Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Wolfgang Graf: A Freiburger Feingeist (Satis Shroff)
Wolfgang Graf was born in Freiburg-Zähringen and did his schooling at the Kepler Gymnasium. Later he studied Biology and Chemistry at the Freiburger University because he thought then that it would be good to be a teacher in a school. But he didn’t teach and worked instead in the [...]
Posted in Beijing, China, Games, Lhasa, Miteinander, Peace, Tibet, human rights, monks, students, togetherness, tolerance on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Commentary on Tibet:
Gold Medals versus Human Rights (Satis Shroff)
The Dalai Lama has threatened to resign as the political leader of the Tibetans in Tibet and the diaspora (USA, India, Nepal and Switzerland), but the protests within Tibet has been rising although Tibet has been hermetically sealed for foreign journalists, and the nabbed demonstrators have been [...]
Posted in Bhaktapur (Bhadgaon), Himalayan art, Katmandu, Katmandu Valley, Land of the Gods, Nepalese sculpture, Patan (Lalitpur), Religion, art, artists, beliefs, black and white photos, culture, education, exhibitions, exploration of nepal, paintings, people, politics, public programming, ritual objectshinduism, systems on March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
‘From the Land of the Gods: Art of the Kathmandu Valley’ & ‘Nepal in Black and White: Photographs by Kevin Bubriski’ March 14 - October 13, 2008
RMA is pleased to present two exhibitions focused on Nepal, ‘From the Land of the Gods: Art of the Kathmandu Valley’ and ‘Nepal in Black and White: Photographs by [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
The Living Goddess Kumari:
Hush! Gods Cannot Die in Nepal (Satis Shroff)
The Kumari, who is worshipped as the Living Goddess in Katmandu, is a small girl who lives in a beautiful palace with exquisitely carved wooden windows called the Palace of the Kumari. You can recognise her on her scarlet sari with golden edges, her pagoda-formed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
The Charms of Written English (Satis Shroff)
Words and expressions change their meanings when a language leaves its native environment and the meanings change and are lost in translation, creating embarrasing, humorous situations. Speech is a cacophony of noises, rhythms and tunes, whereas the printed page is what it is. English is a global language spoken [...]
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