Ramanan pointed me to a short film Smart Card, produced and directed by James Oxford, is a science fiction film about the horrors of living with modern technology, where every transaction is done through one system, Smart Card. Part 1: Smart Card (2005) – Part 1 on YouTube Part 2: Smart Card (2005) – Part [...]

The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer technology as it is for its many-armed gods and its famous spiritual traditions. But India is also the world's most ancient surviving civilisation, with unbroken continuity back into prehistory. … This series [...]

“Good Copy Bad Copy – a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture”, is a documentary about copyright and culture in the context of Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing and other technological advances. A central point of the documentary is the thesis that “creativity itself is on the line” and that a balance needs [...]

Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor built in the early 12th century for the king Suryavarman II as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation. The temple is the epitome of the [...]