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  Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra enthralled the students of Whistling Woods Let every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the revolution never to violate, in the least particular, the laws of the country and never to tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of ‘76 did to the support of the declaration of independence, so to the support of the constitution and laws, let every American pledge his life, his prosperity and his sacred honor. Let every man remember that to violate the laws is to trample on the blood of his fathers and to tear the charter of his own and his children’s liberty. Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap. Let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in the legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. In short, let it become the political religion of the nation.
International at Film City recently. In an hour-long master class, he shared the complete process of When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.
film-making, from concept to final print, and the journey of creating AKS. He elucidated that it was The effective impact upon us of men of honor, rectitude and goodwill is to arouse kindred impulses within us. We begin to detect in ourselves undeveloped capacities. The touch of the heroic awakens in us the slumbering hero. Fellowship with a true servant of mankind calls into action our latent impulses to minister.
AKS that made him realize the importance of a screenplay, which he felt was the strongest aspect of We live to love you more each day
RANG DE BASANTI. After his previous master class with students in July 2006, Rakeysh had donated all Fortunately or otherwise we live at a time when the average individual has to know several times as much in order to keep informed as he did only thirty or forty years ago. Being “educated” today requires not only more than a superficial knowledge of the arts and sciences, but a sense of inter-relationship such as is taught in few schools. Finally, being “educated” today, in terms of the larger needs, means preparation for world citizenship; in short, education for survival.
the rush-footage and deleted scenes of RANG DE BASANTI to the Whistling Woods students’ library As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low.
for the purpose of having students use the footage for editing exercises. He was pleasantly You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
surprised when the students gifted him a DVD of several scenes, which had been re-edited by students Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view?
according to their creative sensibilities.  

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