Comments on: Two former colonies united by a gift of the gab http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/ Meri duniya - bilkul filmi Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:38:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: filmiholic http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/#comment-93809 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:52:31 +0000 http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/#comment-93809 Ah, Praveen, I see what you mean. In that case, no, you don't see cows in the centre of any Irish cities. The closest thing we have is small groups of horses owned by the people who used to be known by the politcally incorrect term "Tinkers", but who prefer Travellers. Due to their nomadic lifestyle (e.g. as seen in Gabriel Byrne's movie "Into the West"), they use the horses - ostensibly - to pull their caravans from site to site. On the urban cows of India, I did find myself almost face-to-face with one when I hopped out of a taxi at an HBSC branch in downtown Bombay, and I confess that I too succumbed to whipping out my camera for a photo, as well as various other bovines on trips to Madras. I can't help it. My uncle's place up north in Ireland used to have a field of cows next door, and it was the biggest thrill on every visit up there to try and get close to them, though they weren't having any of it. Ah, Praveen, I see what you mean. In that case, no, you don’t see cows in the centre of any Irish cities. The closest thing we have is small groups of horses owned by the people who used to be known by the politcally incorrect term “Tinkers”, but who prefer Travellers. Due to their nomadic lifestyle (e.g. as seen in Gabriel Byrne’s movie “Into the West”), they use the horses - ostensibly - to pull their caravans from site to site.

On the urban cows of India, I did find myself almost face-to-face with one when I hopped out of a taxi at an HBSC branch in downtown Bombay, and I confess that I too succumbed to whipping out my camera for a photo, as well as various other bovines on trips to Madras. I can’t help it. My uncle’s place up north in Ireland used to have a field of cows next door, and it was the biggest thrill on every visit up there to try and get close to them, though they weren’t having any of it.

]]> by: Praveen http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/#comment-93355 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/#comment-93355 By 'Cows sitting in the Middle of the Road in India' I did not mean the ones you find on the countryside in India. I actually meant the 'Herd of Cows' that one finds sitting Peacefully right in the Middle of a Traffic-Jam on the Busy streets of Bombay... Absolutely unperturbed and unbothered about the cacophony around them...Almost in a 'Zen' like state. Cows on Bombay Roads are a great tourist attraction as it makes for a great Picture Postcard of India. I remember in 1993, I saw foreign tourists clicking away merrily at the sight of a bunch of cows sitting bang opposite VT station in Bombay. (and I was not far away from the Bombay Stock Exchange when the blasts happened) Cows on the roads of Bombay was a regular feature, 10 to 15 years back but now due to increasing Westernization, its Rare to find them in South Bombay. My Comments on Cows End Here. Cheers from me & Mooooooo… from all the Cows in India, Praveen. By ‘Cows sitting in the Middle of the Road in India’ I did not mean the ones you find on the countryside in India.
I actually meant the ‘Herd of Cows’ that one finds sitting Peacefully right in the Middle of a Traffic-Jam on the
Busy streets of Bombay… Absolutely unperturbed and unbothered about the cacophony around them…Almost in a ‘Zen’ like state.

Cows on Bombay Roads are a great tourist attraction as it makes for a great Picture Postcard of India.
I remember in 1993, I saw foreign tourists clicking away merrily at the sight of a bunch of cows sitting bang opposite VT station in Bombay. (and I was not far away from the Bombay Stock Exchange when the blasts happened)
Cows on the roads of Bombay was a regular feature, 10 to 15 years back but now due to increasing Westernization, its Rare to find them in South Bombay.

My Comments on Cows End Here.

Cheers from me & Mooooooo… from all the Cows in India,
Praveen.

