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A Good Traveler Never Leaves Home A good traveler never leaves home, for everywhere he goes is home. – Unknown I ran across this image on a Web page where someone claimed it was based on the Daoist Dao De Jing. This is not true. And if I may riff […]
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Gyalwang Karmapa said: There is wisdom in this quote. However, like much of current Buddhist philosophy, it attempts to overcompensate for the Western propensity toward excess individualism with excess denial of the individual. The truth lies somewhere between the views of a Cartesian view of Self as a detached observer […]
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Haunting Bazaar by Teymour Housego with Yves Mesnil Co-composed with French guitarist and singer Yves Mesnil. Haunting Bazaar reflects Indian flautist Teymour Housego’s personal musical journey. The album fuses together the sounds Teymour grew up with as a boy in India with the sounds he picked up through the decade […]
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Truth and Falsehood AMIR’S FABLE There is an old fable, which tells that Truth and Falsehood went for A swim together, leaving their clothes on shore. Falsehood Coming out of the water first, puts on Truth’s clothes. Truth, being what it is, absolutely refused to wear Falsehood’s clothes, thus remained […]
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Pardesi This is a rare documentary, Pardesi, filmed in 1991 by French filmmakers Martina Catella and Michel Follin, produced by PMA-Ethnies Visions. Most of the dialogue is in English with French subtitles throughout. The word “pardesi” means foreigner or stranger in (ironically) both Urdu and Hindi, from par (other) and desi […]
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Suns of Arqa Origins: U.K., Jamaica, India, Middle East, pan-Africa Styles: Indian fusion, Middle Eastern fusion, reggae, dub, Indian vibes, chillout, world groove, Balkan fusion, funk, ambient-dark, psychedelic, folk, neo-folk, Celtic fusion Discography: Over 60 releases Full discography here. Web Site: www.sunsofarqa.co.uk Suns of Arqa are what many late 1960s […]
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Loop Guru Origins: U.K. Styles: Chillout, ambient, world groove, Indian vibes, retro Discography: 2006 – Elderberry Shiftglass 2003 – Bathtime with Loop Guru 2003 – The Intrinsic Passion of Mysterious Joy 2001 – Loopus Interruptus 1999 – The Fountains of Paradise 1997 – Loop Bites Dog 1996 – Moksha 1996 […]
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Origins: Germany, North Africa, India Styles: World groove, chillout, Arabica Discography: 2008 – The Tangier Sessions 1999 – Mixed Up Jungle 1997 – Instinctive Traveler 1995 – Love Supreme 1993 – Jungle Book 1988 – Out of This World 1984 – Sahara Elektrik 1982 – Germanistan – I Wish I […]
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Transglobal Underground Origins: U.K. Styles: World groove, ethno techno, tribal, Middle Eastern fusion Discography: 2011 – The Stone Turntable 2007 – Moonshout 2005 – Impossible Broadcasting 2001 – Yes Boss Food Corner 1999 – Backpacking On The Graves Of Our Ancestors 1998 – Rejoice Rejoice 1997 – Psychic Karaoke 1994 […]
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Origins: Algeria, France, U.S., India Styles: Indian fusion, chillout, ambient-bright, devotional, ethno techno Discography: 2012 – Samaya: A Benefit Album for Cheb i Sabah 2008 – Devotion 2006 – La Ghriba: La Kahena Remixes 2005 – La Kahena Remixed EP 2005 – La Kahena 2003 – As Far As: A […]
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