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South Asia
‘Without Being Mad it’s Impossible to Paint!’
Kiran Manandhar is a simple man but a great artist/painter. Born in Kathmandu (1957), Manandhar has obtained Master in Fine Arts from faculty of visual arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India during 1981. He had to struggle hard to achieve his passion of art because his father was against of…
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East Asia
China Lays Claims to Leadership of the Buddhist World
With an impressive display of Chinese Buddhist culture and hospitality, China laid claims to giving leadership to the Buddhist world, by hosting over 600 international delegates for the 27th General Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) at the historic city of Baoji in northwestern China from October 16-18.…
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South Asia
Conquering Paranoid Schizophrenia through Painting & Meditation
Lila Raj Khatiwada, graduated in mass communication and worked as a reporter in Kathmandu for almost a decade experienced Paranoid Schizophrenia for more than a decade. He encountered the first psychological attack during a film shoot in 1999. Two years earlier, he had begun Vipassana Meditation as taught by SN…
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West Asia
International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva: Under the Sun of Damascus
“112 Movies, 28 Countries are available for audience in the 9th Edition of the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva from the 4th of April 2014 in a festive and friendly atmosphere. During the 10 days, Switzerland and neighboring France will travel to the heart of Orient”, announced Mr. Tahar…
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East Asia
Psy, Return to Gangnam Style
Every day on our way to my two daughters’ school, I am asked by both of them to play a selection of songs in the car CD player; the Egyptian version of “Gangnam Style” is one of those songs. It is no surprise to have an Egyptian touch of the…
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South Asia
Gangnam style sends Nepali youth into raptures
In what seems to be the first public display of its kind in Nepal, Manang Marsyangdi Club (MMC) players and supporters danced to the tune of “Gangnam Style” at Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu some two years back. They chose the music and dance style of South Korean rapper Psy to celebrate…
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West Asia
Abu Dhabi Film Festival collaborates with Martin Scorsese
Abu Dhabi-UAE: 28 September, 2014 – Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF), powered by twofour54, has announced a collaboration with Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation/ World Cinema Project (WCP). As part of the collaboration, two newly restored international masterworks – THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES, directed by Sergei Parajanov and MANILA IN…
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East Asia
Football connects world in Brazil
Brazil is a passionate place for football. “Vai Japan! Japan! Japan!” That is the phrase that people, from kids to the elderly, used in Brazil to cheer my team on the minute they found me walking with the Japanese football jersey on in town. We did not know each other’s…
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West Asia
“The President”: “Despot-on-the-run” satire with revolutionary revelations
By Joel Lee Expat Iranian director Mohsen Makmalbaf proposes a trenchant reenactment of revolutionary developments in the Middle East with his new film “The President,” which premiered at the opening of 2014 Venice Film Festival. Co-written with his filmmaker wife Marziyeh Meshkiny, the movie is an allegory of a “despot-on-the-run”…
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West Asia
BEIRUT ART FAIR 2014: TREND OVERVIEW
Beirut Art Fair 2014 is set to kick off this week from September 18 to 21, 2014 at Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (BIEL). The fair welcomes 47 galleries from 14 countries including the GCC region. Over the years, the fair has established itself on the regional and international…
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