Attention Film-makers from Bihar and Jharkhand. If you’re interested in showing your films abroad, here’s your chance. The LIDF in association with the London Review of Books http://www.lrb.co.uk  is calling for submissions. The call is open and international. All subject matter is considered. Short and Feature length films are accepted. First time and established filmmakers all welcome. Films must be produced after January 1st 2009. The festival is competitive. The LIDF is the UK’s largest independent documentary festival. Since 2007 the festival has worked to ensure that... 

Wordsmith / FRANK KRISHNER When a person is chosen for a task, he is chosen for his ability to do it.  Ability is being able to do something. You may be born with an ability. You can also develop an ability by learning to do something and then practicing it. Some people are born with an ability to sing in tune, even without lessons! But no one is born with the ability to read. We all have to learn to read. You have an ability for something [such as mathematics]; you have an ability to do something [such as driving a truck].  Talent is a special ability that one is born with. Lata Mangeshkar...