Posted 14 years ago under Entertainment > Arts & Theatre
Posted 14 years ago under Entertainment > Arts & Theatre
Posted 16 years ago under Nation > Citizen Responsibility
Latest posts by Archana VermaReaders are welcome to enjoy the video above and feel hungry at the mouthwatering sights of the great cuisine that Iran is known for. But please don't spoil the taste of your mouth by reading the comments below this video on the Youtube page. I have always wondered why the youtube videos that focus...
Posted on 22 May 2011 | 9:09 am
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Indian Classical Music Singing (See original image here) I am sick of convincing the publishing industry that I'm not someone else! This comes of having such a common name that one could find a dime a dozen Archana Vermas. All these years I have adjusted myself to the situation of being surrounded b...
Posted on 8 February 2011 | 10:38 pm
Read postSunrise, Goa I guess as a blogger I must recount the year gone by as we all stand at this juncture of the year gone by and the one standing before us. So, what did I achieve in the past year? Well, I sent two important books to publishers, so it was not all that ... Continue reading →...
Posted on 1 January 2011 | 10:30 am
Read postPraise to Vishnu in Odissi by Sharmila Mukherjee A cultural system can have absolutely opposite connotations in different social and religious context. When we look at Hinduism and Islam, dance and music have exactly opposite connotations in these two religions, but there have also been efforts in h...
Posted on 22 May 2010 | 10:35 pm
Read postLong line of pilgrims entering the sanctuary, extending for miles into the surrounding area (19th Century drawing) Makka and the Hajj were not always as they appear today - multitudes of crowds in a modern city with technologically monitored Hajj, removed of all the creativity that the people expres...
Posted on 10 May 2010 | 6:22 pm
Read postThis film created waves before it was released and on its first screening in India - not so much because of its aesthetic value, but more because of the cultural politics associated with it (read my other post on this theme). In essence, this is an attempt by the popular culture of India to initiate...
Posted on 8 March 2010 | 6:48 pm
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