: 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
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
Is India’s PM a Wank?
• October 30, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in art, community, Literary coterie
Tags: BBC South Asia, business, economics, energy resources, Ethics, globalization, government, India, India's fractious politics, international, Journalism, life, Manmohan Singh, Media, N-Deal, News, politics, social critique, Sonia Gandhi, technology, thoughts, weak indecisive government, world views, writing
India’s Democracy births a Louisiana Republican-
• October 24, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in Bobby Jindal, Branding of Politics, critical media, government, History, India, Indian-American, Louisiana, Macbeth, Media, News, Policy Wonk, politics, Punjab, Republican politics, Rhodes Scholar, Shakespeare
Tags: "Piyush", abortion rights, America, Americanized, articles, Bobby Jindal, branding, business, corruption, critical media, culture, current affairs, government, gubernatorial victory, History, India, Indian-American, intelligent design, Louisiana governor, Malerkotla, marketing, Media, News, Policy Wonk, politics, Punjab, random, reform, religion, Republican politics, Rhodes Scholar, society, thoughts
Bumpy past leading to the Nobel prize…
• October 12, 2007 • Leave a CommentPosted in Asia, climate change, community, culture, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, economics, environmentalism, Global warming, life, politics, progressive politics, social criticism
Tags: Al Gore, America, carbon dioxide, cause&effect, climate change, climate change awareness, developed/undeveloped countries, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, energy & economics, Energy and Resource Institute, environmental scientists/activists, Global warming, India, Indian scientists/engineers, IPCC, Nobel Laureate '07, Nobel Peace Prize, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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