Pakistan at Oscars..Wow!

Hearty Congratulations to Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, her team and entire Nation, you have made us proud – what an amazing day it has been for Pakistan. Nominated and won the Oscar Award for her documentary ‘Saving Face’. Every bit of good news that comes around these days is a sheer blessing for all of us.

I was up last night in fact through out the night thanks to the excess of green tea and having nothing to do I watched Oscars.

Winning at such an event makes us realize that nothing is impossible, a lady living in Karachi with most of the crew members of the documentary being undergraduates at local universities yet they make it to the Oscars.

The movies doesn’t have to be mega-budget endeavors but have meaningful content. Iran is one of those examples, a country which is famous in producing content-oriented as well as commercially viable feature films.

The latest example of such success is the budding film industry of Nigeria called Nollywood. Nigeria produced small budget films but on a continuous momentum and finally their efforts got paid off when they began to be recognized at the international film scene. Bollywood is however a different ball game all together.

I sincerely pray and hope that one day our film industry would also regains strength and produce worthwhile pictures.

I am afraid that I have to keep today’s post brief as I am instructed to avoid computers and TV for few days and keep my mind at rest, more due to the impending sore throat and anti-allergens which I am taking.

So Good Evening with wishes for great week ahead…

Sonya. (Day 276)