Archive for the 'Amit Varma' Category
Parallel Undercurrents-
• December 6, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Mahabharata', 'Ramayana', Aeolian dialect of Greek, Allen Ginsberg, America & Middle East politics, Amit Varma, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Analytical Consciousness, anti-Muslim Kristallnacht, art and society, Art Threat, Artistic Genres, artists, Authenticity, avant-garde cinema, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Beat Literature, Beat Poets, Bhudevi, bibliophile, Bohemia, Branding of Politics, censorship, cinema, Cinemondo, citizenship, Civil Disobedience, civil unrest, clandestine operations, Coffee House Press, community, conspiracy against democracy, Corporate lackeys, Corporate Moguls, Corporatorcracy, counterculture, creative writing, creativity, critical media, cultural icons, culture, culture consumption, deliquescence, democracy, Democracy politics, Dharma Beat Poet, dissemination of images, Divisinist Technique, Docu-drama, documentary film, economics, education, Emancipation from Tribalism, Ephemeral Memory, Eros, Ethics, extremists, Fascist Killers, Feminist critique/criticism, Foreign Film, Fortuyn Insurgency, free-speech, freedom, gender equality, global politics, government, Green Left, Hellenic Knowledge, History, Hollywood Behemoth, human rights, Hypatia, hypocrisy, Iconic Imagery, Idiosyncratic politics, Independent Media/Journalism, Independent press, Intellectual Milieu, intelligentsia, international affairs, Iraq policy, Islamphobe, jihad in Dutch streets, justice, l'inexplorable, Laissez Faire Elite, Laissez-Faire Capitalism, liberation, liberty, Literary coterie, Marijnissen's Socialists, masculine&feminine energies, Media Wonks, memoirs, Middle East politics, Milwaukee artists, Milwaukee fiction writers, Milwaukee writers, modern urban Life, modernist women writers, Muslim extremists, Muslim feminists, new activism, opinions, oppression, Oppressive Politics, Parallel Undercurrents, Phainetai Moi, photojournalism, Pim Fortuyn, Pluralist Democracy, Poetess, Policy Wonk, Political Moguls, Politico-Libertine, Post-Beat Era, post-Beat Poetry Community, Pro-Democracy Movement, Pro-Freedom, progressive politics, Public Debate, pyschology, race, radical Islamists, reactionary conversions, Realists, religion, Sanskrit & Alchemy, social criticism, social critique, social philosophy, theatre, Theo van Gogh, travel, Tyranny, vernacular, Voice of Dissent, We The People..., Women Political Leaders, World Cinema, Writing & Poetics
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Leftovers-
• November 23, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Ramayana', American Women Poets, Amit Varma, Analytical Consciousness, anti-capitalist, anti-establishment, anti-globalization, Anti-war, Apocryphal, art and society, Avadha, Beat Generation, Beat Genres, Beat Literature, Beat Poets, Black Friday, Bohemia, Bohemian Ink, books, Bush cronies, citizenship, civil unrest, Coffee House Press, collectives, community, conspiracy against democracy, Corporate America, Corporate Moguls, Corporatorcracy, corruption, creative writing, critical media, Cultural Shifts, culture, culture consumption, Demetrius Phalereus, democracy, Democracy politics, Democratic Republic, Dharma Beat Poet, disembodied poetics, disparate collection of voices, Dissemintion of popular culture, Diyas, editiorials, education, Ephemeral Memory, Ethics, Founding Fathers, freedom, Ganges, geopolitical, government, Hellenic Knowledge, Hermetic & Esoteric traditions, Hinduism, human history, human rights, Hypatia, hypocrisy, ignored genres, Independent Media/Journalism, Independent press, Infantilized consumers, l'inexplorable, liberation, liberty, life, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, Louvre, Media Wonks, modern urban Life, NEImpeach.org, new activism, Novelist, Op-Ed, opinions, oppression, patriarchy, phalli of Priapus, Poetics, Politics of Confrontation, Post-Beat Era, post-Beat Poetry Community, Preamble, Predatory Corporate Capitalism, Pro-Freedom, progressive politics, pyschology, social criticism, Sourdough Mountain, Thom Hartmann, unjust hierarchy, vernacular modernism, We The People...
