Water (2005 film)

Water (Hindi: वाटर), is a 2005 Indo-Canadian film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, with screenplay by Anurag Kashyap. It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi, India. The film is also the third and final instalment of Mehta's Elements trilogy. It was preceded by Fire (1996) and Earth (1998). Author Bapsi Sidhwa wrote the 2006 novel based upon the film, Water: A Novel, published by Milkweed Press. Sidhwa's earlier novel, Cracking India was the basis for Earth, the second film in the trilogy. Water is a dark introspect into the tales of rural Indian widows in the 1940s and covers controversial subjects such as misogyny and ostracism. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was honoured with the Opening Night Gala, and was released across Canada in November of that year. It was first released in India on 9 March 2007.

The film stars Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, and Sarala Kariyawasam in pivotal roles and Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Raghuvir Yadav, and Vinay Pathak in supporting roles. Featured songs for the film were composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Sukhwinder Singh and Raqeeb Alam while the background score was composed by Mychael Danna. Cinematography is by Giles Nuttgens, who has worked with Deepa Mehta on several of her films.

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Drawing plentifully from myth and reality, Chhath Puja honours elemental forces of nature (Book Review)

Bihar Times 09 Nov 2024
the Sun and water ... The evolution of beliefs and practices from revering the most rudimentary forces of nature—the Sun (and water)—to incorporating totems, has lent distinctness of this practice in different households, while still upholding its fundamental principles most strictly....
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Shock twist as grief-stricken mother of Aussie hiker found dead in Kazakhstan claims he wasn

The Daily Mail 09 Nov 2024
Ms Costa said a recent chemical analysis of the contents of Mr Herd's water bottle revealed 2.6 per cent reading of ethanol, which is found in alcohol. 'He wouldn't have gone up a mountain with alcohol, he had water. His friend confirmed that,' she told the Herald Sun ... Comment now ... He went up with water and he came back down with wine,' she said ... ....
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Native Plant: Sometimes a shrub, sometimes a tree, staghorn sumac is a sensory delight

The Columbus Dispatch 09 Nov 2024
Avoid an itchy rash by identifying these 3 plants. If you come into contact with poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac, you'll likely break out in an itchy, uncomfortable rash. Know what to look for so you can avoid them. Editor’s note ... Though it is related to poison sumac, a staghorn can be handled without fear ... 3-8. Sun. Full sun to part shade. Water....
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White gold

Manila Standard 09 Nov 2024
Salt farmers in Bulacan skillfully harvest salt under the bright sun, carefully scraping crystallized sea water from the ground. .......
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Her wife died and she went on a cruise. Then she met a fellow passenger ...

Yahoo Daily News 09 Nov 2024
American passenger Bobbi Waterman was one of only two people on the deck, gazing out at the ocean as the sky illuminated the water with amber and bronze reflections. It was a spectacular view, and Bobbi felt her spirits rise with the sun....
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Some beloved Southern California gardening nurseries are closing

Orange County Register 09 Nov 2024
This is a species that can grow in any type of soil and will thrive in half-day sun or less, although it will benefit from moderate watering ... While azaleas and camellias are not as drought tolerant as cacti, they are not water-needy either ... Milky spore powder is dusted onto a lawn or over bare soil and watered in....
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Coleen Rooney stocks up on last-minute essentials as she prepares to fly to Australia to ...

The Daily Mail 09 Nov 2024
Coleen Rooney was seen picking up some last-minute essentials at Hoopers Department Store in Cheshire on Saturday. The WAG, 38, quickly nipped to the store before closing to pick up some items before she heads to Australia for I'm A Celebrity... According to The Sun, the star is concerned that while she's away Wayne may get himself into hot water ... 38....
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Hindustan Times 09 Nov 2024
(Also Read . Indian musician Ricky Kej on receiving another Grammy Award nomination ... Record of the Year ... André 3000 - New Blue Sun ... 4 ... Raye ... Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos - When the Sun Shines Again ... André 3000 - New Blue Sun ... Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water ... Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly - Bridge Over Troubled Water....
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Devotees celebrate Chhath Puja at ghats along Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh

The Times of India 08 Nov 2024
As the sun rose above the horizon, scores of devotees stood knee-deep in the waters of the Brahmaputra, offering prayers and traditional offerings to the Sun God.The riverbanks were decorated with lights, devotional songs and religious chants creating a serene atmosphere....
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AP PHOTOS: Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees flock to rivers for prayers to the ...

Beaumont Enterprise 08 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to rivers and bodies of water across India to pray to the sun god as part of the Chhath festival this week ... On the last two days, devotees stand in the waters to pray to the sun as it rises and sets, with some families camping out overnight along the banks....
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Chhath concludes peacefully as devotees offer ‘arghya’ to rising sun in Bihar

The Times of India 08 Nov 2024
... ‘arghya' to the sun God ... Fasting women and men ‘vratis' stood in knee-deep water, waiting for the sun to rise.At some places like Rupaspur, Rukanpura, Kankarbagh and Boring Road, devotees of Chhath puja committees had set up puja pandals, and idols of sun God and Chhathi Maiya....
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Fervour abounds as Chhath puja ends with Usha Arghya in U.P. capital

Hindustan Times 08 Nov 2024
Even before the break of the dawn, women dressed in the best of attires turned up at Gomti riverbank in UP capital to break their 36-hour fast marking the culmination of four-day Chhath puja celebrations by offering Usha Arghya (offering of water to the rising sun) on Friday....
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EDITORIAL: The SJWCD Empire Strikes Back, Part Two

Pagosa Daily Post 08 Nov 2024
Yesterday, in the Letters section of the weekly Pagosa Springs SUN, local activist Lee Stopher responded to my four-part editorial about Pagosa’s future water demand ... A couple of weeks ago I wrote a letter to the SUN expressing my concern about the proposed sale of Running Iron Ranch by PAWSD [Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District]....

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