Tag: Earth

• Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam

  

  The Tropenmuseum is an ethnographic museum started in 1864 and located in Amsterdam. I have visited it on numerous occasions and each time I discover something new.  Recently, I was intrigued by their marvellous exhibition called Fashion Cities Africa. In this show they have on display visually dramatic and gorgeously textured fabrics. They have a room […]

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  16 Jul 2018

  Academic, Audience, Awareness, Education, Photography, Story, Travel

  amsterdam, art, culture, day out in amsterdam, dutch, Earth, feedback, home, learning, life, mobility, mobility of people, museum, others, people, people in museums, photos, places, politics, space, the other, Travel, tropenmuseum, what to do, work, Writing

• Autumn Moments in Amsterdam, 2017 Edition

  

  Fall, leaves, fall By Emily Bronte Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree. I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow; I shall sing when night’s decay Ushers in a drearier day. (Source: Poetry Foundation) […]

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  5 Nov 2017

  Art, Photography, Poem A Day, Poetry, Story, Travel

  amsterdam, autumn, blog, bronte poem, canals, canals of amsterdam, cityscapes, cycle, dam square, dutch, e, Earth, fall, fun, harvest, journal, leaves, lets walk, life, nature, nature photography, Netherlands, photos, places, poems, Poetry, roads, season, space, sun, the last leaf, Travel, trees, urban trails, Writing

• Lisbon day 4: Belem and Museu Berardo

  

  Belem pichkari jo tune mujhe maari Toh bole re zamana kharabi ho gayi Planning the day for Belem had Apoorva constantly singing this warped song and now everytime I think of Belem this tune is stuck in my head, HELP! Belem is gorgeous. What an inadequate adjective to use, so let me try harder, the sky is […]

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  24 Aug 2017

  Academic, Apoorva, Gender, Parenting, Photography, Story, Travel

  animals, art, belem, belem tower, blog, discover, duck, duckling, Earth, exhibits, faith, feminism, film, fun, genetics, happiness, home, journal, learning, life, lisboa, lisbon, living with the enemy, marina, meta, mobility, modern art, monument, museu berardo, museums, pedro neves marques, photos, places, politics, portugal, religion, River, space, sun, tagus, technology, thoughts, Travel, warhol, water, work, Writing

• Notes on Earth-1947

  

  I will be presenting Earth at a screening in Utrecht. These are my notes. Why is this movie called Earth or 1947? 1947 is the year two nations Pakistan and India were born out of British India. The British East India Company had its presence in India from the early 18th century. The Company was […]

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  5 Jan 2013

  Bollywood, Story

  Bapsi Sidhwa, Deepa Mehta, Earth, Hindu, Ice Candy Man, India, Mehta, Muslim