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Mera Bharat Mahaan, or, Thoughts on India’s Independence Day

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: nimbu via Flickr, CC 2.0. Much furor was furored back in Cal aka Kolkata when it was filmed, but it does depict how crazy that city – where I was born & grew up, incidentally – is.). It’s got the Himalayas. Ok, not all of them, but a good part of ‘em. It’s got the Taj Mahal. It’s a mess.

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When The Media Plays Scrooge

Waxing UnLyrical

perhaps the Washington Post should have sent out a flash mob alert. Image: Peter Lee via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Second, videotaping it is necessary to ensure the "lack of ruined commute" is captured on film. So that they can shake their fingers and exclaim triumphantly, “See?

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It’s why T-Mobile succeeded with a flash mob. Fede Alvarez published a small film to YouTube a few weeks ago, and it landed him a $30 million movie deal. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca It’s why she is now famous.

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