“If only we could set sail in ships whose cargo is memory….and thereby go out on recollection seas where all reality drifts and fades before great gentle beasts scaled by infinite possibility,” says my blog reader, one time visitor to Lanka and friend Dale Hammond. Words so apt – for the sailing I’ll go. … Manel Kirtisinghe with cousin Seetha ...
Originally posted on foodkatha: Chiken rice lunch with cucumber, ginger & Chillie sauce. Photo copyright Chulie de Silva The chicken for this favourite dish must be fresh said my teacher in Penang. Getting a fresh chicken there was not a problem. All I had to do was call me favourite Chinese grocery store and they would deliver. “Male or ...
Originally posted on Campari and Sofa: Those of you familiar with my occasional ranting on the subject will know that I have ‘a thing’ about decent manners. I’m not talking about the laborious English process that has you talking about the weather as the house burns around you, nor the baffling French protocols involving vous voudrais, how many times ...
Handwritten letters on crumbling aerogrammes or paper thin airmail paper are precious items storing vignettes of family life that are often forgotten. Combined with phtographs they bring to life the person and paints an unmatched portrait of the writer and the rest of the family members. Often outrageous, frank, funny, my father’s letters are a portrait of the romantic he ...
It is said that at the time of creation of the universe, when the primordial poison was churned out of the Sea of Milk and transmuted into the amrita of immortality, it was a peacock that absorbed the negative effects. Thus the bird is thought of as a protector, though its flesh is consequently considered by some to be ...
World Press Photo of the Year 2011 by Samuel Aranda The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Samuel Aranda from Spain as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011. The picture shows a woman holding a wounded relative in her arms, inside a mosque used as a field hospital by ...
Originally posted on foodkatha: This recipe goes back to our days in Brunei, when my two sons – the heir & the spare — were in boarding school in a town called Kooralbyn off Brisbane. I used to get them to buy me magazines, when they came for holidays. The cookery ones were purchased with much enthusiasm as they ...
By James Lim Mark Seliger made a name for himself in the nineties with his now iconic portraiture work for Rolling Stone magazine. From that memorable shot of the nude Red Hot Chili Peppers to one of the last portraits of Kurt Cobain, Seliger quickly cemented his status as one of the leading portrait photographers of his time. The ...
Part of the Berlin Wall from the Berlin Wall Gallery. 11 May 2008. Photo copyright Chulie de Silva. 25 years after the fall of the Berlin wall and over six years since I glimpsed a piece of this history, it was time to dig up my photos. It was on a cold blustery morning in May 2008, that I saw ...
Photographers from all over the world are invited to submit photographs for the photography exhibit titled ‘In Living Color’ for the South Asian Heritage Day event “RUNG” at the Royal Ontario Museum on May 11, 2013. Criteria South Asian culture is famous for its love of loud and vibrant colors. It’s festivals, cinema, performing arts, textiles and crafts are known ...
I felt I saw your face, and I launched my boat in the dark. Now the morning breaks in smiles and the spring flowers are in bloom. Yet should the light fail and the flowers fade I will … Continue reading →
Magnfied view of leaf at bazaar where Kalpana and Lieutenant Ferdous had an altercation shortly before her disappearance. Photo: Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World The brilliance of visual documentary combined with meticulous research in the photo-forensic study “In search of Kalpana Chakma” breaks a painful silence of the disappearance of Kalpana Chakma, an outspoken indigenous Bangladeshi woman who fought for the rights ...
The tableau of 16 male and female figures standing rigidly holding in their hands what looks like bodies at first glance is both striking and impressive. Its almost as they are before a tribunal and are on the verge of moving forward. They are naked as if they have lost all they have, the pain of their souls visible ...
It’s been an amazing digital romp keeping this blog going the last six years or so. Through the thick and thin days, I’ve appreciated your feedback comments. Taking stock today I now have 225 posts, 734 comments and over 135,000 hits, So this is to say a Big Thank you to all who have supported and encouraged me to write. ...
Reblogged from Rice & Curry: I don't usually reprint articles from other blogs in full, but I thought the information in this particular piece was important enough to share. It comes from the blog of one Joel Fuhrman Ph.D., a New York Times Best-selling author and nutritionist. Ceylon cinnamon and Cassia cinnamon The two major types of cinnamon used ...
March 14, 2013 /Photography News reminds us that Diane Arbus was born into a wealthy Jewish family in New York 90 years ago on March 14, 1923. “Diane Arbus made her reputation photographing people on the margins of society: losers, misfits, nudists, transvestites, prostitutes, the mentally retarded, sideshow freaks, and almost anyone who seemed not to fit in easily with her upper ...
