Hindustan Times
I had the pleasure of seeing a couple of movies at the Mumbai Film Festival organised by MAMI at the weekend.
Well, I say pleasure….in fact, one film was atrocious and the other was groundbreaking and amazing. [Read more]
About Naomi Canton
Briton Naomi Canton went to Glastonbury Rock Festival while sitting her school exams and backpacked around India alone at the age of 19. Her parents thought she would settle down and marry an investment banker when she went to Oxford University to study Japanese. Little did they expect the Ivory Towers would transform their precious daughter into a left wing rebel, who instead used the course to learn about Buddhism, and upon graduation signed on the dole to join the Free Tibet Campaign. Several years later she gave up Japanese to study Hindi. In 2007, her adventurous streak took hold again and she informed her parents she was giving up her plush Norfolk apartment to work at the Hindustan Times in Mumbai.
(6 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged British Asian, British people, hindustan times, MAMI, Mumbai Film Festiva
This has been worrying me for some time.
I want to know whether a truly global Indian man exists. [Read more]
(16 votes, average: 2.38 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Filed under Expat on the edge · Tagged cats, global Indian man, housework, indian food, Karwa Chauth, social life, white wedding
I must let everyone know about a 48 minute documentary film called Terror in Mumbai, made by a British company Quicksilver for Dispatches, a Channel Four programme. Although it was screened on Channel Four in the UK, it has never been screened in India. [Read more]
(6 votes, average: 2.83 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged 26/11, Channel Four, documentary, documentary film, Israeli Government, Mumbai, Mumbai attacks, pakistan, Pakistani cell, Quicksilver for Dispatches, Terror in Mumbai, terrorist organisations
Everyone knows the difference between a good and a bad party.
But few of us know how to make a party good - as a host. Now that it’s party time in Mumbai and the ‘season’ has begun, there are plenty of parties to attend. But how can we make sure the ones we hold are good? [Read more]
(7 votes, average: 2.86 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged Ang Lee, hindustan times, London, Mumbai, news, NY Eve 1999, party, Taking Woodstock, thames, ultimate party
I take back a comment I made on a previous blog stating Mumbai lacked high arts. There are some high arts in Mumbai, I have discovered, as I happened to go and see the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) perform. [Read more]
(4 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged Beethoven, Glastonbury, Glyndebourne, I-Rock, Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, live performances, London, Metro Big Cinemas, Mumbai, NCPA, orchestras, professional symphony orchestra, Symphony No 9 in D Minor, Symphony Orchestra of India, WOMAD
