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Pixel Pancho

Featured above is a mural fashioned by the renowned Italian artist Pixel Pancho.  Several more images — all captured by travel and street photographer Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad — that surfaced at last month’s hugely popular Wide Open Walls Festival in Sacramento, California follow:

Hera of the German duo Herakut

Berlin-based, Argentine artist Guido Palmadessa

 Mexican native, LA-based Ilse Valfré

Brazilian artist Mateus Bailon , close-up

NYC-based Tom Bob

Organized by David Sobon and Branded Arts, the annual Wide Open Walls is the largest open air art festival in the USA. You can download a printiable mural map with exact locations here.

Photos by Karin du Maire

This is the 19th in an occasional series of posts featuring images of girls — and women — who grace NYC public spaces:

D*face in Manhattan

Pixel Pancho in Manhattan

Commodore in Brooklyn

Faring Purth with Thievin’ Stephen in Brooklyn

JR in Manhattan

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Photo credits: 1 & 3 Lois Stavsky; 2 & 4 Tara Murray and 5 Dani Reyes Mozeson

Hailed in a range of media from the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.

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The following post is by Houda Lazrak, a contributor to StreetArtNYC and an M.A. candidate in Museum Studies at NYU.

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Founded in 2010, Underdogs is a Lisbon-based gallery and cultural platform that offers unprecedented visibility to public art in Portugal’s capital city. Here are a few images I captured while on the tour offered by Underdogs, an integral part of its public art program:

Portuguese artist Vhils and Italian artist Pixel Pancho

Brazilian twins Os Gemeos; Italian artist Blu on detail on right

Polish artist Sainer of the Etam Cru

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Brazilian artist Nunca

West Coast-based Cyrclesegment of larger mural

NYC-based European artists How & Nosm, large segment of huge mural

All photos by Houda Lazrak

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While in L.A. earlier this week to celebrate the expansion of the Google Cultural Institute’s Street Art Project, Houda Lazrak  – co-curator of the Bushwick Collective online exhibit and the earlier 5Pointz one – had the opportunity to check out the neighboring streets. Here’s a sampling of what she found:

Beau Stanton

"Beau Stanton"

Pixel Pancho

Fin DAC and Christina Angelina

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Lady Aiko

Photos by Houda Lazrak

Note: Houda Lazrak, a graduate student in Museum Studies at New York University, is a frequent contributor to StreetArtNYC and co-curator of the Bushwick Collective and 5Pointz on-line exhibits for the Google Cultural Institute’s Street Art Project.

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With his keen eye and infinite passion, Melbourne-based photographer Dean Sunshine avidly documents the graffiti and street art he encounters in his hometown and beyond. His second, newly-released book, Street Art Now, is a first-rate chronicle of the art that has been surfacing  — not only on the streets of Melbourne — but in other cities across the globe that Dean has recently visited. I met up with him when he was in NYC this past fall. Soon after, his stunning second book Street Art Now made its way into print.

Have you any early memories of Melbourne graffiti and street art? When did you begin to photograph it?

Graffiti and hip-hop sprouted in Melbourne in the 80’s with VHS copies of Style Wars being handed around, educating the kids here about these subcultures thriving in NYC. My first piece of graffiti art was a present for my 21st birthday in the mid eighties — a basketball backboard spray painted by Merda and Ransom – two of the stars of the Melbourne scene. Decades later this piece still hangs at my home and many of the writers who are now mates are surprised and envious of this original piece. I started taking photos in the early 2000’s.

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What motivated you to do so?

I loved snapping all this amazing art seen on the streets, but it was actually my partner at the time who told me I was a fool to have thousands of images on a hard drive that nobody else could enjoy. She said, “You should start a blog,” and the Land Of Sunshine was born.

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How do you find the time while working at a day job to photograph so many great pieces of street art, blog regularly and publish two books?

I find time during my daily grind in the rag trade driving around to appointments across the suburbs of Melbourne visiting textile factories. On these travels I often stumble over graffiti and street art, and I pull over and take a quick shot. On the weekends I often hunt out abandoned factories, get down into the drains, and search new lane-ways — always on the lookout for new work.

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Do any particular moments stand out in your street-art hunting expeditions?

There are so many highlights throughout my time documenting. I have met, hung out and I’ve been privileged to watch so many incredible artists in action including: ROA, Kid Zoom, Herakut, Hush, D*Face, Stormie Mills, Rone, Makatron, Adnate, SlicerLi-HillShida, Smug, WANE, Sofles, Kaff-eine, DEB, Heesco, Meggs, Reka, Phibs, Bailer, DVATE, Does, Twoone, Mysterious Al, Dscreet, Vexta, 2501, Faith47, DALeast, Pixel Pancho, Phlegm, Insa, Sirum, The Yok, Sheryo, Gaia, Alexis Diaz, Maya Hayuk, Crash, Daze and ELK. But the times I have spent with Futura, Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper stand out the most, as these three are the pioneers of this scene in which we find ourselves submerged. I got to take each of them around the streets and lanes of Melbourne, proudly showing them my favorite spots in my own hometown. Such absolute legends, all with a passion that has lasted decades. I wish I will be as passionate 25 years on!

What brought you to NYC?

I came to New York this past September to keep my wife company who was shooting fashion week. (Yes, she is also a photographer!) As she went uptown each morning to the shows, I got on my pushbike and rode all over, snapping as I went.

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What other cities have you visited?

Over the last years, I’ve been lucky to have travelled to Los Angeles, Hawaii, Berlin, Paris, Italy, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Rio De Janeiro, and even Perth. It’s funny how these days it’s a priority when I’m on holidays to track down and snap all the local art I find. My recent book, Street Art Now, documents some of these findings.

What’s ahead?

Well, I am soon to become a father so my priorities will change — although I will probably be doing the same, just with the little guy on my back.

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Note: You can check out some local coverage that Dean’s recent book, Street Art Now, received here, along with a guided tour of the Melbourne scene by Dean here.

Photos of above artworks in Street Art Now:

1. Vexta and Shida in Melbourne

3. WANE in Melbourne

4. ROA in Melbourne

5. Adnate in Melbourne

6. Seth GlobePainterShida and TwoOne in Melbourne

7. Pixel Pancho in Perth

8. Li-Hill and Kaff-eine in New York City

9. The Yok and Sheryo in Zicatela, Mexico

10. Keith Haring in Melbourne, 1984

The founder of New York Street Gallery, a collective of international artists working together in NYC, Dariel MTZ is committed to providing outdoor canvases to a global network of street art and graffiti artists.

Tell us a bit about New York Street Gallery.

I started this project with my girlfriend, Daniela Croci aka Zoe, in January, 2013. We wanted to provide a platform for street artists to collaborate with those artists who may have never used the streets as a canvas.

How did it all begin?

We started by painting the exterior walls of my father’s tire shop in Bushwick. The response was so positive that we expanded to other walls, including some in Williamsburg.

Who are some of the artists involved in your project?

Among the many talents are: Nepo, Don Rimx, Iena Cruz, Vato, Alex Seel, Pixel Pancho, LNY, Guillermo Perez III, David Rothman and Kike Seba.

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How has this project impacted you personally?

This project was an invitation to the culture.  It has given me the opportunity to learn first-hand about street art and graffiti.

What about Zoe? What is her role?

She is the official filmmaker of this project. She has documented all that has happened so far.

What’s ahead?

This coming Friday, November 15, we will be showcasing the works of a group of extraordinarily talented artists at The Well on 272 Meserole Street in Bushwick.

Where would you like to see your project in five years?

I’d like to see us manage a gallery space, organize festivals and provide opportunities for artists to do big productions. It’s all about creating opportunities for the artists. You can follow us on Intagram @nystgallery.

