Rumi: Poems on and about the beyond…

September 26th, 2007

The mystical poems of the 13th century Persian poet Rumi have made him one of the best known poets of our times. UNESCO has declared 2007 as the International Year of Rumi.
Here are couple of video recitations of his poems…


Here a few more Rumi videos from Youtube (I will keep adding more as I find them)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hqhNPY882kE
Shakespeare of mystics

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Sitar at the subway station

September 22nd, 2007

Watching this video today morning made my day…hopefully it will make yours too! its such an interesting fusion of Indian and Western… and remember the sitar is a very difficult instrument to master. Anyway here is the video, enjoy !



In case you liked the sound of the sitar, I heartily recommend watching Ravi Shankar and Allah Rakha playing at the Monterey Pop Festival 1967 : Part 1 and Part 2. It will give you a glimpse into why they are counted among the greatest musicians of all time.

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Tradition vs. Tourism in Ladakh

September 10th, 2007

I have been dreaming of visiting Ladakh for ages…

As featured on Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria. This video excerpt from a film by Dan Schreiber explores the tension between tradition and tourism in a remote region of Northern India.

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Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot

September 9th, 2007

This is a video of the the Pale Blue Dot.
As the Youtube psot says having Carl Sagan read to you from the book with the same title is something else. Enough said. Take a listen and leave comments please.

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