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Have you seen the movie ‘Million Dollar Baby’? It is about a determined woman’s attempt to establish herself as a boxer with the guidance of a hardened trainer. It won 4 Oscars, another 45 wins and 28 nominations all over the world. Hillary Swank as Maggie displayed determination, valour, energy, arrogance, fear and youthfulness. That was boxing and reel life. Here it is tennis and real life. Yes, this article is about the Indian tennis player Sania Mirza whose achievements are commendable. (more…)

Genre: Drama; Country: Iran; Language: Greek, Persian, Turkish; Runtime: 105 min
Also Known As: Border Café in English
Trivia: Selected as Iran’s submission in the Best Foreign Film category for the 2006 Oscars
Directed by: Kambuzia Partovi

Story of an Iranian widow’s struggle to exercise the fundamental right of living with freedom the life of her choice. Reyhan with her two children, how she fights the male dominated society is the heart of the story.

Nasser the brother of her deceased husband wishes to marry Reyhan. Taking Iran’s tradition as the main weapon and with the support of his family, applies pressure on her to be his wife. Reyhan chooses to decline the marriage offer softly but stubbornly without much of a hue and cry. (more…)

This is to share my travel checklist with you. Hope this will be useful to all travelers.

Documents

• Personal Identification Card (preferably issued by government with photograph), visiting card, driving license
• Accommodation plan and alternate risk plan documents
• Passport, Visa
• Transportation(Air / Train / Bus) tickets, accommodation / resort / hotel reservations
• Addresses, and phone numbers of where you’ll be staying, local enquiry and emergency phone numbers in a separate sheet to keep in pocket (more…)