 Good luck! It all sounds great.

Interview by Lenny Collado; photos of Nepo, Pixel Pancho and LNY by Tara Murray

Editor’s note: Our blog will be on vacation through Monday, November 25. You can follow us on Facebook and on Google+. And be sure to keep posted to The Aqueduct Murals. Organized by the always-wonderful Joe Iurato, this meeting of street art and horse racing features an amazing array of artists including Logan Hicks, Chris Stain, Zed1, Faith47 and Rubin 415. It opens to the public at noon on Saturday, November 23 followed by a reception from 6-10pm, with an opportunity to meet the artists, along with the jockeys and trainers of New York racing.  Lois Stavsky

Just over the river — about ten minutes away from Manhattan — a street art scene is flourishing in Jersey City. Here’s a sampling of what was seen yesterday:

Italian artist Pixel Pancho paints in celebration of the 23rd Annual Jersey City Artists Studio Tour

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 MOR on the exterior of Hudson County Art Supply

Dulk from Valencia, Spain

Nose Go

Mr. Mustart, Serringe, Distort and Then One

S.A.G.E Collective, segment of huge mural

Hawaiian native Ekundayo, close-up

Photos by Lois Stavsky

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Artists from across the globe, along with some of our favorite local artists, have been busy this past month gracing Brooklyn’s most elegant, evolving canvas – Bushwick Five Points. Here are some pieces that have recently surfaced:

Brooklyn-based artists See One and Hellbent

"See one and Hellbent street art"

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"Hellbent street art"

 Italian artist Pixel Pancho

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Italian artist Never2501

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 Cuban artist Shie Moreno

"Shie Moreno street art mural"

Australian artist Reka

"Reka street art"

"Reka street art"

Photos by Tara Murray and Lois Stavsky


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The Nordic Countries – Leaders in Public Sector Digitalization

November 10, 2017

Struensee & Co. has released a new report “The Nordic Countries – Leaders in Public Sector Digitalization” that identifies key findings in the four Nordics countries successful journey towards public sector digitalization.

In its new report, Struensee & Co. takes a closer look at how governments around the world have responded to the challenges and opportunities that follow from rapid technical advancement. While governments have found various ways to adapt their public services to current and future changes, the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden particularly stand out in exploiting the opportunities to digitalize public service provision and thereby expanding their SMART government capabilities.

In the publication several levers of success in digitalization are identified based on experiences from the four Nordic countries: i) the institutionalization of a cross-national strategy process; ii) the establishment of a centralized agency at the state level; iii) the use of hard steering instruments – such as legislation – to ensure full implementation of the strategy; in combination with iv) the support to innovative models at the decentralized government level. The report also presents best practice cases of initiatives in public sector digitalization in each of the countries, respectively, and elaborates on technological trends such as robotics and big data, which will significantly shape public sector service provision in the years to come.

The report is, among others, based on a project for the Kommunal- og Moderniseringsdepartementet in Norway, in which Struensee & Co. mapped public sector digitalization in the four countries conducting interviews with various stakeholders. The findings of the project were presented at a seminar with the attendance of numerous high-ranking Norwegian public officials and the Digital North Conference with Ministers from Nordic and Baltic countries, industry leaders from the private sector as well as academic experts in the field.

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studioTroika was tasked with the planning and design of developing a multi-sport athletic complex adjacent to the Braintree High School football field. This new 200,000 sf ground up facility will incorporate two ice hockey rinks, with seating for 700 spectators in the main rink, a flexible use turf area that will accommodate a full baseball field, soccer and lacrosse, as well as a 10 lane NCAA pool. The facility includes extensive locker rooms, fitness and wellness spaces, as well as various concession and entertainment areas.

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M&S Property Plan A – Embodied Carbon Study

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Saturday, July 27, 2013

This excerpt from Gone With the Wind (by Margaret Mitchell) is one of my favorites in literature, where fashion is greatly expounded upon in its minute details.  It acts as a representation of Scarlett's determined, resourceful, character - and her refusal to let life decide its course for her - that was in its own way a feminist declaration at the time.  It goes on for awhile, but the importance that Scarlett have a new dress is not represented as frivolous - it indeed is part of who she is.

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Excerp found at Project Gutenberg:

She walked to the long pier glass and looked at herself, her head
held high.  And she saw framed in the cracking gilt molding a
stranger.  It was as if she were really seeing herself for the
first time in a year.  She had glanced in the mirror every morning
to see that her face was clean and her hair tidy but she had always
been too pressed by other things to really see herself.  But this
stranger!  Surely this thin hollow-cheeked woman couldn't be
Scarlett O'Hara!  Scarlett O'Hara had a pretty, coquettish, high-
spirited face.  This face at which she stared was not pretty at all
and had none of the charm she remembered so well.  It was white and
strained and the black brows above slanting green eyes swooped up
startlingly against the white skin like frightened bird's wings.
There was a hard and hunted look about this face.

"I'm not pretty enough to get him!" she thought and desperation
came back to her.  "I'm thin--oh, I'm terribly thin!"

She patted her cheeks, felt frantically at her collar bones,
feeling them stand out through her basque.  And her breasts were so
small, almost as small as Melanie's.  She'd have to put ruffles in
her bosom to make them look larger and she had always had contempt
for girls who resorted to such subterfuges.  Ruffles!  That brought
up another thought.  Her clothes.  She looked down at her dress,
spreading its mended folds wide between her hands.  Rhett liked
women who were well dressed, fashionably dressed.  She remembered
with longing the flounced green dress she had worn when she first
came out of mourning, the dress she wore with the green plumed
bonnet he had brought her and she recalled the approving
compliments he had paid her.  She remembered, too, with hate
sharpened by envy the red plaid dress, the red-topped boots with
tassels and the pancake hat of Emmie Slattery.  They were gaudy but
they were new and fashionable and certainly they caught the eye.
And, oh, how she wanted to catch the eye!  Especially the eye of
Rhett Butler!  If he should see her in her old clothes, he'd know
everything was wrong at Tara.  And he must not know.

What a fool she had been to think she could go to Atlanta and have
him for the asking, she with her scrawny neck and hungry cat eyes
and raggedy dress!  If she hadn't been able to pry a proposal from
him at the height of her beauty, when she had her prettiest
clothes, how could she expect to get one now when she was ugly and
dressed tackily?  If Miss Pitty's story was true, he must have more
money than anyone in Atlanta and probably had his pick of all the
pretty ladies, good and bad.  Well, she thought grimly, I've got
something that most pretty ladies haven't got--and that's a mind
that's made up.  And if I had just one nice dress--

There wasn't a nice dress in Tara or a dress which hadn't been
turned twice and mended.

"That's that," she thought, disconsolately looking down at the
floor.  She saw Ellen's moss-green velvet carpet, now worn and
scuffed and torn and spotted from the numberless men who had slept
upon it, and the sight depressed her more, for it made her realize
that Tara was just as ragged as she.  The whole darkening room
depressed her and, going to the window, she raised the sash,
unlatched the shutters and let the last light of the wintry sunset
into the room.  She closed the window and leaned her head against
the velvet curtains and looked out across the bleak pasture toward
the dark cedars of the burying ground.

The moss-green velvet curtains felt prickly and soft beneath her
cheek and she rubbed her face against them gratefully, like a cat.
And then suddenly she looked at them.

A minute later, she was dragging a heavy marble-topped table across
the floor.  Its rusty castors screeching in protest.  She rolled
the table under the window, gathered up her skirts, climbed on it
and tiptoed to reach the heavy curtain pole.  It was almost out of
her reach and she jerked at it so impatiently the nails came out of
the wood, and the curtains, pole and all, fell to the floor with a
...  He thought as he stared at Will in the shadowy hall that he had
never known such gallantry as the gallantry of Scarlett O'Hara
going forth to conquer the world in her mother's velvet curtains
and the tail feathers of a rooster.

