Beauty, Terrorism & Internet!

Isabel Allende tells tales of passion

A passionate heart is what determines our fate. This is true and an inspiration behind all the writings of Isabel Allende , an author and an activist. She explains to us what feminism is. She uses the elegance and the sex appeal of Sophia Loren to explain the condition of women in today’s world. She tells about her journey to four minutes to fame and drives us through the refugee camp in Congo to prostitution, premature marriage and forced labor. Feminism in the west has never been that sexy?? Is it true?? Does a women’s heart lack passion??  Isabel Allende answers these questions and tells us about some of the facts that would make us shudder and force us to think.

http://www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion.html

David Griffin on how photography connects 

What is photography??  Are these the mere images which we capture in our cameras?? Isn’t it something which connects us to the world??  Isn’t it an expression without philosophy which can be watched and felt??  The photo director of national geographic channel, David Griffin, shares with us on what photography actually means. He shares with us some of the experiences of his photographers who have risked their lives to present us without some of the most extraordinary images which have touched their lives as well. He further shares with us on how one uses photos to tell his or her stories. He tells us on how photography helps us find solutions to issues that are potentially distressful and controversial.

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects.html

Secret Pakistan

Pakistan and the U.S are the closest allies to fight against terrorism. Are you sure?? Secret Pakistan is a documentary which explores how the closest ally stands accused by the top CIA officials and western diplomats. After the 9/11, Osama Bin Laden was killed by the U.S troops in May this year who had an hide out in the Pakistan’s military base.  The Pakistan government refused to have any knowledge about the hideout. But, the Taliban commanders have another story to tell. This BBC documentary describes how these commanders got support from Pakistan in terms of weapons and training. Bruce Riedel , CIA (1977-2006) shares with us about the relations between Bush and general Pervez Musharraf, and about the duplicity, which Pakistan is accused of today. 

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/secret-pakistan/

Children of Taliban

This FRONTLINE/world documentary tells us about to countries, the Islamic republic of Pakistan and South Korea.  Sharmeen  Obaid-Chinoy  takes us through the streets of Pakistan and tells us about the methods by which the commanders for Taliban are recruited.  This documentary, The children of Taliban, explores the lives of the families who have lost their friends and relatives as a victim of the terrorist attacks or to become a Taliban militant. Children in Taliban are stopped from going to school. Kaynath, a little Taliban girl would never be able to become which she had dreamt of, a doctor. 

    Correspondent Douglas Rushkoff tells us about the impact of the digital media in the South Korea. Defending the space invaders to entre the space through Video games, in this tech savvy world, has scared the parents, who are feeling that their children are being taken away from them. A reality to the whole concept of the Digital world, impacting the life of the people.

http://video.pbs.org/video/1134781691

The Google Boys

The sons of college professors, Larry Page and Sergey Brin – two brainy Stanford University dropouts, found the company which today answers to more than 200 million queries a day, through out the day. This documentary tells us how the data flows in Google, through various countries. How the search became a money making business?? How marketing and advertisements saw a new arena to meet its customers?? The life’s of the dropout turned billionaires is rather interesting. They introduced this search engine in the Year 1998, a time when it was not possible to find the gems from the trash. This documentary gives us an insight on how they got an idea to make something like this. Yes, they faced certain problems but the 2 Stanford dropouts were smart enough to dodge them with ease.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-google-boys/