Tag: politics

• 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

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• 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

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• Learning how to THINK: review of Bitasta Roy Mehta’s book Have a THINK

  

  I applaud Bitasta Roy Mehta for hitting the nail directly on the head when it comes to people management, be it in organizational practices or as individual parts of the fabric of society. What am I talking about? A book called Have a THINK. I needed this book at this juncture of my career and…

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  1 Aug 2017

  Academic, Awareness, Books, Customer Review, Education, Story

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• To tell you the truth

  

  I have been writing poems a lot more than I usually do and reworking drafts of old poems. Perhaps due to my PhD work on the ghazal I tend to spend more time on structure and sound. Strict metrical scales and working with rhymes, refrains, provide me with an effective tool to have a dialogue with…

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  10 Feb 2016

  Academic, Art, Audience, Awareness, Parenting, Poem A Day, Poetry, Story, Travel

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