a new exhibition

Hello,
I'm still in marking mode.... but I did find time to see the following at the Immigration Museum...well worth it. The show has been put together by George Michel (not george michael), much of his work has centred on the architecture of Vijayanagara Empire (i..e. he has quite a few publications and is also a regular visitor to Melbourne (and also a nice guy). What I enjoyed most was the reworking of a 19th century photograph by his photographer friend. Also the digital display was awesome:

Ancient Hampi: The Hindu Kingdom Brought to Life
Now Showing

The Hindu deity Ganesha at Hampi.Image: Sarah Kenderdine & Jeffrey Shaw, 2006
(sorry I couldn't upload the image)
Immerse yourself in the ancient world of Hampi.
This international exhibition offers visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in the stunning World Heritage site of Hampi in southern India.
Using state of the art digital technologies, this ground breaking experience presents 3D stereographic panoramas of an extraordinary site with all its mythological, archaeological, artistic and historic significance.
Ancient Hampi includes animations of Hindu myths and stories, an immersive digital interactive space showing panoramic images of the site and its landscape, as well as captivating photography.
EVENT DETAILS
Event Type: Temporary Exhibition
Daily, Now Showing10:00 AM - 5:00 PMImmigration Museum
Included with Immigration Museum entry.

Sooo, iv been in tazzy for the last part of a week and have thus (because i find it nice to remove myself from the world) missed whats been going on in Moombai.... (Bombay) i got the short of it, but am wondering who it is, apparenly its an unknown terrorest organisation, which makes me wonder is its a politiacal group holding a Coup, wondering if anyone knows more about it. Are we looking at the begining of the re-emergence of the Veidic ages?



john

attack of the clones

Here's a story that came out in the cricket website I view often...it's related to one of the last topics we covered in class to do with fundamentalism.

"Attack of the clones
With retirements the flavour of the month, there's one option India's senior cricketers could consider: politics. At the moment it's their clones who are cashing in. Along with a few film stars, a Sachin Tendulkar lookalike is canvassing for votes ahead of the upcoming elections in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. A few households were pleasantly surprised to see "Tendulkar" at their doorsteps last week. "My nine-year-old son Rehan was thrilled when he responded to the doorbell Sunday morning to find Sachin himself standing with three friends," said one of those caught unawares. "I asked my son, 'How come Sachin is roaming here rather than playing cricket against Australia?' Then my husband said he was just the cricketer's lookalike.
The lady then went on to recount how "Sachin" was in a hurry and refused to wait for some food she wanted to offer him. "He just asked for tea and reminded us how our votes are important and advised us to prefer the BJP [the ruling party in the state]." "
Source: http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/377548.html, Mathew Varghese, September 10, 2008, cricinfo.com

Frantic last minute touch base

This I.T. gig not my forte.
Never the less....
my friend Shameem and I grew up on Indian movies!!!
we just could not get enough of Amitabh Bachan???!
the latest stuff pales by comparison!!!
really too busy for this.....
have work for our favourite teacher (s) pending...
kadaa hafiz
rabiah

Screening on Wednesday 1.00 Nov. 12th

Hi All,
Just a reminder that there is a screening on Wednesday Nov 12 @ 1.00pm. The choice of film will be decided on the day. Please note attendance is not compulsory and is largely to provide a bit of pleasurable relief

Long time no post

i havnt been on this thing for a while!
i feel bad
i would tottaly have done the study thing on the 30th
oops
ah well
im so tired
!!!
finding it hard to squeeze these essays out of my head!

has any one been to st. albans main rd. west lately?
i have! LOL
and the number of indian gorcery shops that have sprung up in the last 6 monthes is amazing they have all but tripled
one of the new ones has really beautiful scenes of the hindi gods and goddesses!
hmmm ...
xmas art investment much ? !!!
tree of life have some kool ganesh figures as well
LOL
dw i am aware no one would care
im just blogging away
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:)