MALLEMAALA : A string of Jasmines..............

NOTES on the 10th PARALLEL by Eliza Grizwold

2012-01-25T22:47:00.003-05:00

TENTH PARALLEL By Eliza Griswold talks about the 700 mile corridor North of Equator where 50% of Muslims and 60% of Christians live and fight over water, land, oil and other natural resources.She traversed the land for 7 years and sometimes accompanying evangelicals like Billy Graham’s son Franklin Graham to Africa, to see the effects of their ‘labour of love’.Recording what happens on the ground

Rockstar is such an inane term, as insipid as the film!

2011-11-12T09:24:00.004-05:00

Must we always live off borrowed ideas when all we have to do is just look around us, behind us, within us, at what the Art and Music of our own land and culture tells us?This fascination with Jim bhai would have been alright if only we had a history of producing rock bands and a society wherein music concerts were de rigueur but alas! except from Nagaland, Meghalaya and Manipur I know of no

Uma - houses a Great God in her Garage

2011-11-06T13:51:00.005-05:00

Uma has been fretting a lot these days. She stands third in class, her mother paints nude pictures and her sister is getting all the attention. All right, let us rewind. Uma is a spoilt child. Rewind some more? Uma is a much pampered grandchild who was adorable and obedient as a baby but now has acquired some traits that might not be so cuddle-worthy anymore. Still some? Uma is now growing up

The Liberal Radicals

2011-08-02T22:01:00.019-04:00

Empathy. Being aware that we too may experience what the Other is facing today, knowing that Life being Organic will have its way with everyone, this should be our approach to anything in these complex times.The internet provides us with such opportunities on a daily basis, to test our inner resolve. Be it a lecture on Youtube, a write-up on FaceBook, a comment on Twitter, tempers run high and

The Maya of the Temple Treasure

2011-07-19T23:07:00.013-04:00

Like the story of Ali Baba aur Chalees Chor, you say the magic words and Lo! what do you find in the secret vaults, a wealth so unimaginable that it brings the country to a screeching halt. This is breaking news. For hundreds of years, the treasure has been stashed away safely against raiders and is soon forgotten, tons and tons of Gold coins, Gold ropes, Gold vessels, Gold crowns, Gold statues

Waiting for Zoya

2011-07-18T22:26:00.007-04:00

Amar Akbar Anthony had three men. It was larger than life and it was unnecessarily dramatic. It was silly in parts, unconvincing and stereotypical. Over the top acting and total Masala. Which meant you excused all trivialities in the name of cinema. It was the cinema of the 80s and a hit. With three big heroes. It did not speak to me as a child, a female child, at all. The songs I still hum but

Manasaputra

2011-06-26T22:51:00.006-04:00

Manasaputra they call ItHe who is born of the mindfor have I not thought It into existence?Bursting forth through the dams of existence, gushingas the river of Life, It springsinto BeingA son, A daughterA child they sayborn, AyonijaNo, not from my wombfor that would be no funwith pus and mucusthat accompanies a foetusHere the virginal birthof my progeny isclean and devoid of painto me and to

Of Gods and Men (2010)

2011-06-20T13:24:00.008-04:00

Based on a true story of the Monks of Tibehirine.There is not much happening here, a monastery on top of a hill in the Atlas mountains, eight Cistercian monks who go about their daily ablutions and prayers with punctilious harmony, farming, keeping bees, cutting wood, running a clinic, chanting hymns, studying Christianity and Islam and contemplating under the African sun, all in peaceable rhythm

Lahore Day One

2011-05-13T14:02:00.010-04:00

Without encountering much turbulence we roll on the runway. It is warm outside, evidence that I have traveled across the seas, East. The excitement mingled with fear which is common when your feet first make contact with an alien soil is missing, I am not a stranger here, it is not a strange land. This is in-fact my one and only criteria to distinguish between foreign or not. What feels foreign

Ahsan, Khan's

2011-04-22T14:08:00.016-04:00

The Doha-Lahore leg of my long flight from DC was made delicious with all the food talk that Ahsan and I indulged in.Ahsan Kaun?Kaun not, Khan. Like the other Khans in my life who have done so much Ahsan on me.He told me to go to Capri at Liberty for Parathas, to have Lassi and Halwa Puri at Fiqa in some Mandi, Butt Sweets kay Sweets......We exchanged email addresses, he invited me for his