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With the rising opiate abuse rates and the fact that teen users are now making up a larger percentage of the opiate users, it is important to know the treatments available for your teen. Medication replacement therapy is a popular choice for treatment of opiate addiction but the medications used for this treatment are often extremely powerful. The effects that they have on developing brains are still unknown. Two of the most popular drugs are Subutex and Suboxone.

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I have written these plays over the last few years and directed most of them for Naatak. Here is a brief description of each, and photos of past performances.  If you'd like to stage any of these, contact me for scripts and rights.

Death In San Francisco (English)  2011
K. K. (Hindi)  2010

Mataji  (English)

2008 photos

Everyone Loves A Good Tsunami (English)

2005 photos

Tathaa Kuru  (Hindi)

2003 photos

Deepavali  (Hindi)

1999 -

Vande Maataram  (Hindi)

1998 photos

Amaa Vasya  (Hindi)

Aath Ghante  (Hindi)

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Over the years, I've tried my hand at independent film-making. These are both feature films,  set in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Asphyxiating Uma (2002)

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Bugaboo (1999)

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More About My Plays

Death In San Francisco (Sep 2011)

Naveen Chandra Gupta, a resident of San Francisco, has died and left behind an unusual request in his will - that he be cremated on the shore with the "proper rites and ceremonies", exactly as he cremated his father in India 33 years ago. As his friends struggle to honour his last wish - with some suggesting that it be ignored - they learn a little about him, a little about themselves, and a lot about what it means for an Indian to die in America.

K.K. (Jan 2010)

Connaught Place, Delhi: K.K. arrives on a warm morning in pursuit of his sole passion, and finds his way through fruit vendors, card players, booksellers, security guards, shoppers, shopkeepers, film goers, gangsters and gold smugglers. Each is an enemy in K.K.'s mind; each takes something from him. This is the story of how K.K. avenges himself on the people he meets, on Connaught Place and on the city itself. There are hundreds of characters in the play but a single actor, who walks through imaginary crowds to talk, quarrel, sing, cry, fight, lose and win. There is no intermission and the set is fluid, changing continuously on wheels even as K.K. moves through it.

Mataji (Feb 2008)

Mataji, born in a poor family on the banks of the Ganga in India, has a simple gift to offer to the world: a loving hug. Over two decades, her embrace has brought boundless joy to millions of devotees. She has travelled to sixty-five countries, hugging thousands in one sitting, sending them into raptures through the transmission of pure bliss that accompanies her hugs. Her followers on five continents no longer regard her as a mere guru, but as Krishna incarnate. Then, on her sixteenth visit to California, she confronts a devotee she cannot satisfy.

Everyone Loves A Good Tsunami (June 2005)

In December 2004, a devastating tsunami killed more than a hundred thousand people in Asia. It was the holiday season in much of the world. Families were glued to their televisions, donor nations and aid agencies were at the front-end of their 2005 budget cycles. The tsunami had timed itself perfectly. The world donated with a generosity unseen before. From my vantage point in Silicon Valley, home to noveau-billionaires, I saw how people were happy to use any opportunity to advance their public profiles. Much pious rubbish was mouthed during the campaign to collect money for the victims; many people got their first chance to give television interviews; many mediocre artists got to perform; many organizations managed to grab news headlines. Soon, however, the world had seen newer and more fashionable disasters, and the market moved where market-forces led it.

Everyone Loves A Good Tsunami is a farce about competing "non-profit" organizations in Silicon Valley which, amidst organizational turmoil, are suddenly presented with a convenient tsunami. It was staged by Naatak (California) in December, 2005, Natya Bharati (Washington DC) in May, 2007 and Pratidhwani (Seattle) in June, 2007.

Tathaa Kuru  (December 2003)

The Bhagavad Gita is often described as the distillate of Hindu philosophy. To the religious mind it is grand, beautiful and awe-inspiring, because the religious mind accepts without hesitation the divine status of Krishna. There is no contradiction or repetition in the book because every syllable of the Gita was uttered by Krishna himself.

The atheist knows that the Gita was meant to be a religious book, not a work of philosophy. As a book of religion it is subtle and original; as a philosophical treatise it is repetitive, verbose, arrogant and self-contradictory, and therefore unconvincing. Repetition and verbosity are not problems in themselves. They can be put down to the aesthetic preference of the times during which the Gita was composed. Arrogance afflicts most world-views, which regard themselves as self-evident until proven to be ridiculous by opposing ideas. The problem of self-contradiction, however, cannot be explained away, if the Gita is to claim itself as a philosophical work in the western sense. At different times, Krishna argues from different angles, providing more than a dozen reasons for Arjun to fight the battle. Taken together, these reasons do not make sense. If Arjun is merely an instrument of Krishna's will (nimitt maatra), why does it matter that he can earn fame through battle, or that he can prevent varna sankar? Krishna's most powerful argument  -karmanyevaadhikaaraste maa phaleshhu kadaachan ... - can easily be construed as a direction to not fight the battle. A dispassionate atheistic listener of the Gita can be convinced of almost anything by paying particular attention to one of its many ideas.  This is not a revelation. The Gita has been used by different people to justify different (and opposing) points of view. Gandhi used it to condemn violence, politicians use it to justify incompetence, businessmen use it to expect dutiful (and uncarping) hard work from their employees, and I have heard a professor in the Indian Institute of Technology use it to condemn the Mandal Commission. Yet, in the last chapter of the Gita, Arjun avers that his doubts have been dispelled and he is fully convinced he must fight, which is what he does.

Arjun is a devotee of Krishna. He does not sift finely through the arguments put forth by his Supreme Master. He was eager to be convinced even before he voiced his doubts. Krishna's only substantial argument is never presented explicitly in the Gita - I am God, so do as I say: a fine vision for the religious mind, a circular argument for the atheist.

Tathaa Kuru begins with a simple premise: Arjun does not accept Krishna's divinity and concludes that the Gita is not convincing enough. There remains no reason to fight, so he leaves the battlefield. He is finally brought back into battle after a violent confrontation with Krishna, and the appearance of a man named Tiraskari. Tiraskari is an ``anti-Krishna'', who sees through Krishna's arrogance and self-contradiction and offers his own world-view. These arguments ultimately lead him to join the battle himself. Tiraskari's final reasons for fighting the battle of Mahabharat are not very different from the ones Krishna gave to Arjun, but he is much more consistent and concise. He is the atheist's Krishna. He does not require a divine status to be believed. Almost unintentionally, the play finds its way back to the Gita after attempting to move away from it. It provides a reason for the atheist to believe in the Gita, without having to first believe in God.

The title of the play, Tathaa Kuru, derives from Krishna's last instruction in the Gita: I have revealed the most secret of secrets to you, and now, after having deliberated completely on this, do as you want (yathechchhasi tathaa kuru). I have often heard this line used by apologists for Hinduism, who take refuge in its seeming liberalism when accused of intolerance. Hinduism is a broad-minded, tolerant way of life, they say. Why, even Krishna advised Arjun to do as he wanted! Which code of ethics, which system of morality in the whole wide world offers you such a liberal, accommodating set of choices? What the apologists do not say, or do not know, is that Krishna follows up his liberal advice with threats of what will happen to Arjun if he does not do as he has been told. Such threats are brandished throughout the book, leaving no doubt that the enlightened man has but one supreme goal: to be an instrument of Krishna's will. And Krishna's will is expressed a few dozen times with maddening repetitiveness - he wants Arjun to fight. This is the perfect non-choice, in the manner of "choose any color so long as it is red", and it allows the Gita to appear broad-minded while being strict and narrow.

