3rd I’s seventh annual South Asian Film Festival in San Francisco begins this Thursday.
About 3rd I:
3rd I is a non-profit, national organization committed to promoting diverse images of South Asians through independent film. We represent filmmakers and audiences from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, The Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, and the South Asian Diaspora.
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Posts Tagged ‘Two worlds’
South Asian Film Festival in San Francisco this week
Posted in TV and film, Weblinks, tagged Bay Area, Two worlds on 1 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My two other favorite songs from the summer
Posted in TV and film, tagged Two worlds on 19 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the movie Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonu (“One wife and three kids”). I believe Yesudas, one of the most famous classical musicians in Kerala, contributed to creating the music. (I recommend checking out his site if you like Malayalam music.)
First the happy song:
Now the beautiful, yet sad song:
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Just heard this on the radio….
Posted in TV and film, tagged Two worlds on 19 September 2009 | 1 Comment »
(1170AM, KLOK)
And I was reminded of my summer. This was one of the most popular songs on the radio in Kerala (from the movie Bhramaram, released this summer. The English title of the move, for the curious, is the unfortunate “Brutally Innocent”):
Off to Wayanad, good-bye TRV
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Trivandrum, Two worlds, Wayanad on 22 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leaving Thiruvananthapuram via an overnight, 11-hour bus. Expect to be in Wayanad tomorrow.
The “relaxed people of South India”?
Posted in Fetishisms and Imaginaries, Tourism, tagged Humor, Two worlds on 22 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Guidebooks always write that South India, and Kerala in particular, is full of relaxed and laid back people; that it seems to be on a different schedule than the rest of India. That hasn’t exactly been Sapna and my experience, however. It is true that you spend a lot of time not doing very much [...]
A dream or nightmare?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Two worlds on 21 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
What an appropriate subtitle for this blog! That pretty much sums up how I’m feeling at this point in India. I can’t get out of my head a particular incident I had recently: on a bus to Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, a bus conductor tried to cheat me twenty rupees. Long story short, [...]
Language update
Posted in Grad school life, Malayalam, tagged Malayalam, Two worlds on 12 July 2009 | 3 Comments »
If you want to know the truth, I’ve hit a low in my Malayalam studies. I’ve mentioned before that Malayalam is a hard language to learn –but what really hit it home was my inability to read Kerala in Malayalam last week. Kerala, the birthplace of my parents. Kerala, the place whose [...]
Mewing kitty
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Two worlds on 4 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
I stupidly befriended an orphaned, not-even-weaned kitty. My host family is amused/slightly annoyed. I’m filled with sadness knowing that I have to stop showing this cat affection, despite its lonely and desperate mews, so that it can possibly learn to fend for itself. (People don’t usually keep cats or any animals in [...]
Being unfriendly or being defensive?
Posted in Gender and sexuality, Travel logistics, Women and feminism, tagged Two worlds on 22 June 2009 | 4 Comments »
Before coming to India, I was warned –in program materials and by my relatives– to be extra careful because of my female gender.
I’m usually pretty careful when strangers approach me in America, so I admit I didn’t pay much attention to the advice I received for three reasons: My parents, as much as I love [...]
Identity, adjustments, dialects, and more sweat
Posted in Malayalam, tagged Trivandrum, Two worlds on 18 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am reminded that I am an outsider by how much my body sweats compared to the average Malayalee around me. No amount of talcum powder or coconut oil quells my drips and frizz. Instead I walk around like a greasy mess, stammering simple Malayalam as shop clerks giggle behind counters and rickshaw [...]