Destination Pakistan

2011-03-29T23:00:00.002-04:00

Every year I acquire an obsession. One time I remember it was Ethiopia. Then it shifted to Algeria. To Rwanda. No, not always in Africa, I also have had a massive crush on Iran. That, I managed to assuage a bit by magically transporting myself to Esfahan last year. My primary obsession though has always been and will remain India. Of course anything which was India and did not want to be India is

Holi Ke Kai Prashn

2011-03-20T23:41:00.002-04:00

आपके पतले पीले चप्पलमुझसे पूछने लगेसवाल जिनके जवाबमैं जानते हुए भीअनजाने कर देती हूँआपका वहाँ न होनामेरी ज़मीर को खरोचेहँसे मेरी हालत परदो पल की महमान हो तुमहम तो यहाँ राज करें हैंआज तुम ही सही कल कोई औरइस सफ़र मैं तुम्हारा हक नहींयहाँ तुम्हारी मंजिल नहींरंग मेरा जो तुमने चुराया हैवो तुम्हारा नहीं शर्म का हैहोली का है जले का है मरे का है तुम एक मेहमान भी तो नहींपीली चप्पल तुम्हारी मुझसे नीली

Hussain Sagar

2011-03-15T22:37:00.002-04:00

I swim the murky watersat Buddha's feetI watch them throw peels, wrapperswith gleeI keep royal companyin these depthsWhere, I wonder, are otherswhose fate shared IA few score years separate our livesbut just as in stone soin death we unite thusThe hands that yanked me offmy seatare the same thatwere waitingto fill an exam sheetthe same thatwere planning a holiday treatin a minute the mindtook a

Sanity

2011-03-12T13:44:00.004-05:00

Dark recesses opened upThe sky receding to a teardrop,Sycamores wrote with an ink penTearing the fragile sheen of existence.Thoughts entered wombs of fleshVirgin births no more a fright,With vengeance the world ceased to forgetthe groans of an ever fresh sore.Engaging stillness, dullness drier, warmFalse visitations washed ashore,Volcanic eruptions writhing slithering balmApplied on a sickened

Godavari Musings

2011-03-11T00:37:00.003-05:00

May 2005-May2006 INTRODUCTION TO FILM MAKING: It all started with an innocent phone call, “ Sekhar Congrats!, I heard your Anand did very well!” At that point I had not seen Anand and was just happy that someone I knew had made it big. All of last May I had been pondering, should I , shouldn’t I. After all a man is different once he has tasted success. It was a pleasant surprise then, to have

Uma – makes do with being a Meiti for now!

2011-02-27T23:13:00.011-05:00

Now that Uma is katti with the boys, she spends most of her evenings looking at advertisements in the magazines that her parents subscribe to. Nothing shows disdain louder than when ignoring someone. Or someones. Darrel, Mo Mo, Venkat, Khalong, seem confused with her. They come a-calling every evening diligently and each time she shoos them away with her scissors. “I am busy, I have a project”,

So I took another turn around the Sun!

2011-01-05T22:49:00.002-05:00

The past twenty four hours have been an exercise in Atma Jnana.Studying Self with the Self.Trying to come closer to myself.How can I do that if every celebration of mine I insist on spending with at least ten others?So this time I decided to ward of all potential visitors, celebrants and ideas to party.Instead I stayed home and watched.Myself.This whole day I have been jealous once.When I heard

Burning Gita and other such Lordly labours

2010-12-31T01:55:00.012-05:00

The first time my friend Maria Cherian confronted me with the "Hinduism is so violent" statement, I was aghast. First, because most 'Hindus' are innocent of proselytizing and thus have no idea on how to propagate or defend their beliefs. Second, that she was told so by a pamphlet distributed by her local church in Thiruvalla, Kerala. The very idea that 'other' people should be discussing my

India- 1

2010-11-14T00:51:00.003-05:00

...Brass pots with tropical plantsJhoolas of wood and steela freshly made Muggu adorns the porch whilethe Tulasi sits in the shade of the Mango, the Papaya, the Pomegranate.Malle, Mandaram and Maruvam throw off a scentthat wakes me every mornSipping Chai to the strains of Bhairavia music class next doorthe chants of Shankara straining its way from the templethrough the flapping Cotton curtainA