Tathaa Kuru does not attach any weight to the divinity of Krishna, so it is not hobbled by the misty-eyed devotion that enables one to find clarity in nonsense. It takes the lines in the Gita literally and seriously without contorting them to suit the mood of the moment. It de-mystifies the Pandavs, Kauravs and Krishna by presenting them as worldly, ambitious, lustful, manipulative, greedy and conniving human beings. It places them in awkward, humourous and humiliating situations from which they extricate themselves in the manner of other terrestrial beings, and it brings to the fore the obvious contradictions that are littered all over the Gita but are always glossed over by sympathetic readers and interpreters. It is, in my opnion, The Bhagavad Gita As It Should Be. The entire play rhymes. It has been written in aaxa quatrains. It moves at the pace of a poem - a humorous and violent poem that writes a second Gita while pulling apart the first one. Tathaa Kuru was staged in February 2004 in Saratoga, California.

Deepavali   (June 1999)

Deepavali is a murder mystery involving a woman, her husband and her lover. I think I put one twist too many in the plot. I later turned it into a screenplay. My film Asphyxiating Uma is based on Deepavali

Vande Maataram   (January 1998)

In March, 1942, a British Government pre-occupied with World War II sent Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of Churchill's War Cabinet, to India. He came with the following proposal: the promise of an Indian Union with "Dominion Status" immediately after the war, in return for cooperation by Indians during the war.

Japan had destroyed Pearl Harbour four months before Cripps's arrival, and was now advancing through the Philippines, Singapore and Malaya, toward the eastern Indian border in Assam. Most Indian politicians were wary of the Japanese, and believed that India should accept Cripps's offer and cooperate with Britain to stop Japan's advance, even if Britain could not be trusted to keep its promise after the War. Gandhi, however, rejected Cripps's offer, and instead proposed a nationwide movement to force Britain out of India. On August 8, 1942, the Congress committee met in Bombay to vote on Gandhi's proposal. It was passed, over the vehement opposition of Gandhi's lieutenants - Jawaharlal Nehru, Abul Kalam Azad, and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari - and the Quit India movement was launched.

Vande Maataram is set during that ill-conceived campaign which lasted barely two weeks, weakened the Congress, and brought the British no closer to quitting India. The play describes an unsavoury movement, one among many launched during Quit India, and now tucked away in historical footnotes.  As Quit India spread through the country, a group of unlikely rebels banded together in Kerala to raze symbols of British dominance. They were led by K. B. Menon, a Nehru protege who had earned a doctorate in Economics from the University of Colorado. He had drifted away from Nehru and recruited a Malayali journalist, Keshavan Nair, and two social activists from Bombay, N.A. Krishnan Nair and C.P. Sankaran Nair, to help him in organized sabotage of the British Empire. Their plan was to observe November 9, 1942 as Sabotage Day, pulling down Government structures all over Malabar in one stroke with bombs manufactured in the north Kerala village of  Keezhariyur.

Like all rebels, they had their reasons - not all commendable - for banding together. As the plan progressed, they turned each other over to the police and used the scheme to advance their own interests. On Sabotage Day, the man responsible for setting off the bombs overslept and missed his deadline. Most of the revolutionaries were arrested. During their trial, explosives experts declared that the bombs which were to sabotage the British Empire were merely "zinc tubes filled with gun powder, glass pieces and pieces of gravel, held together by a string", and would have blown up in the perpetrators' faces, had they been used. The entire revolution was snuffed before it began, and most of the rebels applied for a "freedom fighters' pension" after the British left in 1947.

Vande Maataram is a lament for Indian nationalism, and an expression of shame at the absurdity of being an Indian rebel in the forties. The play, loosely based on the Kerala events described above, is set in Patna in 1942.  It was staged in August 1998 in San Jose, California.

Amaa Vasya   (May 1997)

Amaa Vasya is a fairytale written in quatrains in the aaxa form (also called The Omar Khayyam stanza because the Rubaiyat is written in aaxa quatrains). I am not a poet, so I chose the simplest form. Amaa Vasya has never been staged. It is a fantasy describing improbable curses, battles between humans and rivers, a princess who captures lions and a king who hunts nightingales.

 Aath Ghante   (January 1997)

Two typists in Connaught Place, Delhi, grow old together while typing addresses on postcards. Their window to the world is, literally, a window that looks out into Connaught Place. They stand there, disparage the world, and reassure themselves that their lives carry more meaning than those of people outside. Over thirty years, they try their hand at poetry, re-enact the Mahabharat, stage a play of their own and pontificate on political matters. The play describes an eight-hour working day in their lives - hence the title - which coincides with the passage of thirty years.  Aath Ghante was inspired by Murray Schisgal's Typists. To the best of my knowledge, Sandeep Verma at IIT Delhi was the first to adapt this into a Hindi play called Typist in 1988-89. Aath Ghante has been staged by Naatak (California) in February, 1997, IIT Delhi in April, 2000, Pratidhwani (Seattle) in September, 2006 and AKS (National School of Drama, Delhi) in July, 2007, followed by a dozen shows all over India.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE MARIE CELESTE: A Solution Offered Nearly Forty Years After the Ship Was Found Crewless Under Full Sail. (PDF)

The Marie Celeste was a merchant ship found floating in the Atlantic Ocean in December 1872 with nobody on board. The ship was in good shape, had plenty of food and water, and the crew’s personal belongings were still on board. Nobody from the ship was ever heard from again.

The mystery has been written about in several works of both non-fiction and fiction, including a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle which you can read online. It is even the subject of a computer game you can try out in your browser.

This Sunday Magazine article gives one theory for the ship’s disappearance, but if the mystery intrigues you, check out the Wikipedia entry for a lot more information, and the website

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2.4.17 – Finally dusted the shorts off and went for a cheeky SUP around Poole Harbour today.…. Scorchio! And yes, before you take the mick out of my rosy complexion, guilty, I didn’t use suntan lotion OK. The camera clamp performed brilliantly by the way, remained rock solid the entire trip. Didn’t add too much weight to the paddle stroke either.

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    Just found this site and love your write ups. I have already done some of the paddles you have listed but will aim for a few more. As I usually set off from Lake Pier on my harbour travels I will look out for you and say Hi. I am in the white / grey Toyota van. Either with O’shea inflatables or a Starboard drive hard board.

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Here at CSF HQ, there has been a lot of chat over the past few days about what we plan to wear to the London Climate March this coming Sunday. How can we use what we wear to visualise and emphasise what we want to say to our leaders and to the world? Not surprisingly, our conversations keep coming back to one particular garment – the t-shirt. It’s likely we will each own hundreds of these throughout our lifetime and perhaps it’s now the world’s most ubiquitous garment, with sales reaching over 2 billion per year. Either way, whether it’s a £2.50 Primark t-shirt or this season’s £1500 Givenchy t-shirt, there is no doubt that this core fashion product is big business. But with big sales comes big impact – the average t-shirt emits around 6.5kg of CO2 (and if buy over 2 billion of them each year, that is 13 billion kg of CO2) and yet if we make the same t-shirt using organic cotton, in a factory that runs on renewable energy, the emissions are cut by 90%.

So, whether you think about it or not, your t-shirt matters.

I think what we love about the t-shirt is that it’s not just about fashion, it’s a way to support your favourite band or sports team, a way to raise money for charity or show the achievement of an impossible goal, and it’s even a way to display something about our personality like our sense of humour or nerdiness in some cases. There are many good reasons to wear a t-shirt be it comfort or style, but sometimes we wear them just because we have something to say.

