Tag Archive for ‘india’
The Yoga of Sound with Classical Indian Tabla Player Loren Oppenheimer
On a cold day in December, iHanuman attended a special performance and class by a friend and up and coming Tabla star, Loren Oppenheimer. Loren is a tabla soloist and accompanist for music and Kathak dance and a member of the tabla ensembles Tabla Upaj and Tabla Triveni, which have performed throughout the US. And [...]
01/6/11 10:48 AM
Our Indian Adventure
My wife, our two kids and I spent November and December in India. I had been once before, so this one was about exploring the mother land as a family. We went to museums in Delhi, took boat rides in Nainital, cable car and horse rides in Mussoorie, a jeep safari at Rajaji National Park, [...]
03/31/08 3:09 PM
Talk by Dr. Prabhavati, Founder of Ramana’s Garden
Dr. Prabhavati Dwabha traveled around the world in search of purpose and meaning, and eventually found it in the lives of India’s poorest children. Dr. Prabahvati is the founder of Ramana’s Garden, an orphanage in the mountains of Northern India that provides food, shelter, clothing, education, and a future to abandoned, orphaned, and destitute children. [...]
12/11/07 10:34 PM
Dr. Prabhavati, Founder of Ramana’s Garden, to Speak in Washington, DC
On May 29th & 30th, Dr. Prabhavati Dwabha, Founder and Director of Ramanaʼs Garden, will be in the Washington DC area sharing the story of this marvelous refuge in Northern India for abandoned orphans and children of of the poorest of the poor. Hear how Ramanaʼs Garden provides housing, food, education, and medical care for [...]
05/15/07 9:02 PM
Born Into Brothels
Michelle and I watched Born into Brothels last night, a moving documentary about a children living in Calcutta’s red light district. Having seen first hand children living on the streets of India, and knowing how desperate and hopeless those situations typically are, I was even more inspired by the incredible work of Dr. Prabhavati and [...]
03/23/07 3:16 PM
India’s Sadhus and Holy Men Protest Pollution of Ganges River
(from Biswajeet Banerjee, writer for the Associated Press) “Thousands of Hindu holy men threatened Monday to boycott ceremonies at a weeks-long pilgrimage to wash away their sins in the Ganges, saying the divine river was too polluted. The saffron-clad, ash-smeared holy men, or sadhus, gathered at the fair grounds in Allahabad to demand the state [...]
01/9/07 9:09 PM
BKS and Geeta Iyengar Celebrate Birthdays This Month and Rehabilitate Community in Bellur, India
BKS Iyengar, or Guruji, as he is affectionately called, has begun a generous rehabilitation project of his childhood village in Bellur, India. Guruji turns 88 this year and both he and his daughter, Geeta, celebrate birthdays this month, December. In honor of their birthdays and the generous contributions they have made to the development of [...]
12/5/06 9:12 PM