Uma - meets her conscience in the Bathtub

2010-11-14T00:30:00.008-05:00

Uma stared at the bathtub for a few minutes unsure and apprehensive. In all her nine years she had never encountered a contraption such as this. A bucket and mug mostly and when it rained, directly under the blessed showers, which she preferred. This, graying, cracking, threatening pit of rectangle had never crossed her naïve path. If it had she might have walked regally past. Who would want to ‘

Autumnal Voices - my garrulous head

2010-10-31T22:06:00.006-04:00

We shake them off so you can seeWe bid adieu to make it seemThat there is hope when we cease.(A tree talks at autumn)You remind me of my countryYou remind of my religionYou thereWhile I walk back from workWink amongst various hues myriad shapesa harmonyan identitythat you do not craveenough to be togetheras a wholeas oneof many.Wink againI see nowa young green 'unshe wants noneself is allself is

Uma wants to meet a ghost.

2010-07-09T16:04:00.003-04:00

Uma desperately wants to meet a ghost. It was with much confidence that Uma strode into the library and demanded for the paperback edition of the “Exorcist”. The library uncle by now quite used to having this ten year old read such thick English books was not as perturbed as he should have been. If he only knew of the contents! He was just another employee of the Indian Air Force doing

Uma - and her zealousness for Zed

2010-05-09T23:22:00.008-04:00

It is at school that she has taken to collecting beedis, Bhutan beedis are not the tobacco itself but the silver wrappers of a cigarette brand that are a rage in this border town at the foothills of the Himalayas. She has 23!! Twenty three. She keeps counting them time and again to cross check, making sure that her math is right, what if that evil boy whose name she has no interest in, took it?

Uma - and the men in her life at nine

2010-04-11T22:56:00.018-04:00

Uma is nine but what she sees now, what she hears and experiences will shape her into the adult woman that she will become. Is it in her parents’ hands, that they ought to choose whom she mingles with? Is it irrelevant? Does it matter in the long run who she ran with, giggled and fought with when she was nine? Given how Uma is, yes it does. In her case it did. If you know her now, you will see

In India we are scared of the sacred in Bharat

2010-03-18T00:06:00.017-04:00

An event of this magnitude cannot be studied in isolation. First, the freedom of artistic pursuit, to think and reach those areas beyond the temporal is an artiste’s sacrosanct duty. To become one with Art itself, where the barriers that keep social tensions in check are broken and all limitations imposed on a regular society, ideally, are not applicable to one who is involved in this great mad

Uma stares at the World with Suspicion

2010-02-13T23:18:00.021-05:00

Uma stares at the library room in the Officer’s Mess, in the new southern town that they have moved to.It feels a bit familiar to her. So many windows and sunlight streaming in. The nakedness of its display! Space opening itself so joyously to its readers, touching is mandatory, it seems to say. She smoothens the gold rimmed bindings with her stubby fingers, takes a deep whiff smelling the

Uma chooses between Ghosts and Scorpions

2010-01-17T15:30:00.003-05:00

Uma has just returned from a long trip. Everyday this trip takes her to another town, a cosy but bustling city compared to the contained campus she lives in, to attain what adults call an ‘education’. She is not sure if her school, a catholic convent named Alvernia, provides her with as much wisdom as do the daily doses of dazzling seconds and minutes that pepper her blank slate of a brain with

Türkıyé - Kader

2009-12-18T09:42:00.024-05:00

Lookıng out of the Barış apartment wındow ın Kadıkoy at 1600 hrs on Dec 18th, ıt ıs exactly as Orhan Pamuk descrıbes ın hıs book ISTANBUL. I feel lıke I know ıts bylanes....ıts deja vu tıme.A haze, the characterıstıc melancholy, the hüzün drıftıng along the Bosphorous, envelopıng thıs confluence ın grey, carryıng wıth ıt the musıc of gulls and crows and foghorns ınto confusıng

Uma, Tintin and Amitabh Bacchan

2009-12-06T21:43:00.006-05:00

Uma is walking back from school, all alone. In front of her and behind her a group of giggly boys and aggressive girls prance about shouting wildly to the heavens. Our Uma is a ‘prim and proper’ girl, she does not indulge in such frivolities! “How silly these girls are” she thinks to herself, a sentence she will repeat all her life, her Mantra to disengage from those who

Almost.....

