Meandering home

Koushick Suriyanarayan makes your software

The standard Android camera doesn't allow the user to switch between the front and back cameras of the phone while filming. This was precisely the functionality my daughter wanted for her Youtube Channel, so I looked at the App-store for alternative cameras and found some popular, heavily sponsored programs that didn't quite deliver. After uninstalling ...

24 May, 2020

Android, flipcam, India, IT, software, Suriyanarayan

Activism

Reading: Breaded Fish by A.K. Ramanujan

The Indian poet A. K. Ramanujan (1929-1993) wrote in English and Kannada, a rich language of South India. He considered himself to be the hyphen in "Indo-American" and was a respected teacher and a wonderful poet. As you can see here, in my imagination this poem has a specific Indian ring to it: Breaded Fish ...

6 February, 2018

AK Ramanujan, anthology, breaded fish, fish, India, Indo-American, Kannada, water

Poetry

Reading: Kanheri Cave by Dom Moraes

Dom Moraes (b. 1938-2004) was an Indian poet, widely regarded as foundational figure in Indian English literature. He was Catholic and struggled with alcoholism. I read Kanheri cave, I think it gives a good impression of the man's writing: Kanheri cave Over these blunted, these tormented hills, Hawks hail and wheel, toboggan down the sky. ...

24 January, 2018

anthology, caves, Dom Moraes, India

Poetry

The Aura of Stuff

In Sacred Economics, the invaluable free e-book by Charles Eisenstein, the author calls for a new materialism, and I agree with him. It seems paradoxical that strong opponents of consumerism see something positive in stuff. We all know where our stuff comes from, we know about the morally indefensible sweatshops and the physically unsustainable processes ...

6 December, 2013

aura, Charles Eisenstein, fossil-fuel hungry transport network, India, materialism, stuff

Activism, Essays, Philosophy

April 1-3. Sweating out India.

I stay in Delhi a few more days and feel weak. It's time to rest in the room and dream of more active times. There is really not much to say about these idle days. Yeon is visiting her friend in Hong Kong, and I just stretch on the mattress sweating out whatever harm the ...

19 April, 2010

Delhi, India, Tiruvanamalai

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April 1-3. Sweating out India.

19 April, 2010

Delhi, India, Tiruvanamalai

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Greenpeace India

Greenpeace IndiaNew Delhi, India. March 28th, 2010Although Greenpeace is not yet established in India enough, they do very important works such as campaiging against toxic and nuclear waste, gene crops, and habitat destruction.

We visit their office south of Delhi and make a donation to help saving the Olive Ridley turtle.

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28 March, 2010

Environment, greenpeace, India, Olive Ridley Turtle, Orissa

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Missionaries of Charity

Missionaries of charity, CalcuttaKolkata, India. March 25th, 2010Mother Teresa's Missionaries of charity offer volunteer opportunities in the poorest parts of Calcutta and other cities for every visitor who is willing to help.

We donate food for the orphans resident at the center.

NameMissionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa), CalcuttaAimThe Mother Teresa of Calcutta ...

27 March, 2010

Calcutta, children, India, Kolkata, Missionaries, mother Teresa

Travel

Eph’phatha Orphan home

Eph'Phatha Orphan HomeThiruvannaimalai, India. March 10th - 17th. 2010A wonderful orphans home in Tamil Nadu, India, run by the most hospitable people you can imagine.

Charity Travel works with Eph'Phatha about a week to help starting income generation projects.

NameEph'phatha Orphan homeAimSupporting orphaned children in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSince1996Staff2: Nehru and RubyPeople ...

10 March, 2010

children, EphPhatha, India, orphans, Tiruvannamalai

Travel

CORP Mumbai

CORP MumbaiMumbai, India. March 8th, 2010CORP (Community Outreach Programme) provides vocational training, workshops and shelter to underprivileged youth in the Dharavi slum, Mumbai.

We visit the slum with director Nirmal and support a tailoring vocational training program with a sewing machine.

NameCORP Community Outreach Programme, MumbaiAimSupporting needy children, women and slum communities ...

5 March, 2010

community outreach, CORP, Dharavi, India, Mumbai, vocational training

Travel

October 4th. Notes taken at the Indian embassy.

Germany has united nineteen years ago. Festivities on the overcrowded streets: giants that symbolize that unity. There are some special moments today. Not that I've experienced them, I was working because I must make my project famous. Dozens of internet sites, registrations, half-hearted help, walls of disinterest, bored well-fed Western citizens. It fills a chamber ...

5 October, 2009

change, everything, India, Pericles

Travel