Anti-Liberal
Terry Eagleton in Sidecar [h/t: Leonard Benardo]: A well-known member of the British left once discovered to his surprise that several of his socialist friends, including myself, had all attended
Perceptions (Pics, Video)
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Olivia Newton-John is no more. Her album ‘Grace and Gratitude’ includes traditional Islamic song Tala‘al-Badru ‘Alaynā. (Video)
Olivia Newton-John, a legendary Australian singer and an actress remembered as one of the kindest and most selfless stars in Hollywood, passed away earlier this week. Newton-John died Monday morning
My Hot, Rowdy Indian Summers at Hindu Youth Camp
“I let my campers pick a fun Bollywood song to choreograph themselves. They loved it, and it freed up my schedule for utter nonsense; I reached Nirvana, achieved moksha, united
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WATCH: A Desi and a Pardesi ‘Creative Marketing’ Videos
BERING STRAIT & TROPIC OF CANCER: A desi meme on attracting auto rickshaw passengers, and a Western creative ad. — doctor carves out soccer ball (football) from stone to ‘attract’
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Coke Studio Bangla Song VIDEO: Dokhino Hawa (Southern Breeze)
O’ dear Southern breeze, I am in love today. My eyes are drunken in love; I have now lost my way… If the North Wind blows, do know that I’m
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WATCH Famed Mohd. Rafi Song ‘O Duniya Ke Rakhwale’ and a BBC Report On the Singer (Video)
A recent BBC take in Hindi (2nd video below) on renowned subcontinental playback singer Mohammad Rafi who sang the song ‘O Duniya Ke Rakhwale’ -famous music director Naushad (in the
Kazi Nazrul Islam’s ‘Bidrohi’ (The Rebel) English Translation
The Rebel: English translation of revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s famous poem ‘Bidrohi’ by Kabir Chowdhury: Say, Valiant,Say: High is my head! Looking at my headIs cast down the great
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How to Defend Democracy from Itself: On Steve Erickson’s “American Stutter, 2019–2021”
Charles Taylor in the Los Angeles Review of Books: American Stutter, 2019–2021, novelist Steve Erickson’s journal of our ongoing plague year — the everything-at-once-all-the-time mash-up of election, pandemic, and still-unresolved
Happiness, Pleasure, Wellbeing: Select Videos, Quotes, Pics
Curated from WhatsApp shares, Twitter, etc.: Irshad Salim, Karachi (July 26, 2022)
Dispatches From a World on Fire: Time? For? Socialism?
Noam Maggor in the European Review of Books: Saint Domingue was the crown jewel of the French empire in the Caribbean when its slaves rebelled in 1791. They formed the
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Stop Sharing Political Memes. They are a Doorway into Stupidity and Misery.
Christopher J. Ferguson in Quillette: Modern politics has always been replete with issues about which people feel passionate, sometimes aggressively so. But the culture wars currently raging in the US,
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