Wisdomtree Blog

Film

• Handling Lonliness – a discussion based on the Tamil film song New York Nagaram (Sillunu Oru Khadal) – by Samuel Thambusamy
• First Take: Yaaradi Nee Mohini (Tamil) – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Where is God when it hurts? – a reflection on the Movie Passion of the Christ – by Samuel Thambusamy
• First Take: Anjathey - by Samuel thambusamy
• Conversations: Truth and Relationships – a discussion based on Kal Ho Na HO (by Samuel Thambusamy)
• First Take: Vazhthugal (Tamil Movie) – by Samuel Thambusamy
• First Take: PiriVom sandhiPhom (Tamil movie) – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Love: What is it? A discussion based on Salaam Namaste – by Samuel Thambusamy
• The Significance of John Rambo (2008) – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Get Real: A discussion on Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie – by Samuel Thambusamy
• A Search for Happiness: A discussion on Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie by Samuel Thambusamy
• Goddesses wins at MIFF, 2008
• First Take: Lakshmi and me by Samuel Thambusamy
• Urban desire and despair: A commentary on Anurag Bose’ Life in a Metro - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Nativity (2007): Doing the Right Thing - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Blood Diamond: Would God ever forgive us? - by Samuel Thambusamy
• First Take: Evano Oruvan by Samuel Thambusamy
• Reel Jesus: The Challenge of Popular Culture - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Phir Milenge: The fight against Apathy, Infection, Discrimination and Stigmatization – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Discovering Life’s Purpose: A discussion on Data’s question, ” Why did you create me?” - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Provoked! What would you do if you were her? by Christina
• Socially Challenged! Discussion on Mozhi by Samuel Thambusamy
• Failure is not final – Conversations on the film song Ovvoru Pookalumae (Autograph) – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Something has happened (Really?!!) Discussion on the song Kuch to Hua Hai (Kal ho na Ho) - by Samuel Thambusamy
• I want to know what love is? Reflections on Kal Ho Na Ho - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Reconciliation in Film: The Indian Experience by Samuel Thambusamy
• Can my kids watch Harry Potter films - by Samuel Thambusamy
• The global Rajni Mania and the discourse of desire and despair - by Samuel Thambusamy
• The value of Spiderman Films - by Samuel Thambusamy
• KANKY marriage: What does it take to say, “I still do” - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Life! What’s the point? (by Samuel Thambusamy)
• Nishabd: A mirror or a smokescreen - by Samuel Thambusamy
• To go or not to go - By Samuel Thambusamy
• Visual Reality - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Taking Theology to the Movie hall - by Samuel Thambusamy

Engaging with Music Videos

• POW – Prisoner of Words: A discussion based on Alicia Key’s song POW – by Bobby Thejus
• Footprints in the sand – a reflection on Leona Lewis’ song Footprints in the Sand – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Rhyme and Reason – a reflection on  Dave Mathews Band song by Bobby Thejus
• (Why I wanna be a ) Rockstar  a reflection on Nickel’s Back song Rockstar by Samuel Thambusamy
• We don’t need no (this) Education a reflection on Korn’s version of the original Pink Floyd song We don’t need no Education by Samuel Thambusamy)
• Bass Hunter: Now you’re gone by Samuel Thambusamy)
• Miracles are possible when you believe - a reflection on Leon Jackson’s song When you believe! - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Looking for Love: A reflection on Korn’s song Somebody someone by Samuel Thambusamy
• Encountering Lonliness: A discussion on SOAD’s song Lonely Day by Samuel Thambusamy
• Bearing the Scars of Bleeding Love; A discussion on Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Discussing Sugabages’ About you Now by Samuel Thambusamy
• Would you call this love?  Conversations on Lionel Ritchie’s I call it Love - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Discussing marriage vows (woes!?) - conversations on From this Moment on – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Love: Lost or Found - A discussion on Black Eyed Peas’ Where is the Love?
• Dig deeper in your pockets: A discussion on Ka Ching – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Caught in the middle: A discussion on Britney Spear’s I am not a girl, not yet a woman – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Thinking through What I’ve done: A discussion on Linkin Park’s what I’ve done – by Samuel Thambusamy
• On and On: A discussion on Celine Dione’s My heart will go on – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Facing Failure Head on: A discussion on U2′ Stuck in a Moment – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Is there something missing in my life: A discussion on Britney Spear’s song Lucky by Samuel Thambusamy
• The Barbie Myth (by Samuel Thambusamy)

Engaging with Books

• Harry Potter Series: On Dumbledore being Gay - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Da Vinci Code: DVC: Fact or Fiction? You be the judge - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Harry Potter: The Tale of Two mirrors - by Samuel Thambusamy 

Youth Apologetics

• Relationships (Talking point) – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Fashion – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Engaging with ‘fill-o-sophies’ in Advertisements - by Samuel Thambusamy
• The moon has risen indeed - by Bobby Thejus
• Jesus: An Avatar?! – by Samuel Thambusamy
• The cloaked side of Terror - by Bobby Thejus
• Games People Play: Re-visiting Leisure by Samuel Thambusamy
• Marriage: True, Good and Beautiful - by Bobby Thejus
• Generation WHY? (by Samuel Thambusamy)
• Every-body, Some-body and No-body - by Samuel Thambusamy
• C.S. Lewis and the problem of Moral Relativism - by Bobby Thejus
• C.S. Lewis and the question of Evil - by Bobby Thejus

Aha Moments

• Idol Factory: The affairs of the human heart - by Samuel Thambusamy
• The Lord’s prayer: A contemporary version - by Samuel thambusamy
• Are there rules to live by? – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Surface Tension: What lies beneath? - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Life is never without a mistake, that’s why pencils have erasers - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Story keepers in an information age (Part 2) – by Samuel Thambusamy
• Story Keepers in an information age - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Professional Jealousy - by Samuel Thambusamy
• The Ladder - by J.P. Ashley
• Life or Something like it - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Let your hair down for a reason - by Hannah Lavanya
• Getting past your failures - by Samuel Thambusamy
• An Apple a day keeps God away - by Samuel Thambusamy
• Fast Forwarding into the Past - by Samuel Thambusamy
• On Mother Teresa’s confession - by Bobby Thejus
• Sometimes – by Bobby Thejus
• Christmas: Where extremities meet! – by Bobby Thejus
• Life! What’s the point? – by Bobby Thejus
• Sex: God’s gift or Man’s curse - by Bobby Thejus
• Bread and Peace for All (Samuel Thambusamy)
• We make the world go round (by Samuel Thambusamy)

Soceity

• Reservation Debate: The courage to take sides with the socially excluded - by Ragland Remo Paul

Story

• This, That and the Other – by Bobby Thejus