The green room = 1978

The last metro = 1980

The lady = 2011 (France-Britain)

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet = 2013

The Crime of Monsieur Lange = 1936

Amélie = 2001

400 Blows = 1959

Jules and Jim = 1962

Micmacs = 2009

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Iran:

Abi and Rabi = 1929

Lor Girl = 1932

Offside = 2006

Khane-ye doust kodjast (Where is my friend's home) = 1987

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Denmark:

Blinkende Lygter = 2000

Vredens Dag = 1943

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Italy:

No man's land = 2001

 

Bicycle thieves = 1948

81/2=1963

The star maker = 1995

The legend of 1900 = 1998

Life is beautiful = 1997

Malèna = 2000

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Japan:

The Departure = 2008

Rashomon = 1950

Seven Samurai = 1954

Oceans = 2013

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German:

M = 1931

The last laugh(a silent film) = 1924

The cabinet of Dr.Calgary = 1920

Downfall = 2004

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South Korea:

Oldboy = 2003

Obalten 1960

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Russia:

Battleship Potemkin = 1925

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America:

Pearl Harbor = 2001

The leap year = 2010

Delivery Man = 2013

Fear = 1996

Just go with it = 2011

The dirty dozen = 1967

Its complicated = 2009

Eat Pray Love = 2010

Win a date with Ted Hamilton! = 2004

Hitch = 2005

American Sniper = 2014

Gravity = 2013

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Brazil:

City of God = 2002

Black God , White Devil = 1964

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United Kingdom:

Gravity = 2013

Educating Rita = 1983

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China:

Hero = 2004

Raise the red Lantern = 1991

Spring in a small town = 1948

Farewell My Concubine = 1993

In the heat of the sun = 1994

A better tomorrow = 1986

In the mood for love = 2000

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                                                                                                               Some amazing animation movies:

Kung Fu Panda (America) = 2008, 2011

Finding Nemo (America) = 2003

The Lion King (America) = 1994, 1998, 2004, 2015

Avatar (UK and USA) = 2009

Toy story (American) = 1995, 1999, 2010

Stuart little (America) = 1999, 2002, 2006

Up (America)  = 2009

Ratatouille (America) = 2007

Wall.E (America) = 2008

Akira (Japan) = 1988

The Incredibles (America) = 2004

Megamind (America) = 2010

The croods (America) = 2013

The polar express (America) = 2004

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Some others:

Call-girl = 1938

The aur of Farnancis

Racetrop (This film was removed from the internet)

The Jazz Singer (first ever sonic film) = 1927

Antonius (Dutch, Netherlands) = 1996

The piano (Australia, New Zealand)

J.F.K = 1991

Gandhi = 1991

Super Size Me (Documentary)

An inconvenient truth = 2006

The birth of a nation (a silent film) = 1915

2001 a space odyssey = 1968

Harlan county u s a (Documentary)= 1976

The battle of algiers = 1966

Rosetta = 1999

When cinema was mute, it was for all. No matter which country it belonged to, it was World Cinema. But when the characters got a voice, this cinema was divided.  Dialogs are depended on language, and language gives you a feeling of being different. But the advanced technology has found a solution to this problem, and the solution is called, "Subtitles".

If you want a movie library in your house then these are one of the best pieces you can add. This a buffet I have set up, and has all the varieties I could get my hands on; choose and enjoy!

Celebrating life everyday

India is a country of, "7 vaar - 9 tyohar". These are not meaningless or uncoordinated festivals; no each festival has significance. Gods, grains, fire, forest, river, farm helper animals, changing seasons, Constellations of the transition period, relations that stays even after after-life, dead ancestors, pen-ink bottle, books, every relationship, even crops and weather patterns gets a place as a festival. This is why one festival is named after one God and the other on some other. Karwachaut is for husband, Raksha-Bandhan for brother, Teej for sisters and daughters, Navratri puja for the girls, Ahoi fast for sons. Bachrabas for calves, Govardhan Pooja for animals who assist in agricultural. Festivals for Peepal and such. A festival on every crop sowing and harvesting. Even the different festivals in different regions, tribals who have their own festivals and fairs. Festivals are source of enthusiasm in our life. Those who are weighed down by the burden of life-behavior get the chance to be comfortable and take in little free breath in the festive season.

There is no use of celebrating these festivals with extreme indifference or thinking them as merely ritual festivities; a festival is truly meaningful when we celebrate it by understanding the significance behind its feelings and mystery. The great poet Kalidas had once said - "Utsav priya: maanva".

Human by nature is a festive-lover. The main purpose of festivals is the get-together that fights away the misery.

For Indians the way of living is - festivals; life's philosophy is - festivals. In the Indian Calendar, we have more festivals than the dates. From birth to death, we are always celebrating one or the other festival. Indians love their festivals and always manage to find all possible excuses to 'Celebrate' life.

India's rural culture is very diverse, so there are many festivals. The more we celebrate the festivals close to nature the more we will remain attached to our land. Just as tribal celebrate; hunting or harvesting grain, marriage or childbirth; they all gather around all dressed up and imitate nature. They dance, sometimes like a peacock, a deer or a tiger. We cannot celebrate a festival by staying away from nature, by staying from all those gatherings. We cannot feel the joy of nature. Those little festive traditions of localities and villages; Kua pujan, ghura pujan, jaljhulni gyaras, govardhan pooja, sheetla sampatti, naag panchmi.. Ever since festivals such as these have became rare, our sacrament of believing nature as our mother has almost disappeared. Goverdhan pooja is now only celebrated within the cattlemen and in villages. Our livestock is much neglected today than it had ever been. The growing population and outspoken professionalism have worsened the condition of the animals. People ignore those cows that are dying by the roadside because of eating poly-bags, but they cause uproar when those cows are sliced in slaughterhouses.

Festivals these days no longer hold truthfulness and joy. There is no reality in today's festivals. Now everything has turned into a commercial version. Diwali, the Festival of Lanterns has turned into a festival of colorful glittering lights. One cannot even understand if its festival decorations or a wedding!

That enthusiasm of newly stitched dresses, the homemade cosmetic bath for every festival, hand-made home dishes and sharing those dishes in the neighborhood. Many traditions such as these has almost disappeared. Instead of the crowd that used to play and shout all around on Holi, all we see are bikers speeding up on the raids. It seems as though festivals these days are only celebrated to show off.

Festivals are losing their true color because two reasons.

1) A new trend has started where in festivals such as Diwali, government officials, businesspersons and contractors share sweets-nuts, or other precious gift in from of indirect bribe. These sacred festivals have turned into the day of wrongdoings.

2) Festivals these days seem politicized. Today Muslims and Hindus are hesitant in celebrating each other’s festivals because politicians, vote-grasper and the so-called socialists have crossed a line between the hearts. Whether one has to smash a pitcher on Janmashtami or has to worship Ganesh on Ganeshutsav; instead, festivals of the streets these have turned into something one celebrates at a party or a day when “Leaders” choose to show their political strength in their areas.

Despite all this, even today in the interiors of India and ancient cities, a festival of any religion will remain above politics; everyone celebrates it together and gives other best wishes. At many places, Hindus still make Tajia and Muslims make brocade dresses for hindu gods. The aim of the festival is to share happiness and joy, not to go melancholic. When we are away from the public and nature, only the noise and the need to show off remains, as a result our soul is impaired.

The truth is that we have gotten so busy and business minded that we have turned needy, not observant and enthusiastic.

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