By Anita Singh
Ever get the urge to get in touch with your Indian side? Monsoon Wedding, will allow you to do just that. Directed by Mira Nair, whose credits include the acclaimed Salaam Bombay and Kama Sutra, the movie is a fantastic story about a contemporary Indian wedding celebration. The bride-to-be is having an affair, her mother… Continue reading Traditional wedding meets modern India
By Anita Singh
ATP’s For Love and Money contains neither love nor money. Instead, the playRites 2002 piece is completely riddled with cliché.For Love and Money follows Howard, a rich oil tycoon, and his wife Janie as they strike it rich and then watch their family fall apart. Unsurprisingly, Howard becomes abusive due to his and Janie’s alcoholism,… Continue reading Audience won’t buy Love and Money
By Anita Singh
Coming to terms with one’s sexuality is something that all adolescents eventually deal with. Unfortunately for the girls in Fat Girl, this will never happen.Fat Girl centres around the over- weight, practical and sexually curious 12-year-old Anais (Anaïs Reboux), and her promiscuous, yet still virgin, 15-year-old sister Elena (Roxane Mesquida). Anais, although shy and unaware… Continue reading Struggles of adolesence soon lost in Fat Girl
It has been almost 40 years since British lawyer Peter Beneson started the entity known today known as Amnesty International. What began in 1961 has now grown to massive proportions, with over one million activists in over 150 countries. The organization received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977, and continues to raise awareness of humanitarian… Continue reading Amnesty puts the spotlight on torture
“You’re all falling for their government’s propaganda. It’s not the sanctions that are responsible for the Iraqis’ suffering, it’s only their own government.” An individual stated this to me on Aug. 9, 2000, the day that I, along with a group of other Calgarians, protested outside the Canadian Federal building, demanding our government to call… Continue reading Paying the price for the sins of Saddam