Archive for the 'Asia' Category
The Rise of Street Literature
• June 13, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Persepolis', active anarchist, Almah LaVon Rice, America's Pop Culture, American Artists, American Surrealism, Analytical Consciousness, Apocryphal, art, Art&Design, Artisitc Milieu, Asia, Authenticity, bibliophile, Biographia Literaria, Black Friday, Blog, Blogging, Bohemia, Bohemian Ink, Book Seller Moguls, books, censorship, Coffee House Press, collectives, Colorlines, Comic Arts, contemporary art, Contemporary Writers, creative writing, critical media, Culture & Art, culture consumption, Da Ghetto, disparate collection of voices, dissemination of images, Dissemintion of popular culture, ethnic violence, fiction vs reality, Figurative Imagery, free-speech, freedom, Gangsta-Lit, Ghetto-Lit, Gia Bao Tran, Graphic Novels/Art, human rights, humanity, hyperrealistic, hypocrisy, ignored genres, Independent Media/Journalism, Independent press, Independent/Progressive publications, Intellectual Milieu, liberation, lit&bit, Media Moguls, modern urban Life, Novelist, Novella Parody, Oppressive Politics, Poignant Themes, popular culture, Prose Fiction, psychological aspects in Urban Writing/Lit, psychopathology, Race & Representation, Satiric Tales, Shakespeare, Shakespeare and Urban Lit/Writing/Life, Slangy, social criticism, social critique, social philosophy, Street-Lit, Urban Fiction, Urban Literature/Writing, urban living
Tags: Almah LaVon Rice, Colorlines, Comic Arts, Da Ghetto, Gangsta-Lit, Ghetto-Lit, Gia Bao Tran, Graphic Novels/Art, Media Moguls, Novella Parody, Race & Representation, Satiric Tales, Shakespeare and Urban Lit/Writing/Life, Street-Lit, Urban Fiction, Urban Literature, Urban-Lit
: Shankarji ki Jai :
• March 10, 2008 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Mahabharata', 'Ramayana', Analytical Consciousness, ancient languages, ancient scrolls, art, art and society, Art&Poetry, Artistic Genres, artists, Asia, Auspicious Night, Avadha, Ayurvedic cooking, Bharata Natyam, bibliophile, Bohemia, books, community, Contemporary Writers, cosmos, creative writing, creativity, cultural icons, culture, Culture & Art, Culture & Traditions, dance, desi-lit, Devotee, Divine Harmony, Diyas, Earth Festivals, Eros, fireworks & sweets, Fotografos, Ganges, Goddess Parvati, Good vs Evil, Hindu festivals, Hindu holidays, Hindu Legends, Hindu mythology, Hindu Trinity, Hinduism, Hinud Mythology, History, Iconic Imagery, India, Indian holidays/festivals, Intellectual Milieu, international affairs, international literature&poetry, Krishna Paksha, life, Life&Death, Light & Darkness, light over the darkness, Linga Purana, Literary coterie, literature, Lord Shiva- Lord of Dance, love, Maha Shivaratri, masculine&feminine energies, Mythology, natural habitats and life cycles, Naturalism & Modernism, Om Namah Shivaya, Puja, sacred texts, Sagas Legends, sculpture, Shiva Worship, South Asia, south asian art, South Asian Festivals, spirituality, symbolism, Tamil Nadu, Tandava Nritya-, travel, Virture, Word & Image
Tags: Bathing the Shivalinga, celebrations, Culture & Traditions, Devotee, Goddess Parvati, Hindu Legends, Hindu Month of Phalgun, Hindu mythology, Hindu Trinity, India, Krishna Paksha, Linga Purana, literature, Lord Shiva & Parvati, Maha Shivaratri, Night fast, Puja, Purification of the Soul, Shiva Worship, South Asian Festivals, Symbolic Imagery, Tandava Nritya- The Dance of Primordial Creation, Traditions & Customs, travel, Virtue, writing
: Joyeuse Saint Valentin! :