It didn’t take long for marketeers to spot the advertising potential of the t-shirt’s blank canvas – millions (now billions) of small human billboards pushing all kinds of corporate agendas up and down the streets, and so the printed tee was born. The music industry was quick off the mark in driving this fashion innovation forward with album and tour t-shirts, thus cementing a long lasting relationship between the two worlds. This grew rapidly through the 60s, at a time when the world was highly politicised and so t-shirts became like wearable placards, capturing anti-Vietnam war and anti-establishment proclamations, using imagery of Cesar Chavez, polluted lungs and other pop art iconography.

The t-shirt’s political expression only grew stronger through the 80s when designer activist Katherine Hamnett introduced the slogan t-shirt to the world (and to Margaret Thatcher), and now we regularly see designers (Vivienne Westwood, Kenzo, Giles Deacon and the Rodnik Band to name a few) collaborating with organisations like the Environmental Justice Foundation to create t-shirts for a specific political cause. It’s clear, fashion can allow us to wear our individual values, but given the opportunity it can also represent our collective values – just think of the powerful red shirts/yellow shirts protests from Thailand and Malaysia (pictured above).

Once again we find ourselves in a highly politicised world, or at least it should be a time in which we are highly politicised, and this Sunday, we have the opportunity to bring our voices together and stand up to violence against nature. If you want to use what you wear to strengthen our voice, we have prepared a simple set of instructions of how to create and apply your very own transfer print to any t-shirt or sweatshirt (or anything that doesn’t melt under an iron!) – download here. We have also created a sample transfer print ready to go, which us CSFers will be using come Sunday –  download here. You can pick up transfer paper at art and design shops like London Graphic Centre, or even stationary shops like Rymans.

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OK, this very ordinary starting weekend turned out to be a real hit on my top ten weekend list: After getting poured while working out yesterday morning the weekend got significantly better: I got ready to spend a day at my friends farm, to just hang out, have long puppy walks through the fields, sipping red wine  - delicious Montepulciano which she brought from Tuscany last week (ignore the headache afterwards), listening to Patrick Miller's Dancing in London (which makes me wanna hop on a plane and go to that town immediately and dance the night through) and other housey stuff sleeping long and planning lots of beautiful things I came home around lunch time. Just before I was catching up with my dear Donny friend Kyra about good old and new times (she tries to drag me back to the city and I am afraid she almost got me that far, ha ha) I was invited to join a movie premiere for the new James bond flick starting soon, I believe it's called Skyfall.
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How cool is that???

I mean this is some sort of all-in deal, with evening dresses, grand hotel, elegant dinners, beautiful people etc etc.

Ha. A few weeks ago, I was thinking that my life could have some more glitter on it. It felt so very unglamorous to live in the wild countryside of Northern Germany (don't get me wrong, I love it, it is just not at all glamorous), were the closest airport is 2 hours away (I am not joking, this is true. Sad, I know) and were style and fashion seem to be outlandish words for most peoples' everyday vocab. (I mean, same here. Instead of wearing my new cool black high heels I am walking around in.... wait for it... wellies. Because they just serve best.)

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This article 'Family Relations: An International Comparison,' by PAULA SPAN was one of the recent ones I read about caring for aging parents. An interesting look at parents and grown children's relationships in five other industrialized nations.

Friday, July 30, 2010

House of India

When I am traveling, the one thing I definitely do not look forward to is eating out; especially in an Indian restaurant that serves northern Indian cuisine. We went around Clayton downtown looking for 'Rasoi'. After about 30 mins. of driving up and around the same streets a few times, one of us had this an enlightening moment. We decided we need help with the directions after all. We found the number through directory assistance and called. Unfortunately nobody picked up the phone at the restaurant. A few minutes later we called another location with the same name and found out that 'Rasoi' went out-of-business a while ago.

This was a good excuse to get into that Italian restaurant we just passed by. But my persistent companion was not in the mood especially after the long search for an Indian restaurant. We had already lost an hour by now and I was ravenous. Another search for the next Indian restaurant in the area pointed us to the 'House of India'. Back to directory assistance. After more driving around and some unexpected turns we reached the restaurant.

It was a pleasant surprise. The ambience was just right and romantic; the food extraordinary. Service was even better. We had a variety platter of some appetizers followed by our main dishes. I had palak paneer and a roti; some raita and salad on the side that we shared. I was literally done after the appetizers, but decided to at least taste some of the entree. We packed the rest which was just about my entire meal. We spent another 30 minutes talking to the owner of the restaurant. It appeared that many of the other customers have been there before. The owner then treated us to this amazing kulfi dessert. I maybe stuffed but there's always place for dessert. This place is worth going back to. Oh, one more thing. The price is reasonabale too.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Exercise Philosophies

Everybody likes to be healthy. There isn't anyone I can think of who doesn't support exercise or healthy eating. Here are some responses I have come across or seen.

- I love exercising! I could spend hours watching people doing it!
- A close relative, another big believer usually tells me to spend an extra 30 minutes at the gym. But that person goes to the gym once a year or so. Hmm.
- The best visual I'll never forget is seeing this middle-aged, burly gentleman holding a large soda while biking vigorously.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Health and Social Life

I knew strong social ties contributed to emotional happiness. But I wouldn't have guessed that it relates to our physical well-being too.

Social relationships have a direct impact on health even as much as exercise or lack of, and to other habits like drinking or smoking. Lack of relationships such as strong ties with family and friends could be as risky to health as other bad habits.
Studies say that people are happier, healthier and likely to live longer if they have a network of people to spend time with, talk to and relate to. I guess that makes sense since emotionally happy people generally are the positive people we come across in our everyday dealings. That positive outlook probably rubs off on all other areas of life thereby encouraging people to eat healthy, exercise, take care of themselves and so on.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

I have written about mushrooms in some earlier blogs. But I need to get back to it while my experience is fresh in my mind. About 10 days ago I bought a large box of mushrooms, left them in the fridge and completely forgot about them.

While I was cleaning out the refrigerator I found the box with those big white mushrooms quite dark and dried up. I was in two minds as to whether to trash it or not. But, I had spent a pretty penny on them. I am a health nut and if I hear something is good for your health, I buy in bulk and feed my entire family, friends and neighbors so everybody can reap the benefits.

Mushrooms reconstitute, and although they didn't look as pretty as firm, or moist as the fresh ones, they cooked fine. I cooked them in olive oil with some garlic and herbs. Quite basic and they tasted great.

Health benefits are a long list - low in calories, packed with nutrients, and an excellent source of B vitamins and minerals, including selenium, copper, potassium, phosphorous, zinc and manganese. Mushrooms also contain a powerful antioxidant called L-ergothioneine. Throughout Asia, they're revered for their immune-boosting properties. They also contain more protein than most vegetables, and their meaty texture makes them a good choice for vegetarians. Shiitake, maitake, oyster and king oyster mushrooms contain the highest amount of L-ergothioneine, but criminis, portabellas and white button mushrooms are also good sources.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Did you check out the recipe of the week?

Bhajji (Vegetables dipped in a lentil batter)Bhajji is one of the most tasty appetizers of southern India. A medium-spiced lentil batter is created. Then any vegetable of our choice is dipped in the batter, then dropped in hot oil and fried until it turns golden brown. Best when had with chutneys and saambar (a thick lentil soup like sauce) as shown in the picture.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Obesity and Socio-economic Class Relationship

I don't know if it is just me looking in the wrong places or it is reality staring at my face. Obesity seems to be growing in this country despite all the diets and slim bodies we see on screen that promote them, constantly. There are more obese than fit people in places like shopping centers, airports or restaurants. And when I share my feeling of hopelessness or dismay, and the sorry state of some of these helpless people, I sometimes forget that the weight/health issue is most often than not related to socio-economic status.