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Diwali-Deepavali
• November 9, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Mahabharata', 'Ramayana', Amit Varma, anthropology, art, art and society, Art&Music, Art&Poetry, artists, Asia, Avadha, Ayurvedic cooking, Bhudevi, Bohemia, Coffee House Press, community, contemporary art, cooking, creative writing, creativity, culture, Deepavali, deliquescence, desi-lit, Dharma Beat Poet, Diwali, Diyas, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Dussera, Eros, erotica, Farm to Table, feminism, Festival of Lights, fireworks & sweets, food, Fotografos, Ganges, Good vs Evil, Harvest Festivals, Hindu festivals, Hindu holidays, Hindu mythology, Hinduism, History, human history, Iconic Imagery, India, India and Pakistan, Indian holidays/festivals, Indian-American, Kali-Chudash, King Rama, l'automne, Lakshmi, life, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, local food infrastructure, Lord Rama, Lord Vishnu, love, Ma Sita, Milwaukee writers, Mother Goddess, Mythology, Narakasura, natural habitats and life cycles, Naturalism & Modernism, Pakistan, Philosophy, Photography, Pleiades, Poetics, poetry, Pomona Goddess of Fruits, popular culture, Post-Beat Era, Prose Fiction, Prosperity, publication, Punjab, Punjabi Bhangra, pyschology, race, Rawalpindi, religion, sacred texts, Sagas Legends, Sikh festivals, South Asia, south asian art, South Asian artists, South Asian Media, Spontaneous Prose, Srinivasa Ramanujan, symbolism, Tamil Nadu, travel, vernacular, Whole Earth, Writing & Poetics
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Bhutto under House Arrest-
• November 9, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Nie Wieder Krieg', Aeolian dialect of Greek, America & Middle East politics, Amit Varma, Amnesty International, Analytical Consciousness, anti-establishment, Anti-war, Anti-War protests, Apocryphal, aristocracy, Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Authenticity, Beat Generation, Beat Literature, Beat Poets, Benazir Bhutto, bibliophile, Blogging, Bloody Hands, Bohemia, Branding of Politics, Burma, censorship, Civil Disobedience, civil unrest, Coffee House Press, community, conspiracy against democracy, Contemporary Writers, Corporate lackeys, Corporate Moguls, corruption, creative writing, critical media, cultural icons, cultural legacy, culture, democracy, Democracy politics, Democratic Voice of Burma, Dharma Beat Poet, economics, editiorials, Ethics, extremists, feminism, Feminist critique/criticism, free-speech, freedom, global politics, government, human history, human rights, Iconic Imagery, Independent Media/Journalism, Independent press, Independent/Progressive publications, India, India and Pakistan, India-Pakistan relations, intelligentsia, international affairs, Journalism, justice, Khaled Hasseini, liberation, life, Life&Death, Linguistics, Literary coterie, mass protests/demonstrations, Media, media blackouts, Media Wonks, Milwaukee writers, Musharraf, new activism, News, opinions, oppression, pacifist consciousness, pacifist politics, Pakistan military, Pakistan People's Party-PPP, Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan politics, patriarchy, Peace Action, Philosophy, photojournalism, Police Brutality, Policy Wonk, politics, Politics of Confrontation, Post-Beat Era, post-Beat Poetry Community, PPP activists, Preetha Kannan, Pro-Democracy Movement, Pro-Freedom, progressive politics, protests, pseudo-anonymous, publication, pyschology, Rawalpindi, social criticism, social critique, Solidarity, Sourdough Mountain, South Asia, South Asian Media, South Asian political leaders, Srinivasa Ramanujan, State of Emergency, travel, Women Political Leaders
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‘Nie Wieder Krieg’ –
