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Kalpana's Blogs
English blog: Arre Kya Baat Hai!
Arre kya baat hai is Sunil's English blog on books, authors,
travels, personal reflections, sexuality, India, Italy, art, history and many such themes. The title Arre kya baat hai comes
from Hindi, an Indian language and depending upon the tone of the voice, it can mean "What's the matter?" or "Wow, how wonderful". This blog
was started in 2005. Some of the more popular posts on this blog include the following:
Women changing rural India - Sarpanch sahib,
Films at
human rights night film festival of Bologna,
a photo-essay on a journey in Mongolia,
Right to orgasm,
Roberto and Sonali Rossolini story,
Dams, development & poor - Medha Patkar,
Arundhati Roy's speech,
Coffee art,
Only sex wins,
Off the beaten track in Delhi,
and
Spirit of Dilli in Bollywood films.
Read Arre kya baat hai (it will open in a new window)
Photoblog: Chayachitrakar
The word Chayachitrakar comes from hindi and literally means, Painter of Shadows. The text accompanying the images is in three languages English, Hindi and Italian. It is Sunil's picture blog.
Digital cameras have given me an opportunity to document my frequent travels to different countries. Each professional passion had its own hazards. Persons writing a lot could end up with writers' elbows and people tapping away on type-writer or computer keys could end up with carpal-tunnel syndrome. Similarly, all of us crazy about digital cameras, could end with a disease called clickitis with stiff and painful index fingers. The images on Chayachitrakar cover different geographical areas in Asia, Africa and Americas and a wide variety of subjects from people, daily life, arts, monuments, dances, animals, flowers, etc.
Take a look at Chayachitrakar (it will open in a new window)
Best Indian / / Desi Blogs
Looking for the
best in Indian blogosphere - blogs by Indians, by persons of Indian origins, by adopted Indians and by
persons who love India? Check Kalpana's list of best in the Desi Blog world
including recipe blogs, general blogs and photoblogs. If
your favourite bloggers are missing from this list, suggest it by writing to sunil(at)kalpana(dot)it
Other Recent Additions on Kalpana
Must see places of Bologna: Planning a visit to Bologna and want some information about places
to visit? Going to have short time in Bologna and need to decide which places to see?
This article
goes beyond the usual tourist guide book places... (added 9 August 2010).
Mani Ratnam's Ravan: A review of master story tellers' new film
that has been refused by public and critics. Sunil instead finds it a fascinating experiment in turning upside down
our ideas about heroes and villains in films.
Read this review. (Added on 22
July 2010)
New article: Check this article on
Dalits in India and Roma persons in Europe.
From an article of Pardeep Atri on the Hindu, I started to think about the differences in my understanding about Dalits in India and Roma persons in Europe, and how I can't understand the reasons behind some of the issues they face.
Kalpana Image Archives
Kalpana image-archives have thousand of images from different parts of the world. You are welcome to use these images for your blogs and other non-commercial websites, but remember to give proper credit and a link to Kalpana. If you would like some images in higher resolution, contact me.
The images are organised in different categories. You can get a preview of kind of images on Kalpana by checking Akashganga - my Image Wall. You can also explore the images by clicking below on the specific category:
Africa
Under this group, there are images from Congo Brazzaville, Egypt, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and South Africa.
Americas
There are images from Ecuador and Guyana in this section.
Animals
There are images of different animals from different parts of the world in this section.
Asia 1
Under this group, you will find images from China, Mongolia and Nepal.
Asia 2
There are images from Thailand here.
Birds
There are images different birds from different parts of the world in this section.
Dances
This group presents images of modern and traditional dances from different parts of the world.
Europe
In this section, there are images from Austria, Britain, Greece, Portugal, Slovenia and Switzerland.
Plants and Flowers
There are images of trees, plants and flowers from different parts of the world in these pages.
India
Images from India are grouped according to states - from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka and Orissa.
Italy 1
In this group you will find images from Emilia Romagna, Lazio, and Lombardia regions of Italy. There are also images from two countries that are located in Italy - San Marino and Vatican city.
Italy
In this group you will find images from Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria and Veneto regions of Italy.
Italy - Bologna
Since I live in Bologna, there are many images from Bologna. In this group you will also find images of different local cultural events like Par Tot parade, gay and lesbian pride parade, etc.
Download Kalpana Wallpapers
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Check the colourful Kalpana wall
papers - there are hundreds of them to choose from and they are all
free. They are organised in different categories such as roses, yellow flowers, monkeys, gods, dances, etc. Come
and take a look..