2009-11-12T14:24:00.003-05:00

Almost, naked you areThough not the colour of nude stockingsSomething silken a sheenGrazing my roughen territoryI ply the grassy valeFingers entwining the bladesIn hopes of a reprieveFrom a flaming fairYou pass by, gliding my thoughtsRiding my desires with a gentle gleamCaressing a well worn thoughtRedressing the unshed tearHair and Paper sway to touchI am here, you remindIn your presence a shy

UMA - back from school and MAHA bored

2009-11-12T13:34:00.003-05:00

She had really really wanted to go to some far far away foreign land, visit exciting places, have great adventures and come back to Sulur with plenty of stories to tell.On the other hand, even if she were to fly away on a magic carpet who could she regale with, with her tall tales? Not only was she bored but she was also lonely. Not only was she lonely she was also indignant. No one understood

SUCCESSOR TO THE SUCCESSOR.

2009-01-31T23:52:00.002-05:00

I wouldn’t call it a breach of faith, more like pushing me towards the Lions.You know like in a Coliseum…how everyone cheers you on while you await death by fear or favour ?I did not know a soul in the city and I was staying with an old couple, family of some friends of friends, the way it is these days. You tell everyone of your travel plans to make them envy you, inquire if they know anyone who

MALIKA VIRDI

2008-11-22T08:15:00.005-05:00

To the summitD B N Murthy is impressed by mountaineer and social worker Malika Verdis zest for life and passion for workMalika Virdi? A faint bell might ring for those who had followed the Trans-Himalayan expedition, which was flagged off on 26th January 1997 as part of the Golden Jubilee year of our Independence. The all-woman team covered thousands of kms across India, Bhutan, Nepal and climbed

HAPPENSTANCE

2008-11-17T13:14:00.002-05:00

I put Brooklyn Follies down after a straight read spanning two halves of a cold September day. The first half was filled with a kind of trepidation one has each time one picks up a recommended literary work. Will it show me something new, will it keep me awake through the night, will it suck my breath away into chortling gasps. Like awaiting a new lover to make that giant leap from borderline

THE STRANGE SOUND OF SILENCE

2008-11-16T22:58:00.003-05:00

At first it seemed like a simple experiment.A few days of silence you said. To unravel the mysteries of the darkness that might throw light.I complied solely out of a sense of adventure.Oh! This is fun!! I thought.This is a game that I must participate in, play with gusto.What a wonderful way to deal with any situation.Silence.Not that I could completely cut off from Sound. As the Elders have

FRANCOISE DEMULDER: RESTLESS, RESTED.

2008-09-15T20:08:00.006-04:00

Witness of our time and restless spirit of Paris ’68By Phil DavisonPublished: September 12 2008 19:17 | Last updated: September 12 2008 19:17 function floatContent(){var paraNum = "3" paraNum = paraNum - 1;var tb = document.getElementById('floating-con');var nl = document.getElementById('floating-target');if(tb.getElementsByTagName("div").length> 0){if (nl.getElementsByTagName("p").length>=

Tofu Bhujia

2008-08-30T15:22:00.011-04:00

For those who do not eat eggs, this scrambled simple version of Tofu comes quite close to the consistency of eggs. Can be had with Rice, Bread, Naan etcIngredients:1 packet Nasoya Soft Tofu3 long Cubano Peppers1 tsp Olive Oil1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds [ Jeera ]Salt and Pepper to tasteProcedure:Dice the peppersAdd to oilAdd cuminAdd saltOnce they are soft and cookedAdd crumbled TofuCover and cook for 5

GLORIA!!!

2008-08-25T01:25:00.002-04:00

Lunch with the FT: Gloria SteinemBy Chrystia FreelandPublished: August 1 2008 18:55 | Last updated: August 4 2008 07:13 For most of this decade, the conventional wisdom has had it that feminism in America is dead – or, at least, irrelevant. The New York Times talked to female students at Yale and found them to be mostly interested in becoming housewives. Sex and the City told us that even the