• February 14, 2008 • 1 CommentPosted in 'Ramayana', Analytical Consciousness, ancient languages, ancient scribes, ancient scrolls, Anthologies, Antiquity, art, art and society, Art History, Art&Poetry, artists, Asia, Bhudevi, bibliophile, Bohemia, books, Courtship, creative writing, creativity, cult of personality, cultural icons, cultural legacy, culture, Culture & Art, Cup of Love, desi-lit, Diyas, Ephemeral Memory, Eros, erotica, Famous Indian Poets, Festivals and their Meaning, fine art, Hindu mythology, History, India, Intellectual Milieu, international literature&poetry, life, Literary coterie, literature, love, Ma Sita, masculine&feminine energies, modernist women writers, Mughal Paintings/Art, poetry, Poets, Poets/Icons, Poignant Themes, Rabindranath Tagore, Romace, South Asia, south asian art, South Asian Poetry, Tamil Nadu, the Divine, Valentine's Day, Word & Image, writing, Writing & Poetics
Tags: art, Art and Poetry, books, Courtship, culture, Indian Mughal Paintings, Indian Poets, literature, love, Love celebrations, poetry, Rabindranath Tagore, relationships, Romance, south asian art, Valentine's Day, writing
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
Tags: 'Mahabharata', 'Ramayana', art, Autumn Harvest, Avadha, Ayodhya citizens, beauty, Bhudevi, Bihar, blessings, Blog, community, cooking, culture, Deepavali, Dhanteras, Diwali, Diyas, education, entertainment, family, Festival of Lights, fireworks, food&festivals, gods & goddesses, Good vs Evil, Harvest Festivals, Hindu festivals, Hindu King Vikramaditya, Hinduism, holidays, India, Indian-American, inspiration, international, internet, interracial, Kali-Chudash, Kali-ma, King Bali, Kingdom of Pradyoshapuram, Lakshmi, life, Lord Krishna, Lord Rama, Ma Sita, Maha Kali, Mother Lakshmi, Mythology, Narakasura monster, Naturalism&Modernism, News, observation, Pandavas, patheism, Peaceful, personal, Philosophy, Photography, pious sages, pluralism, poems, poetry, prayer, Punjab, random, religious festivals, religious holidays, rituals, sacred texts, Sagas Legends, Saraswati, Sikh festivals, Sita, society, South Asia, Spiritual, sweets, thoughts, tradition, travel, Uttar Pradesh, Victory of Rama, Vishnu, wealth & prosperity, world, writing
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
Tags: Academia, advocacy, Analytical Consciousness, Aung San Suu Kyi, BBC, Benazir Bhutto, Bhutto supporters, Branding of Politics, British media/journalism, Burmese Democracy movement, Civil Disobedience, civil unrest, conspiracy against democracy, cultural Asian icons/leaders, culture, daily life, elections, Ethics, events, extremists, free press/speech, freedom, global news, global politics, global solidarity, government, History, house arrest, human rights, Iconic Imagery, Independent news media/journalism, Independent press, India-Pakistan relations, intelligentsia, international affairs, international politics, Journalism, justice, languages, law, links, mass protests, Media, media blackouts, Media Wonks, military, Musharraf, News, oppression, Pakistan, Pakistan People's Party-PPP, people, photojournalism, places, Police Brutality, PPP activists, protests, rallys, random, Rawalpindi, research, social issues, society, Solidarity, South Asia, South Asian Media, South Asian women in politics, State of Emergency, suicide bombins, travel, women, world, 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
Dussera-
• October 23, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in Asia, community, culture, Dussera, Hindu festivals, Hindu holidays, India, Jai Ambe Gauri, life, Mother Goddess, Mythology, Photography, sacred texts, South Asia, South Asian Media
Tags: celebrations, culture, Dussera, Hindu festivals, Inida, Jai Ambe Gauri, life, Musings, Mythology, News, Philosophy, photos, pooja, religion, South Asia, thoughts, triumph of good over evil, world
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