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Global Days of Listening is the project of Afghan Peace Volunteers (APV) who invite people around the world to talk directly on the 21st of each month via livestream and Skype sessions with youth in Afghanistan and other war-torn countries, to listen to the ordinary voices of those whose homeland is occupied with violence. The next Day […]
January the second–again. If you’d like to know how I feel about that, please link here.
Now a dying species, letter writers were a staple of Lahore culture when I was growing; they were literate and multilingual in a society where the majority was illiterate. Despite the competition from technology and literacy, letter writers still survive, offering to fill out government application forms for example. The letter writers of Lahore sit […]
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Dave Berson’s life takes its meaning from Greenport. He wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, even though it’s often a tough life. In the summer, he operates Glory, a solar-powered boat which provides excursions around Peconic Bay for visitors and educational classes for local children. In the winter, he offers free classes for Greenport’s children. To support his […]
Shorter than a podcast, longer than a tweet, a sounding is probing and current and resonant… Subscribe to Soundings “Latest blog” so you’ll always catch what the tide’s just brought in.
Begging: a profession? a misfortune? a job? a scourge? a spiritual practice? an industry? a stain on society? freedom of choice? Like tipping, the subject of my previous post, begging creates an unequal relationship between giver and receiver, an unbalanced one-way exchange with the amount of money transferred depending on the generosity and intentions of […]
Raza Rumi is a Pakistani writer, blogger and political analyst who spoke to me from Lahore, where he lives. He is also an adherent of Sufi thought and adopted the surname “Rumi” as his nom de plume, in tribute to the great 13th century poet and mystic. In our wide-ranging interview, Raza spoke eloquently and poignantly about his country […]
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Full disclosure. I don’t think tipping is a good thing and I don’t like what it does to people. I also believe that hardly anybody except for a few scattered bloggers will agree with me. You can read my views in a lavishly illustrated blog post or you can list to the podcast from the Tidings […]
Please visit my blog where I have documented my travels to Pakistan in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Born to German Jewish refugee physicians in Lahore (now Pakistan, then British India) Hazel has lived, studied and worked in many places–India, England, Australia, Israel and the United States. She makes her home in the woods of the eastern end of Long Island, New York where she produces the art of leafages, the radio sounds of Tidings and writes about growing up Jewish in Lahore. Read more about Hazel…
Leafages by Hazel Kahan are made from real leaves, vines and tendrils interwoven with calligraphy, decorative pen and ink flourishes and imaginary Latin botanical names. Leafages contain a philosophical or inspirational thought, quotation or verse from sages, poets or religious texts. Some leafages are specially created for an individual, a couple or a family with words or leaves reflecting their personal narrative. They are available on the Leafages shop on Etsy although the supply is low right now, all my energies having been absorbed by the book I’ve been writing. Do come back soon when the shop will be full of new leafage abundance or contact me.