]]> by: filmiholic http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/#comment-93318 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:56:43 +0000 http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/#comment-93318 Hey Praveen, thanks for your visits and for pointing me to your own writings. Will definitely check them out. Re: camps; I'm not in any. I enjoy a lot of different films; my main criteria is to either see or learn something new, and/or to be entertained. Which is why I could enjoy Black Friday AND Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, though they are very different. (I enjoy Julian Barnes, but I also love Donna Leon, when it comes to reading matters.) Re: Irish cows; I think most of the time they are supervised, so if you do see them on those narrow country roads, they're usually part of herd being led from one field to another, but I haven't spent all that much time in the country to know if they like to sit on the road too. I remember as a teen in Mexico, my aunt used to tell us they didn't like to drive back from the big city nearby, because when it got cool at night, the cows liked to sleep on the roads because they were warm... Hey Praveen, thanks for your visits and for pointing me to your own writings. Will definitely check them out.

Re: camps; I’m not in any. I enjoy a lot of different films; my main criteria is to either see or learn something new, and/or to be entertained. Which is why I could enjoy Black Friday AND Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, though they are very different. (I enjoy Julian Barnes, but I also love Donna Leon, when it comes to reading matters.)

Re: Irish cows; I think most of the time they are supervised, so if you do see them on those narrow country roads, they’re usually part of herd being led from one field to another, but I haven’t spent all that much time in the country to know if they like to sit on the road too. I remember as a teen in Mexico, my aunt used to tell us they didn’t like to drive back from the big city nearby, because when it got cool at night, the cows liked to sleep on the roads because they were warm…

]]> by: Praveen http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/#comment-93313 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:35:20 +0000 http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/#comment-93313 About Indo-Irish Link...Do they have Cows sitting in the middle of the Road in Ireland? If Not...then the Cows in the Irish hinterland are more disciplined than their Indian Counterparts, or maybe the cow-boys in India have to take the blame for that... Regards, Praveen About Indo-Irish Link…Do they have Cows sitting in the middle of the Road in Ireland?
If Not…then the Cows in the Irish hinterland are more disciplined than their Indian Counterparts, or maybe the cow-boys in India have to take the blame for that…

Regards,
Praveen

]]> by: Praveen http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/#comment-93295 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:08:42 +0000 http://filmiholic.com/2008/03/17/two-former-colonies-united-by-a-gift-of-the-gab/#comment-93295 I like your Posts a lot and I visit your Blog every fortnight. But after reading your previous posts I got the impression (and I may be wrong) that you are a Bollywood, Tollywood and a Big SRK and KJo Fan (No wonder there are no Reviews of TZP or any mention of it here). I have been visiting your Blog for a year now...but I didn't write to you till now because you seem to be firmly entrenched in the SRK+KJo+YashRaj camp and I detest their taste in Films and Film-making....I always preferred to be in the Aamir Khan camp and after Taare Zameen Par, I am convinced I'm in the Right Camp. But if you like them (SRK+KJo+YashRaj), then that's OK, as I'm not here to Alter your Point of View as its 'Different Strokes for Different Folks'. So you will find me at the Blog at aamirkhan.com or Anurag Kashyap's Blog at passionforcinema.com...But I'll still come here to Read your Posts Every fortnight... Cheers, Praveen. I like your Posts a lot and I visit your Blog every fortnight.
But after reading your previous posts I got the impression (and I may be wrong) that you are a Bollywood, Tollywood and a Big SRK and KJo Fan (No wonder there are no Reviews of TZP or any mention of it here).

I have been visiting your Blog for a year now…but I didn’t write to you till now because you seem to be firmly entrenched in the
SRK+KJo+YashRaj camp and I detest their taste in Films and
Film-making….I always preferred to be in the Aamir Khan camp and after Taare Zameen Par, I am convinced I’m in the Right Camp.

But if you like them (SRK+KJo+YashRaj), then that’s OK, as I’m not here to Alter your Point of View as its ‘Different Strokes for Different Folks’.

So you will find me at the Blog at aamirkhan.com or Anurag Kashyap’s Blog at passionforcinema.com…But I’ll still come here to Read your Posts Every fortnight…

Cheers,
Praveen.

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