1. Periods of Light, Periods...
As a child I grew up to appreciate natural light as a scarse commodity to be valued and cherished, since much of the time one had to be content with a dark playground and mere artificial light. When I opened my eyes in the morning to see...CD Review: Motherjane / Maktub
Posted by Aleksi Lausti on Mar 27th, 2010 in Music Reviews
Motherjane – Maktub / Independent 2008
1. Chasing The Sun (4:28)
2. Fields Of Sound (4:42)
3. Broken (4:06)
4. Blood In The Apple (5:17)
5. Ode To Life (1:10)
6. Maktub (5:26)
7. Mindstreet...
Meditation and Psycho-Physiological Variables
Posted by Aleksi Lausti on Mar 26th, 2010 in 5. Thoughts
Recently I attended the reading of a PhD thesis paper at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Ernakulam. The study was entitled: The effect of meditation on the psycho-physiological variables....
CD Review: Mekaal Hasan Band / Saptak
Posted by Aleksi Lausti on Mar 19th, 2010 in Music Reviews
Mekaal Hassan Band – Saptak / EMI (India) 2009
1. Chal Bulleya
2. Bandeya
3. Ranjha
4. Jhok Ranjhan
5. Sanwal
6. Bhageshwari
7. Huns Dhun
8. Waris Shah
9. Andholan
10. Mahi
11....
(a bit more) About Me
Posted by Aleksi Lausti on Mar 17th, 2010 in 5. Thoughts
Recently someone asked me to write a bit more about myself for the blog i.e. who I am and what I do. Let it be said I don’t particularly enjoy writing about myself. I like writing about things...
Bombay Lost & Found
I finally picked up a copy of Maximum City: Bombay Lost & Found by Suketu Mehta during my last shopping trip to Ernakulam, the commercial capital of Kerala. This time round I was mainly looking for...CD Review: Madhav Chari
Madhav Chari – Parisian Thoroughfares / Virgin Records (India) 2009 1. Parisian Thoroughfare (Powell) 2. Just In Time (Styne,Comden,Green) 3. You Don’t Know What Love Is (Raye, DePaul) 4. Elegy...
Porpoises For All Purposes
For the past few days I’ve been spending time sitting on my favorite rock by the Arabian Sea that I so love. One of the appeals of it are the porpoises that swim by in schools looking for food and...CD Review: Eero Hämeenniemi / Unmatched
Unmatched – Eero Hämeenniemi & Guru Kaaraikkudi mani / Kosmic Music 2005 (Released under the name Twins in Finland) 1. String Swing / Hämeenniemi 2. Spicy Joy / K. Mani 3. Not Maya / Hämeenniemi 4....Indo-Finnish Fusion
While shopping in Kochi, the commercial hub of Kerala, I walked into the local Music World -store searching for some new music to fill my mp3 player with. I looked through the western rock and pop section,...Starting By Stopping
Sitting on the shore of the Arabian Sea this afternoon contemplating what direction my blog should take, I decided to start by stopping to conceptualize too much about what would be the outcome of this or...about me
I am a writer, photographer and volunteer worker from Finland with a lifelong passion for the Indian subcontinent with it's wealth of people and cultures that never ceases to amaze and inspire. Even after living most of my adult life in India I feel that I've yet to scratch the surface of this vastness. On this blog you will find this passion expressed through photography, essays and reviews. I hope you enjoy reading and get a feeling for the subcontinent and in some cases Finland.
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