FilmIndia (1948)
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ovember, 1948
FILMINDI A
It can use their wisdom and eschew their stupidities. Everything old must have a few annoying cobweb's oj tradition.
For my part I would surrender all the delights of lange. all the varieties and scandals, follies and beaupa of Broadway for an old-fashioned loyalty and an d-fashioned home. Would you?
That's why I rushed home immediately the surgeon stiched up my stomach.
What are those Gandhian ideals which our Congress blisters are eternally harping upon as the guiding bea>n of their actions?
// is a political siren calling the faithful to
keep peace and vote.
. MADHUSUDHANA RAO (Masulipatam)
American ladies are crazy about Negroes. How do ->u account for this?
// here did you get that? It sounds like the well-nursed myth about Parisian women being mad over Indians. There is nothing in common between the white tmerican woman and the \egro. At best they hate each other.
ISHIKANT K. PATIL (Bombay)
Who was the acting editor of "hlniindia" who relied to queries from the readers as brilliantly as Mr. aburao Patel while he was in America?
Mr. Baburao I'ulel kept his promise to the readers by replying himself even from a sick bed in America.
. V. DESHPANDE (Nagpur)
What should be the medium of instruction in the niversities in India ?
// an effective and comprehensive education is the goal, English should be the medium with Hindustani as a compulsory second language. The present devil-dancing for Hindi is vindictive patriotism and has nothing to do with real education. A progressive nation must adopt a medium in which the greatest educational material is immediately available. It is just like using the Uom Bomb in preference to other obsolete war weapons.
ISS IN I RM ALA (,. A. (Bombay)
When a flower was a bud, where was the perf ume?
In its family reputation . What type of food do you like?
The one I can t eat these il<t\s.
USS S. BHAKAT1 (Bangalore)
Which do you think is advisable: carrying on with ne man or various men? You know, what I mean!
/ don't. In nn dins, a girl met one man and married him.
How do you make a person fall in love with you istantly ?
Try some oj those magic "charms so widely advertised in the newspapers these days. Dd you like the company of men or women? Isn't lis a straightforward question?
Women. Isn't that a straightforward reply?
If a man takes a peg of brandy every evening, will it tempt him to become drunkard?
Alcohol is not ambrosia. It is poison, be it a drop or an ocean.
INDIRA DEVI (Kanpur)
What has happened to the good old lion of the Minerva Movietone these days?
// seems to have become mangy.
SATYARAJ UPOT (Madras)
Aren't you an egoist sometimes?
Sometimes? Heavens! No! All the time if you please.
M. VASUDEVAN NAIR (Puthiyara)
What is the complexion of Kanan Bala?
/ have always seen her with my ears and she has looked sweet and charming to me.
KUMAR (Mysore)
Why are the Bombay film actresses becoming fat and fatter from picture to picture?
They have put the producers on a reducing
diet.
What is your opinion about Shantaram's direction?
Good technically, ambitious emotionally Is it right on the part of students to enter politics?
It is utterly wrong for students to meddle with politics at an age which should be entirely devoted to education. Politics is a game for mature minds and not for overgrown schoolboys.
M. C. PANDE (Lucknow)
What do you do when you are exhausted?
/ take a book and read. If I am exhausted read ing one book, I take another.
LAL K. BAHADUR SINGH (Nagpur)
Should the members of Indian naval units be married ?
Do you want to turn them into sailors with u ires in every port?
B. JYOTI PRAKASH (Rajahmuiidry )
I am very anxious to be your friend. But I am too far away. What shall I do?
/ thank the distance.
S. G. UDDIN (Darbhanga)
Does the music of life emanate from a broken heart ?
The music of a broken heart is a dirge of despair. For music to belong to life it must have the thrill of life.
KUMARI MOHINDRA (Dehra Dun)
Why is the full moon so romantic?
You can see on her face the stigma of her own
sin.
R. S. JAGJIT SINGH (Vizagapatam)
Why has Sardar Patel produced "Netaji Subhash Chandra" — to popularize Netaji or to win elections? Or to prove that he loves dead men?
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