• November 6, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in "war criminal", 'Nie Wieder Krieg', Akademie der Kunste, America & Middle East politics, Amit Varma, Analytical Consciousness, Anthologies, anti-capitalist, anti-establishment, anti-globalization, Anti-war, Anti-War protests, Apocryphal, art, art and society, Art Anthologies, Art History, Art Threat, Art&Design, Artforum, Artistic Genres, artists, auctions, Beat Generation, Beat Literature, Beat Poets, bibliophile, Bloody Hands, Bohemia, books, Branding of Politics, Bush cronies, Civil Disobedience, Coffee House Press, collectives, community, conspiracy against democracy, conte drawings, Corporate lackeys, corruption, counterculture, creative writing, creativity, critical media, cultural icons, Cultural Shifts, democracy, Democracy politics, Dharma Beat Poet, dissemination of images, Dissemintion of popular culture, Divisimist Technique, economics, editiorials, Edvard Munch, Eros, Ethics, existentialism, experimental writing, feminism, Feminist critique/criticism, Fotografos, free-speech, freedom, galleries, German Expressionism, German pacifist movements, Gesamtkunstwerk, Global Anti-War Movement, global politics, Goethe, government, graphic artist/art, History, human history, human rights, Hunger&Death, hyperrealistic, hypocrisy, Iconic Imagery, ignored genres, Independent Media/Journalism, Independent press, Independent/Progressive publications, Jack Kerouac, Journalism, Kathe Kollwitz, Kierkegaard, l'inexplorable, liberation, Life&Death, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, lithography, Media Wonks, memoirs, Milwaukee writers, modernist women writers, Neo-Impressionism, new activism, Novelist, opinions, oppression, Pacifist Cause, pacifist consciousness, pacifist politics, Painting, Palla Athene, patriarchy, Peace Action, Philosophy, Photography, Platonic Idealism, Pleiades, politics, Politics of Confrontation, Post Modernism, Post-Beat Era, Post-Impressionism, Post-War decay, Printmakers, Pro-Democracy Movement, Pro-Freedom, progressive politics, publication, pyschology, Realists, sculpture, social criticism, social critique, Social-Democratic organization, Socialist Democratic Party, sociology, symbolism, Symbolist, travel, Wealth vs Poverty, Wilhelm Leibl, Women Political Leaders
Tags: 'Nie Wieder Krieg', Academia, Akademic der Kunste, Anthologies, anti-war movement, anti-war prints, art, Artistic Genres, Blog, Bonhams auction, community, Corporate lackeys, corruption, creative writing, critical media/news, culture, discourse&critique, dissemintaion of images, draughtsmen/women, drawing, economics, education, Edvard Munch, entertainment, Eros&Thanatos, etching, Ethics, exhibits, famous female expressionist artists, female artists&activists, free-press&expression, German Expressionism, German Youth Conference, Global Anti-War Movement, global politics, government, graphic artist/art, honest analysis, Hope, Hunger&Death, iconic image, Independent press, inspiration, internet art, journals, Kathe Kollwitz, life, Life & Death, Linguistics, lithography, Max Linger, Media, memoirs, News, observation, Pacifist Cause, pacifist movements Germany, painter, personal, Philosophy, politics, Post Modernism, Printmakers, printmaking, publications, pyschology, random, realist, sculpture, social issues, Socialist Democratic Party, thoughts, tonal ranges, travel, war, War vs Peace, Wealth and poltics, Wilhelm Leibl, woodcuts, writing
Bastiat 2007-
• November 2, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in Amit Varma, anti-capitalist, anti-establishment, anti-globalization, Anti-war, Art&Design, Art&Poetry, Asia, Bastiat Prize for Journalism, Beat Generation, Beat Literature, Beat Poets, bibliophile, books, community, critical media, culture, democracy, desi-lit, free-speech, freedom, French Bourgeoisie, Goethe, India, India's fractious politics, Indian-American, life, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee writers, News, Opportunist, poetry, Policy Wonk, politics
Tags: Amit Varma, Bastiat Prize for Journalism, Journalism, life, Media, narrowing of journalism, News, South Asian journalists, writing
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