People in poorer neighborhoods are possibly the largest in size. There definitely is a corelation between where they live, education, income levels and also access to healthy foods. The low income groups just go for the fast, cheap, and unhealthy all the way. Is there a way to break out of this state? I think this is where education should step in. But more importantly, this is where parents should play a part and make a difference. If parents are not educated, then what? Children should have the sense to follow good role models. If that fails, there are many other things they can do. Get involved in sports for instance. Move, be more active. It may stimulate their brains to do well in school too. It could get them to reason that it is better to cook and not buy food all the time. This in turn could result in the next right step.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Kalidasa's Ushavandanam

When I was a Sanskrit student in college, Kalidasa was one of the many poets I admired. Here is a line I often think about.

"Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look, therefore, to this day, for it and it alone is life."

Kalidasa's "Ushavandanam"

Friday, July 23, 2010

A classic dessert for today's heat

It's been a long, hard week and being a Friday, I think I am done for the day. Just a couple things at work should wrap up the week for me. After that, I am heading straight to my favorite ice cream place in Media for that tantalizing mango gelato I saw somebody holding on their hand the other day while driving by. I couldn't stop the car so just said to myself another day. It's been a few weeks since then but today is the day. There's nothing to beat a mango gelato in summer. I especially love the one I get at Rita's water ice. I think they are the best in town. I make mango pie that's heavenly but haven't tried gelato.

Here's a recipe that will work.

Mix sugar and water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and chill. Then pick ripe mangoes and puree to a pulp. Test to see if the mangoes are sweet and not tart. Add a 1/2 cup of lime juice and then heavy cream. Mix well together. Transfer to a container and stir in the cream. Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 3 hours. You may freeze it in the ice cream maker for 2 hours.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

"Choice not chance, determines your destiny"

I often think of this quote by Aristotle. I see this as being applicable to every aspect of our lives. However, I'm not sure one or the other completely determines our destiny. Our situations are a mix of choices and chances. Choices are made consciously and chances are not in our control.

If I apply this to my own situations, many of the things I do today including my venture '' is a combination of something I had wanted to do for a while and an opportunity, meaning a chance that opened itself up to me. The opportunity more or less sought me ought.I wouldn't call it my destiny since this is not a 'be all, end all' situation. It is just a hobby at this point. I can take it to the next level and get more serious with this venture or maintain it as a hobby.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

A follow-up on the same subject except, it's for men

Oily, shiny faces are not something just women have to deal with and address. Men are bothered by it too. I am guessing they are turning to different avenues for help. They don't use powders or foundations, at least not the ones I have come across, so what do they do? Probably go to salons and other beauty care stores? Of course!

I read there is a new moisturizer for men with a matte finish that removes the oil and shine from skin. Which means there is a demand for such a product! Come on, you men are as vain as women when it comes to looks, skin, hair, you name it.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Being real. Finally Hollywood is changing its mind

Women have the toughest when it comes to looks. I do not like applying anything on my face except for some moisturizer. I do use eyeliner or lipstick. As a result my skin always looks oily and shiny. My friends get upset with me for not being trendy and modern, for not using any makeup and encourage me to apply foundations, powders and the many other things available out there. I just refuse to mask my skin and look like a plastic manequin.

What I read today was encouraging though. Even Hollywood is asking women to have the natural look instead of botox and cosmetic surgery, fillers and what not. 'Real' is really In!

Hollywood is actually turning away actresses who are 'unnaturally perfect'. Finally the pressure is off us. Maybe this is an encouraging piece of news to adolescent girls who are so much under pressure to look like the made-up Hollywood so called 'beauties'. Aging gracefully, the natural way is what nature made us to be.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Diabetes and sugar-free products

I have too many family members and friends who are Type II diabetics. Most of them take foods that have sugar susbtitutes.

I just read an article which says that just because a product claims it is sugar-free, doesn't really mean it is safe for diabetics. Sugar alcohols in these products are compared to aritificial sweetners but the sugar-alcohol are like regular sugar. They are not sugar-free products. The molecular structure may be different, they may have slightly lower calories than sugar but are still capable of raising blood sugar levels.

I think people should not be fooled by the misleading labels. I'm not sure there is a lot of information available out there though.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Nature's gift

There was a long period of time when I stayed away from coconut in my diet. Which essentially meant I just stopped buying it. So, for about 25 years coconut was out of our kitchen. The saturated fat in coconut is higher than any other ingredient we use in our cooking. But it is bad only when cooked. In its raw form it is the best for our health.

It was after one of my recent travels abroad that everything changed. I learned raw food is very healthy and coconuts took the lead in health benefits. So, whenever I get a chance I throw in some shredded fresh coconut in my vegetables to top 'em off. I make sure they don't cook along with the other ingredients though.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

What do I do with my green beans?

As appetizing as they may look, it is quite difficult to make green beans truly tasty unless they are made with spices as in the Indian preparation called beans usili.

But here is one recipe I have found to be truly fantastic.

Spicy Sautéed Green Beans with Ginger, garlic and Sesame seeds
For a pound of fresh green beans, use the following measurements for spices and ingredients:

Blanche for about 6 minutes. Sauté green beans in about 2 Tbsps. of olive oil for about 10 minutes until slightly shriveled but still crispy and brightly colored. Set aside. In another Tbsp. of olive oil, add 1 Tbsp of grated ginger, and 4 cloves of minced garlic. Sauté for about 5 minutes. Add 1 tsp. or 2 tsps. of chili-garlic paste. Mix well and then add the beans. As a final touch, sprinkle a tsp. or so of sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds. Remove from heat and serve immediately.

Friday, July 16, 2010

A bowl of fruit for dessert

A bowl of fruit, that's all we wanted for after dinner this hot, humid summer day. For some reason I felt happy, nourished and satisfied with just fruits. And, I did not touch chocolates the whole week. Not to worry. Will make up for it tomorrow. I think chocolate and that too dark is allowed off and on!

True to life quotes...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You always pass failure on the way to success." - Mickey Rooney

“When you know what you want, and you want it badly enough, you’ll find a way to get it.” Jim Rohn

Thursday, July 15, 2010

What is your favorite drink?

I hope some of my blog readers and I know some personally, will answer this question.

I can tell you what mine is. I generally do not drink but if I am in a social setting and somebody offers to make something special, I ask for an Apple Maritini. That is my favorite but next only to a Margarita. :))

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Easy diet and it works. I can show you proof.

Last evening I was at a neighbor's when a few other neighborhood ladies joined us. I hadn't seen one of them in over a month or so. Oh, what a difference. She was just about the right build to begin with but yesterday she looked like she had gone down a few dress sizes. She looked more terrific than ever before.

I was excited to see her look so great and asked her to reveal her secret. Her answer was simple. All she did was watch her meal portions. Not even crazy exercising. Just the usual 3 to 4 days a week of the regular exercise routine she had before.

We had a brief discussioin on this watching your portion diet and I truly believe that's all a person needs to do to lose weight. Just watch what they eat, stay off junk food and sodas. The weight is bound to start melting away since you will not be feeding the fat cells. You'll see the magic happening right in front of your own eyes. And, what ever calories you consume of course should be fairly healthy from the right food groups.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Now, we're talking. Try this one.

I have come across too many beet related topics this week that I had to emulate the mood and write about it too.

I have mentioned before that I yearn for the particular natural taste of beets that I grew up with but have not found anywhere around in the stores I usually shop at. This one recipe might just be right in bringing out the taste, texture, aroma and nutrition of beets.

