The mind is a mysterious contraption in which lives a person far removed from the individual that one expresses overtly. In the dark halls and corridors of the mind roam ghost-like figures that appear to have some similarity to the individual seen in the real world; each of these ghosts appear to have been born [...]
June 15, 2009
Baile Funk or Funk Carioca is an important style of music and dance popular in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
June 13, 2009
Le Chat tells the story of an old couple alienated by each other and the ensuing struggles and pains.
June 11, 2009
The embassy of the Federal republic of Germany in Baku has collaborated with the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art and arranged an exhibition “Baku Spaces No. 5″ featuring work by artist Marc Schmitz. Schmitz’ work involves structures and installations that use human body to understand the fundamental bonding between the self and the environment. [...]
June 10, 2009
The 1960s saw birth of American Folk Revival through music of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez. But the seeds of folk songs were sown by legendary Woody Guthrie.
June 8, 2009
PJ Harvey breaks through repression by her explicit unconventional lyrics, which have won the hearts of many music lovers.
June 4, 2009
Disregarded by elitists, and worshipped by the masses, pop culture may be more significant than it is made out to be.
June 1, 2009
Kamala Das, a much celebrated Indian feminist writer of the twenty first century passed away on May 31, 2009.
May 31, 2009
Ivo Andric is a Nobel Prize winning Yugoslavian writer who rued in dismay at the hatred that existed within the Yugoslavian society.
May 30, 2009
Abdel Halim Hafez’s songs were mostly about loneliness, pain, love, longing and nationalism. People instantly related to the powerful lyrical soulful music.
May 27, 2009
Tracey Emin celebrates love, sexuality and womanhood through her work. She depicts herself and all experiences with naked candidness.
The Fiendish
June 18, 2009
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