some sites to check out during your semester break

This is a new site coming out of Delhi and in its pilot stage :Kalasampada Digital Library - Resources of Indian Cultural Heritage Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India. The aim of the site is to serve as a major resource centre for the arts, especially written, oral and visual source materials. It includes research and publication programmes of reference works, glossaries, dictionaries and encyclopaedia concerning the arts and the humanities. Eventually they want to establish a tribal and folk arts division with a core collection for conducting systematic scientific studies and for live presentations and to provide a forum for a creative and critical dialogue through performances, exhibitions, multi-media projections,conferences, seminars and workshops between and amongst the diverse arts, traditional and contemporary. Take a look there is some very interesting material;
URL http://ignca.nic.in/dgt_0001.htm

Also the site below is coming out of Chicago University. Take a look at the map section in particular the extent of British rule prior to Indian Independance;
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/
the digital South Asia Library
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/index.html

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/index.html

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=106
for a map of modern religious reform movements in the 19th century

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=187
for a map of British territories held from 1807 until Independance

Week 9 reading

This weeks reading comes in three parts.

Part 1 - Nationalist thought and the colonial world ...

Part 2 - Nationalist thought and the colonial world ...

Part 3 - Nationalist thought and the colonial world ...

That's it for the term. Enjoy your break.

Remember the library is open from 8.30 - 5.00 during the term break for all your library needs.

I'm not quite sure if anyone has checked their own profile but I have and apparently from the information I put in out popped me ager 1940 years old (thought I was feeling tired) and my chinese sign rat but actually I am monkey....and I am an Aries apparently and yet funny enough I have been an Aquarian since birth....anyway I though come on google get it right....check your own and see if this has happened to any of you lot.

Jo

Wedding photos

As a fan of photography, Flickr and because I'm writing up an art assignment I found this artist and his collection of Indian-related work at http://flickr.com/photos/ashish100/. There are some lovely Hindu wedding photos.
Sarah

Doctor Who

Way back last millenia a John Pertwee story, Planet of the Spiders, was set in a Tibetan Buddhist meditation centre that mis-used the mantra 'Om mani padme hum' in order to summon giant spiders (especially The Great One) from from the planet - used to terrify me.

To find out about this very good story:
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Planet_of_the_Spiders

For more on the meaning of the mantra and a funny buddhist story about humility on
http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/meaning-of-om-mani-padme-hung.htm

Hi All,

It’s my great pleasure to invite you to a Cambodian Festival that will take place at the Immigration Museum (400 Flinders St, Melbourne) on Sunday 14th September 11am - 4pm.

Please come along and enjoy the experience of Cambodian culture and Khmer traditions through dance, music, ritual and food. This one-day festival celebrating the Cambodian community in Victoria includes children’s activities, cooking demonstrations, traditional games and fun for all!

I will be a MC there. So if you see me on that day, don’t forget to say hi and have your camera ready. You know I’m about to tell you a top secret : ) Oh! Just kidding, not a secret but the truth is that I hope you could take a good photo of me on the stage.

Many of us, especially John, don’t know what I’m doing. Some may wonder why I seem to be very busy and sometimes look like not having enough sleep. Now, let me take this opportunity to briefly let you know something about me.

It’s true. I have a lot of things to do. As FairFax paper describes me, I’m a full time student, having a part time job and involving with some volunteering tasks. I volunteer for a charity organisation and involve with lots of activities that most of them are Cambodian related.

Last month was a very busy month but also a very successful one in terms of volunteering services. However, I felt a bit …. that I wasn’t able to fully participate in class. BUT you know, many unfortunate out there need our support. One month of working harder than usual can save thousands of lives. You too can make a difference!

Feel free to ask me HOW.

Reading and Questions :/

I'm confused about the readings and the like.

are we ment to be doing Zelliot this week or Dirks? i dont have the questions with me their at home :/ so im in the woods with a paddle, it just doesnt help.

and just for fun iv got work tonight, so i dont have alot of time to do the questions, i know im leaving it till too late but, well i did so now i need to fix it, any help out there?



PS Sarah iv braught in that DVD two times... in a row... and you havnt shown :/ im bound to forget soon, hope your ok.

Week 8 reading

Hi all,

Week 8 already. The link through Effy's e-reserve page for this reading does not seem to be working at the moment. I'll contact Footscray Park and ask them to update the link.
In the meantime this link should work.
Dirks - Castes Of Mind

Speak to you next week.

Indian Film Festival

If anyone would care to copy some details about the festival at the Nova for the next two weeks, that would be great. I have dial up and have tried several times to load the page, but it's just too slow! :(
http://www.cinemanova.com.au/