Mix 2 thinly sliced beets(remove skin) , a bunch of baby spinach or arugula, with 2 Tbsps. diced scallions, 1 Tbsps. cilantro, 1 Tbsp of each some toasted almonds and walnuts, juice of half a lemon in a large bowl. Then sprinkle generously fresh ground black pepper. Top it off with a hint of salt if necessary. Taste it and let me know!

Monday, July 12, 2010

Alzheimer's prevention

I have aging parents and I am beginning to detect some loss of memory in one of them. I've been encouraging my parents to read more, take part in social activities, do puzzles and also some light exercises every day. There is something I read today in Dr. Weil's blog that was announced by the Alzheimer's research foundation about prevention of the disease that falls in line with my parents' daily prayer rituals which is meditation.

Here is a case-study showing that the particular type of meditation mentioned here does help in overcoming memory issues.

A study at the University of Pennsylvania showed that eight weeks of Kirtan Kriya (KK) meditation from the age-old Kundalini yoga tradition increased brain activity in areas key to memory and improved cognition in the 15 men and women, ranging in age from 52 to 77, who took part in the small study. At the outset they were given cognitive tests, and their cerebral blood flow was measured with imaging scans. The participants were then taught KK and instructed to practice it daily for eight weeks. KK, sometimes called a singing exercise, involves singing the sounds, Saa Taa Naa Maa along with repetitive finger movements, or mudras. For comparison, five other individuals were told to spend 12 minutes a day listening to two Mozart violin concertos. At the end of the study, scans showed increased cerebral blood flow in the meditation group participants, but no statistically significant increase in the music group. Meditation group participants also did significantly better on a neuropsychological test and in other tests of general memory, attention and cognition. No such improvements occurred in the music group. The findings were announced by the Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Saturday, July 10, 2010

This is a quickie

Quickie? What can I be talking about? Food, of course.

Here is a quick recipe for a steamy, summer day complete with all the vitamins and nutrition. Plus light and tasty. All you'd have to do is chop up a few vegetables and clean the blender after you're done.

A handful of each of the following:

vine-ripened tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup baby carrots, chopped
a couple sprigs of fresh coriander
1 clove garlic
1 cup of cello spinach, washed
Any other greens you have on hand
1/2 cup of garbanzo beans
a handful of pomegranate seeds
1 cucumber, chopped
1 Tbsp. crushed black pepper

Blend everything with a few cubes of ice. Add salt if you like to and drink it up.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Beets, or Beet root as I know it

Beets are great any time of year. I used to be turned off by the deep color but now I actually crave beets. It's been many years since I've had them only because of the smell and taste of pesticide. I have tried canned and fresh beets but they seem the same. I do not feel safe eating or feeding them to my family. Is there any place that does not spray them so they don't taste like contaminated vegetables? Of course, beet is a root so this has as much to do with the purity of the soil.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Body weight x .08

If you are into sodas to quench your thirst, then you should read this. Especially during these summer days of scorching heat and unsatiable thirst. I have a friend and actually a family member too who starts out the day with a diet coke. They continue drinking soda until bed time. They even carry a coke bottle to their bedside. I have also seen people who have a can of soda with their breakfast instead of juice, water or milk. And then I had a co-worker who swore that she was allergic to water and the only fluid she can handle is regular Pepsi. I have more funny, ur... scary stories too.

It hurts to see people doing unhealthy things to their bodies. They are not to be completely blamed though for their soda addiction. I believe it starts from home. If parents buy them and have them available, children will naturally gravitate toward these excessively sweet, sodas. There are other dangers such as fat build up, empty calories and that could later on lead to diabetes, excessive weight, etc. etc. Am I preaching? Well, maybe.

What I am getting at is, just try plain old water. There is nothing like water to quench thirst. The quantity recommended is one's body weight times .08. It could mean a lot of water. Not to worry. Every bit of water in your food intake counts toward the total quantity required by your body. Fruits and vegetables contain water. Coffee, of course not in excessive quantities can be counted toward that fluid intake. A person like me needs 9 8oz. cups of water. I've probably had about 4 so far. Now that I am conscious about this, I've got to figure out where the other 5 will come from!!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Health Recommendations

The Food and Nutrition Board at the Institute of Medicine establish recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) for vitamins. The recommendations reflect how much of each nutrient you should receive on a daily basis, based on the known nutritional needs of practically all healthy people.

The best way to get the daily requirement of essential vitamins is to eat a balanced diet that contains a variety of foods from the food guide pyramid.

Specific recommendations for each vitamin depend on age, gender, and other factors (such as pregnancy).

There are 13 essential vitamins. That means they are needed for the body to function. They are:

Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Vitamin B1 (thiamine, Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), Vitamin B3 (niacin, Pantothenic acid, Biotin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Folate (folic acid)

Vitamins are grouped into two categories:
Fat-soluble vitamins are stored in the body''s fatty tissue.
Water-soluble vitamins must be used by the body right away. Any left over water-soluble vitamins leave the body through the urine. Vitamin B12 is the only water-soluble vitamin that can be stored in the liver for many years.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

What a 3-day weekend can do to one!

Don't know about you folks but all the eating I did during the past 3 days left me starving today. Not by choice though. The weekend was a great excuse to stay away from the gym. That's the first thing that suffers in my case. Seriously, need to re-calibrate myself and fall back into a routine after a zany food binge.

If you are feeling the same effects, I would strongly advice starting with plain cold water the first day. Also, stay away from spices and oils. A piece of bread? Maybe. You don't want to touch carbs. All these are out either because they are straight carbs or because they don't really help a damaged stomach -- rice, lentils, fried foods, fruits, also cheese and similar dairy products. So, what is left you ask? CRACKERS. I would recommend crackers with hummus. That's what's for dinner.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Sprouted Moong Sabji

Recipe of the week - Sprouted Moong

Lentils, (several varieties are available in Indian grocery stores) are packed with protein and other nutrients. They can be cooked in a few different ways and each type has a distinct taste. Look for dhal recipes on my Web site to cook sprouted lentils. This week's recipe in particular, is tasty.

Also read about health benefits.

The science of Ayurveda - some basic information

The origin of the word 'Ayur' is Sanskrit and it means 'long life'. Veda of course means Science. So Ayurveda is the science of longevity.

Ayurveda recommends including all six tastes in our meals. The six tastes are - salt, sour, sweet, bitter, pungent and astringent. Also, the elemental energies need to be in balance for health. They are air & space, fire & water, and water & earth; which act as regulating principles. If they are not in balance the body becomes unhealthy.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

August 14th workshop at Soul Source

The next workshop is on Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 1:00 - 3:00 P.M. at Hillwood Farm in Media, PA. The focus will be on a couple unique vegetarian recipes, and at least one gluten-free recipe, cooked primarily with spices used in natural Ayurvedic healing. Stayed tuned for more information.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Our June 28th Summer Solstice Party

Anywhere there's a party, I am there. That is of course if I am invited. Lately, my eagerness to see and talk to people has increased more than ever before. As one of the practitioners at Soul Source I was invited to the Summer Solstice Party and had to be there. For one thing I had missed a couple gatherings before due to work or because I wasn't in town. I had also not met many others in my Leadership Group of Soul Source.

Just to give you a glimpse of what the evening was like. We started off with a delicious lime "punch" with fresh mint, followed by a variety of delectable dishes, and finished with decadent desserts, including fresh figs with blue cheese, walnuts and honey, and lemon squares. We were serenaded throughout by Doug Hill's guitar and his melodies. We ended the evening by walking up the hill and listening to Fred's crystal bowls...several folks playing them in the midst of fireflies dancing and tall trees towering. As one of the ladies described it... 'Very magical, like a Maxfield Parrish painting'. I kind of lost myself for a few minutes there.

