From The New Republic: Abbas Milani’s speech at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. Posted on Saturday, August 15, 2009 This Tuesday, seven leaders of Iran’s Bahai movement will go on trial on capital charges of espionage and threatening national security. They have been in prison for more than a year. The group’s two lawyers… Read More From TNR: ‘An Evening in Support of the Bahais of Iran’
Remember ‘Playing for Change’? I wrote a post about it a little while ago (here). I’m really happy that this great initiative is slowly gaining momentum. I purchased the ‘Playing for Change’ CD and it has become one of the musical ‘spiritual ladders’ in my music collection, an amasing ladder to my soul I am… Read More Playing for Change features on The Colbert Report
Last batch, I promise! (the one above is for Eric) Source: http://www.snorgtees.com/
It’s absolutely fantastic that Generation X (which, according to the article I am referring to, are all those born after 1977) are such optimists. And with reason: the world does hold a lot of potential to become an amazing place for everyone to live in. However, signs that this is also an overly self-centred generation… Read More Making the most of it… or not
I just couldn’t resist. There are just too many good ones! The next two are, again, for Marjan: Source: http://www.snorgtees.com/ (go buy one!)
I found an amazing website (http://www.snorgtees.com/) that sells some pretty smart shirts. Check out some of my favourites: The next one is for Marjan:
Oh. Dear. God. It’s really starting again. I was hoping it wouldn’t. By some miracle of the universe, I was hoping we would all be spared. But it seems that not only it’s starting again, but that in the couple of months since the release of the first movie, the insanity has gathered momentum, its… Read More Twilight Saga’s New Moon: Let the Obsession with Edward-Obsession take a hold once again
For the longest time, Canadian actors had to travel Due South (pun totally intended) to be able to ‘make it’ – but more and more it seems that this isn’t the case. They can stay up here, freezing in the wonderful country of their birth and make it pretty big, too. The great part is… Read More Canadian TV stepping up to the plate
I love music. I really do. I don’t play any instrument, and I definitely do not sing, but there is always music in my head and, when appropriate, on my laptop. I have so many songs that I purchased a pretty big external hard drive just for my music. I have hours upon hours of… Read More Music as a ladder to man’s nobility
Can you identify the different Indian styles in which our little, humble ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ is being sung? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmdAF4ihedM]