VARALAKSHMI VRATAM 2008

2008-08-25T01:08:00.004-04:00

Varalakshmi Vratam 2008

2008-08-25T01:03:00.004-04:00

Varalakshmi Vratam 2008

2008-08-25T00:50:00.001-04:00

VARALAKSHMI VRATAM - Aug 15th 2008

2008-08-21T12:01:00.001-04:00

Sri Varalakshmi Namastubyam Ragam: SriThalam: Rupaka 22 kharaharapriya janyaAa: S R2 M1 P N2 SAv: S N2 P D2 N2 P M1 R2 G2 R2 StaaLam: roopakamComposer: Muttuswaami DikshitarLanguage: Sanskritpallavishree varalakshmee nama-stubhyam vasupradEshree saarasapadE rasapa-dE sapadE padE padE(shree)anupallavibhaavaja janaka praaNavallabhE suvarNaabhEbhaannukOTi samaana pra-bhE bhakta

ALMAH : School For Designing Society

2008-08-21T11:30:00.003-04:00

Greetings,A few of you wanted to know a little about the texture of my experience at the School for Designing A Society (that aforementioned laboratory of dream and desire)...and it has been so difficult to pin words on the magical "floating world" of those three weeks.But this interview with one of the teachers does a great job of "capturing" the glimpses, shadows, and lights of SDaS; actually,

FIRECRACKER - Roberta McCain

2008-08-21T11:21:00.000-04:00

http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/080108VFEA/ It is a gorgeous spring day in Washington, and I am sitting in a suite at the Hay-Adams Hotel chatting with Roberta McCain while she is having her nails done for Vogue's photo shoot. So far she's been amenable to—and completely delighted with—everything we've suggested: the nails, a change of clothes, a light hair-and-makeup

Kirk Douglas - Newsweek

2008-08-21T11:18:00.003-04:00

Sally Peterson for Newsweek Think of Others: Helping people makes you feel good MY TURN What Old Age Taught Me Now in my golden

MUST READS THIS WEEK.............

2008-08-21T11:14:00.000-04:00

After a Marathon session at the Library, after a long long timeI came away with a few articles that got me thinking.......more!!Knowing you all, I am sure you will be happy to have these links,I have also cut n pasted the said articles to avoid procrastination on your part / an easy enough excuse if you are a 'power browser'/ just as the article suggests inIS GOOGLE MAKING YOU STUPID?? Then

ROSA DE JAMAICA SALAD for JIHVA

2008-07-30T14:57:00.007-04:00

Ingredients:1/2 regular size cucumber1/2 regular size tomato1/4 cup arugula1/4 cup sliced roasted almonds1 tsp olive oilsalt and pepper to taste1 tbsp rose de jamaica pureeProcedure:Mix all ingredients in a bowl.Let it marinade for 5 mins.Serve cold with bread and soup.This is my submission for FLOWER POWER, AUGUST, JIHVA.http://fusion-food.blogspot.com/2008/07/

JASMINE FOR JIHVA

2008-07-30T14:37:00.002-04:00

JASMINE for JIHVA

2008-07-30T14:34:00.001-04:00

QUINOA for JIHVA

2008-07-28T14:33:00.008-04:00

QUINOA UPMAIt is not very often that we get to eat Quinoa, despite knowing that it is probably the oldest grain [ from Peru ] and one of the most nutritous.I am still vary of making it into anything but an Upma lookalike, which tastes wonderful.Though one day I'd like to experiment more. INGREDIENTS:1 cup Quinoa1/2 Onion: slice in semi circles.11/2 cups boiling Water1 tbp Olive oil1/2 Tomato :

ARUNACHALANATHAM....

2008-07-28T12:16:00.005-04:00

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/arunaachala.mp3July 9th 2004Bhavana taught me the original version almost 4 years ago and I vowed to learn it well enough to sing it at the temple in Thiruvannamalai.Unfortunately due to various reasons including my laziness and Mahaswan's impending birth I had to discontinue the music classes with her.After a working on two Telugu

MARS:ANGARAKA: Dikshitar Krithi

2008-07-28T12:04:00.007-04:00

http://www.medieval.org/music/world/carnatic.htmlaHNgArakarAga: suraTi / tAla: rUpakaaHNgArakam AshrayAmy ahaM (shrI) vinatAsritajanamandAraM maHNgalavAram bhUmikumAraM vAraM vAraMshRHNgArakameSavRshcikarAshyadhipatiM raktAngaM raktAmbarAdidhraM shaktisUladharaM maHNgalaM kambugalaM maHnjulatarapadayugalaM maHNgaladAyakaMeSaturaHNgaM makarottuHNgamdAnavasurasevitamandasmitavilasitavaktraM

JASMINE TEA for JIHVA

2008-07-28T11:03:00.009-04:00

JASMINE TEAI am partial to Jasmine.It is known to enhance and uplift the mood, it releases a lot of endorphins on being smelt, and is a wonderful example of a tiny, white, pure creation having a reach far beyond its limitations/boundaries through its wonderful fragrance.I offer jasmines to God whenever I can and my pooja feels special when my jasmine plant gives birth to a few flowers every day.

