Going back to India!

I am so under prepared for this holiday. Despite spending the best part of three months planning my getaway to India, I still have not booked my hotel room nor have I secured a ride from Guwahati to Shillong. For those that do not know the geography of the North East, I am landing in the region's gateway and heading off to the hills. A three hour drive at the best of times.

Oh, and I still do not know how I am going to get round to Calcutta....ohmygosh, Calcutta! Oh man! Well, it will be the fifth biggest city I have visited (after Mexico, Cairo, Shanghai and Jakarta), so I am expecting the usual belch of megacity fun! Plus, being an India city, the delights of the local street food!

All right, I have a rough plan in my head, and I am going to do the five things I recommended to the casual visitor while I was last in India. To Recap:

1: Meet the Khasis. I am off to Shillong for a couple of days and so will get a chance to sample the unique culture of these great people.

2: Hop on a train. I have to get to Calcutta somehow, right?

3: Cross a bamboo bridge. Maybe not exactly bamboo, but I am planning to do one very special river crossing while on my travels.

4: Catch a flick. Oh yes! A must do!

5: Eat well: My tastebuds are tingling in excitement!

See you back here on October 13th,

El Director!

India

I vlog instead of blog today.



And you can get to my own personal blog by clicking here:

charlesmichelduke.blogspot.com - the blog of 'el director'.

El Director woz ere

So as you read this blog, I will be somewhere in North East India. Yes, El Director through the power of the net, still blogs wherever he goes! Or does he?

Well, in fact this was written before I left for India. When I go abroad I switch off, and when I mean switch off, I go completely silent. I do not want to spend my time in an internet cafe, or trying to get a Wi-Fi connection. Instead I want to live. Eat great food, experience great women, travel to the most back-of-beyond places imaginable and generally have a holiday. which for me does not involve relaxation, but exploration!

So there will be blogs on this website. Of course there would be, I love 'the paint' too much for me not to blog. But what about the tales of what is happening to me right now? Well, that will have to wait until the end of the month!

Dancing Lessons

At Caution Wet Paint, I am continuously learning about the processes behind film making. Ironically, I seem to spend very little time making films or writing scripts and instead (as I mentioned to a friend of mine) seem to be hustling people. That seems to be the nature of film making.

But one thing I am ennjoying is the learning curve. And I am being helped out by Kuldip and his Indian heritage with all things Bollywood. As regular readers of this blog know, CWP is all about the Motherland...



Watch Kay dancing here!

Berlin to Bombay

And from yesterday's jaunt around El Director's pick of German cinema to today's slice of spice from the Motherland courtesy of Kay the Cool:



Gujurati Video Click Here!

Bollywood, here we come. Ultimately, size matters, and we are after the BIGGEST film market...

A serious week:

Today, is quite a serious day for blogging. So much so, that even the Caution Wet Paint blog has a serious undertone to it. Am I growing up? Surely not?

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Our Future from a Londoner's Point of View: The Rise of India and China

This article is part three in the series so far looking at the future of humanity from a Londoner's point of view.

For me, writing about China and India was one of the tougher articles. The fact of the matter is that more than climate change or oil prices, there are no easy solutions to adapt to the rise of these two new Superpowers. It will either be a case of engagement or London will cease to exist in its present form. The growth of India and China will revolutionise the way we lead our lives tomorrow.



The article.

The video.

Next week, my final part in the series, Web 2.0...

Thanks and New Website

First things first. Caution Wet Paint is live! I have never been so excited in all my life. Nor have I lost so much hair in the last 72 hours, but here it is the official Caution Wet Paint website:

www.cautionwetpaintmovie.com

Secondly, a VLog!



It has been a while since I have done one of them.