LJ's Official South Asian Community

hello,

does anyone know how tie a sari in marathi or folk style? i know how to wear different styles but not this one..and i couldn't figure out how to do it from youtube..

please share if u know (or even a link) :)

thanks

cross-posted to desixtc

Hello! I'm working on a motion graphics project for a class, on the idea of being illiterate when you go abroad, and for the intro I'd like to display the word "illiteracy" in a number of languages/writing systems as possible. Would you all be able to provide a translation in several South Asian languages, plus any others you may know? (I have the major Romance and Germanic languages and a smattering of European ones in general.) The only one I have any knowledge of is Tamil, but I can only understand spoken conversational Tamil...I can't read or write the alphabet at all, unfortunately.

Thank you so much!

Hi There,

I am new to LiveJournal & am posting here in order to get to know you, looking forward to it :)

I'm SOuth Asian living in Canada of Bangladeshi descent & off University age :)

Here is my first journal entry, do read it & discuss it in the comments, I would like to know your thoughts & opinions, Thanks & catch ya later!

Hey all, just found this community, glad to be here.

I have kind of a random question. I just went to a mehndi and one of the songs they played there (one of the most popular songs that *everyone* (well all the young people) got up and danced to) was some Punjabi song. I loved the way it sounded and wanted to ask someone its name but completely forgot. Hoping one of you can help me out instead.

I can't remember any of the words, and the only way I know how to describe it is that it had a rhythm of three beats and a pause: Beat-Beat-Beat-Pause-Beat-Beat-Beat-Pause. It wasn't the traditional bhangra beat, it was more like a techno/club beat.

Anyone have any ideas?

Hiya Friends!!!! :D

Please accept my greetings as I airdrop into this wonderful gathering of desi people who obviously rock. I am so excited to be with you. Oh, the introduction - I am a 26 year old guy from India. Um, I think I am overflowing with joy at being a part of this amical gathering so I would like to address each of you individuall -

Hello my dear Pakistani friends =)
Hello my dear Nepali friends =)
Hello my dear Bangladeshi friends =)
Hello my dear Sri Lankan friends =)
Hello my dear Bhutanese friends =)
And of course hello my fellow Indians =)

I am glad to be in a place which is not full of hate and where we can all just get along. And discuss issues of political and social importance along the way.

Nice to meet y'all folks :)

October 10th and 24th @ The Asian American Writers' Workshop
6:30 - 8:30 P.M.

A new reading series and open mic for Asian/Pacific Islander-American youth (from middle-school to recent college graduates) at The Asian American Writers' Workshop.

***PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO SHOWS: October 10th AND 24th, 2008***


Who are the Witchdoctors and Assassins?

As bodies that have witnessed onslaughts of violence and trauma from
supremacist regimes, we are sounding out for decolonization. We refuse
to play the “victim” in the countless oppressions against us. If you
ask us who we are, we say we are “witchdoctors and assassins”*. By
assuming these roles, we are demonstrating our creative resistance
against the traditional act of “performing” our race, gender, class,
sexual identity, and beyond on the world stage.

We are Axis of Praxis, your resident arts collective, coming to you
with our interpretation of the revolutionary theater. As witchdoctors
and assassins, we will be actors in the conjuring and dispelling of
the violence and trauma that we have witnessed in its most personal
and destructive forms. We invite you not to become only spectators in
this process, but participants with your own stories and revolutionary
fervor. Join us as we don our masks in performance, become puppets,
and transcend the stage with an impromptu dance party. See that the
instances of oppression you have witnessed in your lives on a daily
basis is no less or disconnected from the headlines of Asian America—
whatever and however that body means to us and to you.

* Leroi Jones/ Amiri Baraka. The Revolutionary Theatre. Liberator,
1965

Take the N, R, Q, W, F, B, D, V trains to 34th Street/Herald Square

For more info go to:
AAWW.org,
myspace.com/elijahkuanwong

Axis of Praxis are:
-Krystle Cheirs
-Nafisa Ferdous
-Emmelle Israel
-Muriel Leung
-Jackie Mariano
-Elijah Kuan Wong
-Derek Yung

*UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON*
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> Official title: FACULTY ASSOCIATE(D92DN) or ASSOC FACULTY
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If anyone is interested in joining a comm on South Asian feminism(s), southasianwomen is up and running.

Greetings from LJ_India, the new official India community we’re piloting to connect all our India users.

We’re writing to invite you to take a first look at the Community as it’s launched and share your feedback. You’re, of course, under absolutely no obligation to join, but we’d be delighted if you did :)

Do join us at http://community.livejournal.com/l… and let's get this conversation started!

Cheers and thanks,

team_lj_india
Team Blogworks for LiveJournal India

Can anyone point me to good articles/books about the civil war in Sri Lanka?