The only foto that made the cut....and a close 2nd.

2008-07-26T18:10:00.002-04:00

A world of their own................

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A world of their own..............

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A world of their own...........

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fILM FiloSoFy

2008-07-25T20:12:00.004-04:00

Kate Adie says Radovan Karadzic could have stopped things Former BBC chief news correspondent Kate Adie reported extensively on the Bosnian conflict in the early 1990s. She met Radovan Karadzic,

TWO TO TANGO

2008-07-22T15:13:00.029-04:00

I heard this lovey story the other day at dinner:Patricia who is Indonesian-Chinese told me how she loved to Tango.When she was in Thailand last , for her birthday she decided to visit her boy friend Aaron [ Activist/American ] who was at that time in New Delhi, working with lawyer M C Mehta..... guess what Aaron did?He took up Tango lessons to surprise her!! In New Delhi!!So that he could dance

NAPM CONVENOR A D BABU KILLED

2008-07-22T09:23:00.002-04:00

DAILY SOUTH ASIANJuly 21, 2008 Murder of State NAPM Convener We are shocked to learn of the gruesome murder of senior activist and campaigner for prohibition of liquor, Mr. A.D. Babu, one of the state convenors of NAPM in Karnataka. This is one more instance of the continuing chain of violence targeting activists working among the poorest and downtrodden, whether they be campaigners

Good Bye to Raju Maama - July 13th 2008

2008-07-22T01:07:00.000-04:00

Raju Maama passed away in a road accident, their driver was being rash and their Scorpio hit a Lorry, along with Jayanthi and his two teenaged daughters Laxmi and Priya on the way back from Puttaparthi to Chennai near Chittor.Raju Maama had a special affection for me, I'd like to think so, and ever since the news I have been listening to his music tapes, which he taught FREE [ Pancharatna Krithis

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dr B!! - July 19th 2008

2008-07-22T01:05:00.000-04:00

He is short, a scraggly beard gone grey a long time ago, glasses that frame his diminutive visage with a scholastic sheen, a voice that rasps, being used to mouthing Physics for half a century, a trademark half-jacket and high heeled footwear complete the persona of him whom we refer to as Dr B. B for Bond or B for Bachchan. He is both. The glamour and pizzaz of the former is in

FOR AID CALENDAR - " ROTI " / 2009

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FOR AID CALENDAR -" ROTI " / 2009

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FOR AID CALENDAR - " ROTI " / 2009

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FOR AID CALENDAR - " ROTI " / 2009

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FOR AID CALENDAR - " ROTI " / 2009

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FOR AID CALENDAR - " ROTI "/ 2009

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RAJASTHAN/DELHI/LADAKH

2008-07-21T20:04:00.000-04:00

Finally, the pictures! From Rajasthan and Ladakh and Delhi. It took me 7.30 hours to upload all this..............so please do justice. With that all the 6 films are lying in mini dv tapes waiting to be sculpted. http://picasaweb.google.com/krishnakavita/AidindiaRajasthanLadakhKavita [ a few pix taken by george and sujata too. of course! ] I now announce the formal process of editing open :)

AP/TN/ORISSA

2008-07-21T19:59:00.000-04:00

Dear Aiders What a fabulous journey! We are done getting raw footage for the Eureka Child film. [ 1 film down 5 more to go ] www.eurekachild.org AID-CHENNAI is doing wonderful work and am really fortunate to have witnessed some part of it. Will definitely have to come back for more. Past few days were spent in filming the various projects under EUREKA CHILD: [ which include the Science

