August 2011
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Mirza Nama: Jeff Buckley on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan →
smirza:
Both Nusrat and Jeff are dearly missed.
“The first time I heard the voice of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was in Harlem, 1990. My roommate and I stood there blasting it in his room. We were all awash in the thick undulating tide of dark punjabi tabla rhythms, spiked with synchronized handclaps booming…
March 2011
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Escape
I took part in Connect India’s Learning Journey trip to Gujarat, India, in 2007. Whilst on this journey, we were introduced to a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) known as KMVS, which focused on women’s empowerment. Here I was told a true story of a woman from an “untouchable caste”. The story really made a lasting impression in my thoughts.
There is great pressure...
February 2011
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Crossing Over
So whilst studying Brain and Behaviour module I found the concept of the somatosensory pathways crossing over quite interesting. When a stimulus is felt and crosses over to the other side of the brain for processing and perception. I liked the idea of how something simple and pure can get become something crazy in our perception and what if this stimulus gets distorted on the way to the...
September 2010
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toy soldiers
great stuff! good music
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"Toy Soldiers" by Amal Lad
This photograph is copyright of Steve McCurry. No Copyright infringement intended. www.stevemccurry.com
During a study session in Birmingham Library this summer, my brother and I decided to visit the Steve McCurry Photo exhibition at the nearby Birmingham Art Gallery. I have known about Steve McCurry’s famous images such as the Afghan Girl, which was featured on the cover of National...
August 2010
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6 Keys to being Excellent at anything - by Tony...
Check out the article in the Harvard Business review.
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/08/six_keys_to.html
Here, then, are the six keys to achieving excellence we’ve found are most effective for our clients:
Pursue what you love. Passion is an incredible motivator. It fuels focus, resilience, and perseverance.
Do the hardest work first. We all move instinctively toward pleasure and away from...
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Best Blues guitarist - SRV or Jimi Hendrix?
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KarmaTube: Ripples of Hope →
“There is discrimination in this world and slavery and slaughter and starvation. Governments repress their people; millions are trapped in poverty while the nation grows rich and wealth is lavished on armaments everywhere. These are differing evils, but they are the common works of man. They reflect the imperfection of human justice, the inadequacy of human compassion, our lack of...
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July 2010
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Music is Medicine - TED talk by Robert Gupta
The Incredibly talented violinist, Robert Gupta explains how music can be sanity. He explains the case of Nathaniel Ayers whos inspirational story was made famous in the film starring Robert Downey Jr - The Soloist.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/robert_gupta.html