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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need assistance

Hi
does anyone know how I can remove an image from a posting????

This weeks questions.

Heya all i was wondering if anyone else isn't quite sure what the first question on the work sheet is.

whilst i know what its referencing i don't know what it wants me to do :/.



also Sara do you mean the 30th of October? November seems a little late

study day - 30 October

Hi Fellow Weary Travellers:

I'm wondering if any of you will join me in a study day next Thursday? I'd be really pleased to get the company. I'm sure many people are in the library anyway, but something I read early on in a pscyh book was that people work harder if they think they are being watched.

So what I mean is block book some PCs and a discussion room, deliberately get to the Lib early, take a break together - even bring food to share - maybe have a time for discussion on essays - problems, share information, read drafts, have general bitch about how these people work us too hard...and go home late - possibly after a visit to the pub.

My target is to get a good draft of the mod essay out next week.

Sarahb

Rousseau link?

The article we've just read in Tradition about the friendship of Diderot and Rousseau and their different interests in the status of artisans...well, it seems a lot like Gandhi and his khadi movement. I had a brief peda-Google and it seemed that Gandhi spoke often of Rousseau's Social Contract but that his philosophical influences were Ruskin and Tolstoy (p.172)...any other links?
Sarah.

Happy Diwali Priya (New Year's day/Festival of Lights)

Hi All, Today is Diwali (New Year’s Day) according to the Hindu lunar calendar. There are heaps of events on at Federation Square. But the most spectacular is the amazing firework display at sunset tonight. See you there (I’ll be having dinner at one of the restaurants)
Below is the website for further details
http://www.celebrateindia.org.au

Diwali is the most popular of all Hindu festivals (also known as the festival of lights). It is dedicated to the goddess Kali in Bengal and the goddess Lakhsmi, the goddess of wealth in the rest of India. It is a significant festival for Hindus, Sikhs and Jains.
The festival also marks the victory of good over evil, and uplifting of spiritual darkness. Symbolically it marks the homecoming of goodwill and faith after an absence, as suggested by the Ramayana.

We're on for next Wednesday afternoon

Hi Everyone
Next Wednesday's strike (October 22) is for a half a day only. See you all at Ipm.
Our theme for next week is `The Representation of Women in Nationalist Discourse'

The suggested reading is Sinha, M. (2006) ‘Gender and Nation’, in, Morgan, S. The Feminist History Reader, Routledge, New York, Chapter 24, pp.323-339 and
Further Reading
Ramaswamy, S. (2003) ‘Visualising India's Geo-body: Globes, Maps, Bodyscapes’, in, Beyond Appearances?:Visual Practices and Ideologies in Modern India, Sage, New Delhi, Chap. 5, pp.151-189

Asia: Art Gallery of New South Wales: The Lost Buddhas

The Lost Buddhas: Chinese Buddhist Sculpture from Qingzhou
29 August - 23 November 2008
Asian Gallery, Ground Level

For more information of the current display, please visit the Art Gallery of New South Wales direct link http://www.asianart.com.au/exhibitions/current/lost_buddhas
Additional information such as brochures (which includes information about bodhisattvas) and displays about the exhibition are also available as well links to past exhibitions.

Gandhi's Speehes

If you want to read any of Gandhi's speeches, see chornologies of his life or read an enormous collection of quotations....then click here: http://www.gandhimuseum.org/sarvodaya/speeches/speechMain.htm

Sarahb

Critique of Edward Said's "Orientalism" - Quadrant Online Journal

http://www.quadrant.org.au/magazine/issue/2008/9/wrong-from-first-to-last

The weblink above will direct you to an article published in the Quadrant journal on September 2008 by Michael Warby. This article has been reprinted from the journal online and offers a critique on Edward Said's, "Orientalism". There is a printable version icon at the bottom of the article if you wish to make a hard copy which you can use for your essay relevant to the appropriate topic.

SBS tonight 8.30: Subhas Chandra Bose

What a fortuitous coincidence that our exploration of Indian nationalism and the anti colonial struggle coincides with the screening tonight of the documentary about Subhas Chandra Bose, a leader in the Indian Independance movement, twice leader of the Indian Congress but also an ideological opponent of Gandhi's technique of satyagraha (non-violent resistance).
See tonight (Friday 10 October), SBS, at 8.30 pm, As it happened.....

A small note about next week's reading and the Partha Chatterjee site

Thanks Greg.
Sorry to say, but we are running behind.
Week 11's reading (i.e. next week is Chatterjee, P. (1986) Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World : A Derivative Discourse, Zed, Avon, U.K. Chap. 1, pp. 1 – 39 (also see class handout), and
week 12's reading is Metcalf, B&T. (2006), 2nd Ed., ‘The crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939’ in, A Concise History of Modern India, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Also check out the following link for further information about Chatterjee, http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/post/poldiscourse/chatterjee/holden1.html

Week 10 reading

Is everybody nice and refreshed after their break?

This week's reading is another big document divided into three parts.

Crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939 (Part 1)

Crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939 (Part 2)

Crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939 (Part 3)

For those industrious people the further reading item by Robin Jeffrey can be found here:-

India: independence and the rich peasant - part 1

India: independence and the rich peasant - part 2

Speak to you next week.

Polyester -Just Can't Get Enough

Dear everyone, How's your holiday?
I've been to a few interesting events including an evening at 44 Errol St where I found very amazing. And I saw someone from our class as well. She was in the group performance, together gave so much joy to the audiences. Very sorry that I had to leave early as having to attend a meeting soon after that. But here I have photos and Video to show you. Cheers!

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