VILLANELLE

2008-02-29T18:06:00.003-05:00

Dear WFOW Villanelle- July11th 2004. [ Inspired by Amina's poems and Suja's wonderful analysis here I send you an old composition ] The pain of loving is too much to bear repressing sentiment , a body on hold at the altar of marriage a cross too rare there is no pressure no force to be fair better than beating, the soul to be sold the pain of not loving is too much to bear the hollow

SUMMER OF 2007

2008-02-29T18:03:00.002-05:00

Stuck in my hearta thorn rips the veins apart groping deeper into stillness it resides in full bloom Gnawing at my being it seeks deliverance that promises to come but never does. a call, a word, perhaps, a Sound, of Silence? I cannot put words to pen or tears to the eye voice to throat or me to my. I am lost, right now, while you fly. Did you perchance feel the same green grass under

FALL OF 2007

2008-02-29T17:54:00.002-05:00

With a pre-destined promiseyou arrived, unannounced late and liveried. Branded bags and a roll on an orange octopus was it? On your backpack?? One of the three wise men from the East that much was definite, about being wise,again I do not yet know For you asked to sit at my feet sure of my acquiescence, resting your arm ever so slightly on my thigh while reaching out with the other at that

DISHAA - MARCH 2008

2008-02-29T17:42:00.000-05:00

Association for India's DevelopmentQuarterly newsletterDishaa, Volume 52, Jan-Mar 2008 Newsletters Janurary 2008 DISHAA DISHAA In this issue: Hundred days of work Somnath Mukherji discusses the

IMAGINING OURSELVES........IMOW.ORG

2008-02-29T17:36:00.001-05:00

Dear members of the Magic Circle [ Amina's term for people connected thru serendipity ] Must Watch!! "Stranger in her own city" ..........true story of Najmia . A film by Khadija Al-Salami [ shot on location in Sa'na in Yemen ] http://imaginingourselves.imow.org/pb/Story.aspx?G=1&C=0&id=1263&lang=1 A Stranger in Her Own City Khadija Al-Salami Yemen

PLAY-ACTING WITH SHIRIN/ and SAMEER

2008-02-29T17:29:00.000-05:00

RACE FOR YOUR LIFE A PLAY ON BLACK-BROWN ALLIANCES FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE & THE PIT A PLAY ON IMMIGRATION Horizon Theatre, Saturday, 7 PM Characters: Race for Your Life Alejandra: Undocumented Salvadoran immigrant; single mother of two children; temp. cleaning woman Darrell: DC native pushed out due to gentrification; father of one child; works in a small store

Women's Retreat at BLACK HILL NATURE CENTRE

2008-02-29T17:22:00.000-05:00

Dear All A few moons ago I received Certification as a Volunteer Naturalist by the Montgomery County Park Service. Amie my friend who is an eco-psychologist and I created this program for women, which will be held on three Sundays in Fall [ Sep 16th 3-6 pm being the first ] . We will be testing waters so to speak for the first time but we have wonderful ides for the future - if all goes well.

MALAVIKA MOHANAN : a consummate dancer-person

2008-02-29T17:13:00.000-05:00

We invite you to celebrate with us our Shared Heritage on 21st July 2007 from 2PM-5PM Margaret Brent room, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland College Park Informal discussion and snacks at Dr. Mohan Bhagat's house Programme: Dance performance by Malavika Mohanan Address by Sandeep Pandey, Indo-Pak peace activist, Magsaysay Award winner and founder of Asha for Education Madhu

COOKING BLOGS

2008-02-29T17:11:00.000-05:00

Alright: most of you may know of this site but am taking the trouble of posting it anyways coz it has a great list of food blogs and fabulous recipes and even better recipe competitions/ blog competitions and compilations - albeit mostly vegetarian/indian.[ I believe Sushma you told me about it loooooong back.....thanx ]Sometime back I had a similar idea but being a little more than necessary on

ROSE LORD'S : MOTHER-TO-MOTHER for PEACE

2008-02-29T17:03:00.000-05:00

http://home.earthlink.net/~coalition4peace/Indextowomanspage.htmIndex to Contents Links News 1. Women Peacemakers of the World Project2. Introduction to the Mother-to-Mother for Peace and

Other India Bookstore

2008-02-29T17:01:00.000-05:00

Most of you are writing / in the process of writing books/novels/novellas/memoirs orjust keen on reading about the 'real' India, this is the best alternative for publishing/distribution in India.FYI------For Alternative Publishing, access to Local/African/Asian publications, looking beyond Western Publications, South-South Co-op:OTHER INDIA PRESS/BOOKSTORE, MAPUSA, GOA.[ Claude and Norma Alvares

