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• 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
Satrapi’s Comic-Strip Memoir comes to Life-
• December 25, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in 'Persepolis', Aeolic Word pais, America & Middle East politics, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Analytical Consciousness, anthropology, anti-Muslim Kristallnacht, Anti-war, Anti-War protests, anxiety of Tehran, Apocryphal, art, art and society, Art Anthologies, Art Threat, Artforum, Artistic Genres, artists, Authenticity, autobiographical comic-strip, avant-garde cinema, Ayatollah & Khomeini, Bande Desinee, Beat Genres, Beat Literature, bibliophile, Bohemia, books, brutality of Taliban era, chadors of females in Iran, children's health, cinema, citizenship, Civil Disobedience, civil unrest, collectives, community, conspiracy against democracy, contemporary art, contemporary printmaking, Contemporary Writers, corruption, counterculture, creative writing, creativity, critical media, Cultural Shifts, culture, Demetrius Phalereus, democracy, Democracy politics, diptych prints, disparate collection of voices, dissemination of images, Docu-drama, Ephemeral Memory, Eros, European alternative culture, Exiled life, fanatical Islamists, feminism, Feminist critique/criticism, fiction vs reality, filmmakers, Foreign Film, free-speech, freedom, Freedom as Birthright, French Bourgeoisie, Fundamentalists, gender equality, global politics, Good vs Evil, government, graphic artist/art, Graphic Novel, Hellenic Knowledge, History, human rights, humanity, Hypatia, idealism, ignored genres, imposition of the veil, Independent press, Intellectual Milieu, international affairs, intolerance & superstition, Iranian Life, Iranian Revolution, Islamphobe, justice, La Societe Feudale, Laissez Faire Elite, Laissez-Faire Capitalism, left-wing intellectuals, liberation, liberty, Life&Death, Light & Darkness, Linguistics, Literary coterie, literature, Lycee Francais, Marjane Satrapi, Marxist, mass protests/demonstrations, Middle East politics, modernist women writers, Muslim extremists, Muslim feminists, nihilism, no-nonsense feminism, Novelist, oppression, Oppressive Politics, Pathos, Peace, Platonic Idealism, Pluralist Democracy, political dimensions, Political History, political themes in art, politics, Politics of Confrontation, popular culture, post-punk cult, Post-War decay, pre-post Revolution/Iran-Tehran, punk rock, pyschology, race, radical feminism, radical Islamists, religion, religious zealots, rhythmical grumbles, rules of the mullah, Shah dictatorship, social critique, symbolism, Symbolist, technology, theatre, Thirsting for Peace in a Raging Century, travel, Tyranny, unjust hierarchy, vernacular modernism, Video art, visceral reactions to the veil, Voice of Dissent, war-torture-execution, Wealth vs Poverty, Word & Image, World Cinema
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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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