Folks, if you haven't attended one of the workshop offerings at Soul Source, this is the time to do so. Let me know. Send me a comment or an email.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

August 14th workshop at Soul Source

The next healthy vegetarian cooking workshop is on Saturday, August 14th from 1:00 - 3:00 P.M. at Soul Source, Center for Conscious Living in Media, PA.

The focus of this workshop will be on a couple unique recipes and at least one gluten-free recipe. More information will be posted on the Web site in the next few days.

Characteristics of cooking and the cook

Cooking "is a form of flattery....a mischievous, deceitful, mean and ignoble activity, which cheats us by shapes and colors, by smoothing and draping...."
Plato (427-347 B.C.) Greek philosopher

A cook creates impressions just as music or art

I love this quote where cooking is compared to art, music and nature. They are all so sensuous.

"The beautiful and the good are identical but the fleeting impressions created by the work of a cook or a musician disperse even as they are being experienced. Raphael's painting The Transfiguration is immortal, but Carême's 'Ragout de truffes à la parisienne' lasts while it is being eaten, just as roses that last as long as their fragrance can be enjoyed."
by Lucien Tendret

Ingredients for homemade Hummus

Here is one of the best recipes for Hummus.

Add the following ingredients in a blender and just turn it on:

Chick peas - 1 can drained
Sesame tahini (Sesame Seed paste)- 250 milligrams
Garlic (a few cloves) - 4
Olive oil - 3 Tbsps.
Lemon juice - 1 Tbsp
Salt to taste
Red pepper - half
Cumin - 1 tsps.

Mix the paste well. It is easy to adjust taste as needed such as the tahini, salt, garlic, olive oil or lemon juice. Hummus with baked whear triscuit is great, or even raw vegetables. You cannot find a healthier snack!


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12 May 2012 Report

Birders who go out regularly on pelagic trips tend to develop theories which would explain how conditions are likely to affect the number of birds or species seen on a particular day. Most of these theories are empirical and usually turn out to be specious as well, such as "the further we go out beyond the shelf break, the more species we are likely to see". We have debunked that one on a few occasions along with any number of theories on "unseasonably warm water" and "unseasonably cold water", although these theories do still get a regular run on the Halicat. However, on this trip,we debunked one of the really strongly held theories which says that, when it is cold, windy and rough, it may be unpleasant for the birders but you will always see heaps of birds. We had strong south westerlies all day with quite an unpleasant short period chop and our total species count was 12, our lowest for at least two years. This is not to say that it was an uninteresting day on the water (that is never the case!) as we had short but good views of a Black-bellied Storm Petrel, extended views of a pod of hunting False Killer Whales and a close up view of Australasian Gannets diving into a bait ball. Surface water temperatures were a little cooler than they were a month ago being 18.8 deg C at Sydney Heads and rising to 19.9 deg C off the continental shelf. We departed from Rose Bay at 7.10am and returned at 3.45pm. With a strong south westerly of 20 - 25knots blowing all day, sea conditions became more uncomfortable as we headed further east with a 1.5m southerly swell and an unpleasant 2.0m sea on top of that. As a result of these conditions there were a few cases of sea sickness on the boat.

We headed out of the harbour with a complement of 18 passengers on board and with David James back at the berley table after his trip to Christmas Island. With all the shearwaters having left for their winter quarters, it was difficult to get any great interest in the berley trail as we left the heads but we did have the strange phenomenon of the Silver Gulls staying with the boat all the way to Brown's Mountain, the first time that we could recall this happening. After encountering a small pod of Short-beaked Common Dolphins just off the heads, we had a fairly quiet ride out to the shelfbreak, seeing a few Australasian Gannets, an increasing number of Black-browed Albatross, a Fluttering Shearwater and a couple of Short-tailed Shearwaters. As we reached the continental shelf drop off, we saw our first Providence Petrel of the day and, surprisingly, we saw very few more during the trip. We set up a berley slick near Brown's Mountain and soon attracted good numbers of Black-browed Albatross which were joined by smaller numbers of Yellow-nosed Albatross. A Sooty Shearwater fed around the boat for a while, a White-faced Storm Petrel was seen at some distance and did not linger, and a Southern Ocean Sunfish (Mola Raysayi) was seen making its way across the slick. After motoring back up the slick and starting a second drift failed to attract any new species, we moved inshore by a couple of kilometres and started another berleying session. Again, the same group of birds seemed to move to the new location to join us but, in addition, a single Great-winged Petrel added to the species count. We then commenced a slow run back to Sydney against the south westerly wind and almost immediately encountered a 'fregetta' storm-petrel which gave only brief views before it headed away from the boat. Fortunately, Raja obtained a very good diagnostic photo showing the bird to be a Black-bellied Storm Petrel which avoided the need to show only 'fregetta (sp)' in the trip report. Probably the most absorbing event of the day was when we encountered a pod of about 30 False Killer Whales which appeared to be hunting. There were a few Short-beaked Common Dolphins in the vicinity but it was unclear whether they were prey or were just associating with False Killers. The last event of the day was the discovery of a circular, bright red, bait ball several metres in diameter near to the water surface. A few Australasian Gannets gave us a close view of them spearing into the bait ball and catching the long beaked fish. See Raja's photographs at http://www.adarman.com/Pelagics/2012...950158_75vHZz#!i=1844330711&k=5PjzfvQ Except for those who were seasick, it was a very enjoyable day on the water with plenty to keep interest levels high. By the way, I have new theory which goes "When it is cold, windy and rough you see a lot more birds than on a calm day BUT only when the wind is onshore (i.e. from the easternquadrant)......"

(Note that the numbers in parentheses represent the approximate maximum number of that species in view at one time)

Great-winged Petrel 1 (1) gouldi
Providence Petrel 6 (2)
Sooty Shearwater 2 (1)
Short-tailed Shearwater 4 (2)
Fluttering Shearwater 3 (1)
Black-browed Albatross 26 (15) two impavida
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross 3 (2)
White-faced Storm Petrel 1 (1)
Black-bellied Storm Petrel 1 (1)
Australasian Gannet 17 (6)
Silver Gull 90 (50)
Crested Tern 7 (2)

Short-beaked Common Dolphin 8
False Killer Whale 30
Southern Ocean Sunfish 1


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August 2, 2010By

Opened – October 1964
Closed – October 1968
Yet another post visited as part of an ‘8 ROC Posts in one day’ tour. We walked right past this one as the compound was totally overgrown. The hatch has been torn off for years but surprisingly it was bone dry inside. Some internal fittings still present such as the bed and no vandalism which is neat. Really nice and peaceful site with fantastic light outside.

As mentioned in my other reports for this day I was experimenting with camera settings (epic fail on most which got deleted ) so apologies for the quality.

  1. mel
    December 30, 2016

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    Can i have exact directions to roc post pls as live in spalding and will check out I think it’s near fulney somewhere

    • sYnc
      December 31, 2016

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      Asking for precise locations is not the done thing to be honest, this information is freely available online if you take a few minutes to look, also if you live in the local area you should also be able to locate it quite quickly just by driving around.

      However its Christmas. its not a sensitive location and I’m feeling generous – 52°46’27.39″N 0° 7’11.57″W

      • S Reedman
        August 25, 2017

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        Just been down here today, everything remains amazingly, others have been down.
        Have photos
        First time down a ROC post

    • Jason Clayden
      September 19, 2018

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      There is one in Luton as u go out to Marsh but was water logged

      • sYnc
        September 19, 2018

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        Assuming you mean the Great Offley post by the A505? Is the lid still open?

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