Netflix description: “… gripping installment from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Nature. Silent Roar: Searching for the Snow Leopard is an intimate portrait of the striking, elusive snow leopard of the Himalayas.” (2006) My thoughts… While distinctly uninspired as a documentary, the subject matter is visually so stunning that I was riveted. I probably looked mentally feeble as I watched: every fifteen seconds or so, my jaw would drop, I’d wag my head and I’d […]
Read moreMonth: May 2007
Himalaya (Movie)
Netflix description: “As the denizens of a Tibetan village prepare for their arduous annual trek to exchange salt for grain, the community’s allegiances are split between aging chieftain Tinle and rebellious young Karma. Tinle tries to maintain his clout and preserve obedience to ancient customs when Karma challenges the old man’s power.” My thoughts… The first part of the movie careened toward cliché with its predictable plot and characters, but fortunately it evolved into a […]
Read moreRape for Profit: Trafficking of Nepali Girls and Women in India’s Brothels (Book)
(Published by Human Rights Watch/Asia) Book description… “Hundreds of thousands of women and children are employed in Indian brothels—many of them lured or kidnapped from Nepal and sold into conditions of virtual slavery… Both the Indian and Nepal governments are complicit in the abuses suffered by trafficking victims… “ My thoughts… The stories — of women kidnapped and sold by family friends or brothers or even fathers — reveal how Nepal’s and India’s social, political […]
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