Another day in the jungle: Ann's blog

2008-02-29T16:59:00.000-05:00

Aother day in the jungle Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Third Anniversary Party The timing of the visit of Rose, Cecilia and Kavita cooincided with the third anniversary of the beginnings of the women's group, so the women took a vote and all decided to hold a celebratory festival to mark the occasion. There was only a couple of days to

IX CANAAN UPDATES FROM ANN LOSSING

2008-02-29T16:57:00.000-05:00

another day in the jungle Catch up with all of Project Ix-canaan's recent events and volunteers on the blog "another day in the jungle" which has just been updated at www.ixcanaan.blogspot.com (note the new "Read More" feature). ______________________________________________________________________ Ix-canaan's Requirements 1. Volunteers: The success of Project Ix-canaan depends

My Mayan Sign

2008-02-29T16:52:00.000-05:00

DAY-SIGN: 6-Rain(Maya: 6-Cauac) YEAR: South-12 (Tikal System) 13-DAY PERIOD: 1-Ocelot(Maya: 1-Ix) NIGHT LORD: 6 VENUS PHASE: Evening Star Introduction: The Astrology of Time The ancient Maya and Aztec astrologers studied the mysterious influence of the rhythms of

MAYAN ZODIAC

2008-02-29T16:50:00.000-05:00

For a while everything will be "Mayan" with me :)))Enjoy!!KavitaWhat's the purpose in YOUR journey? When a person was born in the ancient Maya culture, they were named after the Glyph and Tone of their birth. This practice instilled the individual's awareness of the energy characteristics of their birth. Because they were raised up completely immersed in the understanding of the calendar and the

FILMING IN GUATEMALA

2008-02-29T16:29:00.002-05:00

From my diary:" This is a very exciting trip for me because the project is about Women's Self Reliance [ micro-credit etc ] but having traveled to El Remate, Guatemala and having stayed 15 days in the fabulousGringo Perdido [ managed by Anne ] I must say this trip has been the culmination of all myMelanie mentioned that El Remate/Peten is the centre of the Americas [got to confirm the

Book list from Chimmi

2008-02-29T16:25:00.000-05:00

Expert's Picks: Travel & Adventure We asked Tahir Shah -- an intrepid traveler -- to tell us which books best inspire wanderlust. As a student almost 20 years ago, I made a pilgrimage to a barren hillside in northern Kenya. It was summer, and the heat was insufferable. A herd of zebra had collapsed in the shade of a thorn tree at the base of the hill. Nearby, a Samburu warrior was standing on

DEATH - before and after.

2008-02-29T15:50:00.001-05:00

Inspired by FRIGID - dabba’s surreal science fiction,whose imagination I cannot match.Encouraged by CURED - Subrat’s style of 80s locally flavoured memoir, my literary Guru!Written for Arun Prakash who

TZP: Curious incident of a Lecture on Dyslexia during Movietime!

2008-02-29T15:47:00.000-05:00

Author’s note:This is the original version of the precis-ed Ronin submission.If it does get selected you will see how one ‘edits’ and if it does not then, well, you know why!!And since I will be traveling in a

WHAT IS CINEMA?

2008-02-29T15:46:00.000-05:00

A story, some questions and a lot of Home Work for 2008! Once upon a time in the Washington DC Area…I was in Thai Corner Bethesda having a quick lunch, before catching a film at the Landmark Theatre and in my

MY BATTLE FOR ALGIERS

2008-02-29T15:44:00.000-05:00

Reading in the musty cold college library in Jodhpur,at the beck and call of the Attendant,who took his job very seriously,not allowing us to shift our chairs towards the sun, I dreamt of Algeria. “The rebel

KHOYA KHOYA PRINT – ATONEMENT for AAJA NACHLE

2008-02-29T15:42:00.000-05:00

Methinks I have to start a coconut breaking session each time I venture out into the snow/rain/sleet and thus dangerous roads for a hat-kay movie.It happened with No Smoking and it has happened yet again.Rahu Kalam emo? ‘Iron

WHAT WOMEN WANT [ or why women should make movies ]

2008-02-29T15:39:00.000-05:00