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Tag Archives: India
Mardaani 1, 2 and 3
Until now I have not been a fan of Bollywood movies, but I watched Mardaani 1, which came out in 2014, directed by Pradeep Sarkar, and written by Gopi Puthran. I found it full of suspense, informative, quite terrifying and … Continue reading
Posted in art, FICTION, Reviews, The Runiad
Tagged Anthony Howell, Durga, film review, India, Mardaani, Rani Mukerji
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Andrea Loseries: The Scholar and Cremation Ground Yogini
Olivia Clementine has recorded a marvellous conversation with Andrea; informative and truly intriguing. “You will hear about Andrea’s path from being a 19-year-old student in Paris, to journeying to the Himalayas to study with yogic masters, including her teacher the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Andrea Loseries, India, Skulls, Tibet, Yogini
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The Indian Jungle
Very pleased that my review of The Indian Jungle: Psychoanalysis and Non-Western Civilizations (published by Karnac) has just come out in The Fortnightly. Sadly the author Sudhir Kakar has recently passed away. A link to a website related to his … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Reviews, Uncategorised
Tagged East and West, India, psychoanalysis, Sudhir Kakar
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Shiva and my ‘Songs of Realisation’
photo by Dilys Bidewell Many of my Indian readers (and others) may enjoy my most recent collection of poems – Songs of Realisation. These three long poems celebrate what is on the earth, what is below the earth and what … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Poetry
Tagged Epping, equilibrium, Hindu Mythology, India, poems by Anthony Howell, Shiva, Songs of Realisation
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A CHAPERONE
The monkeys are in among the mangoes. As for the lovely one, she is emerging from Under the trees, the trees laden with mangoes And monkeys. She’s ambling out of the grove Bearing the nail marks left by the … Continue reading
Posted in art, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged erotic Indian sculpture, India, Indian beauty, Khajuraho
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