http://www.mangolandia.org ankurbhai wanders the mango trail Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:22:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I don't normally get around to doing this, but here's a comminque sent in from Jess (sefirahfierce.com), the woman who made my Ukulele case, which is oh-so-badass, during her travels in India. It's pretty hilarious and gets to some root issues about the Culture War. one love - ankur * Dear Friends, I have ... http://www.mangolandia.org/archives/329 <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --> dear fellow passengers voyage is fractal. every space ship in every compart ment holds a flotilla of no-less-spaceships. and you've known all the pilots, or will. I find myself wrapped up in interstate bus travel, enjoy ... http://www.mangolandia.org/archives/326 feb 20 / norfolk ct / usa / 2010 dear(est) friends It's an eventful life. The book reading in philadelphia went really well, with beautiful conversation around the book. I'm growing more comfortable with the idea of talking about this thing I did as if it has some interest to others. A ... http://www.mangolandia.org/archives/323 Clearly I have no concept of fitting space time into linear and timely communiques, so I'm acknowledging that from the beginning, that my ratio of plane flights to reporting is abysmally high, and getting to the point of this straight up: There is book reading in Philadelphia at 7pm at Wooden ... http://www.mangolandia.org/archives/319 Dear friends We've past the ides, the valentines, and the presidents. February remains, and I am in New York, with the snow. I am here to organize a coming-out-of-retirement party (for myself), which may or may not happen. But the stars above the clouds and swirling flakes indicate I'll be on ... http://www.mangolandia.org/archives/315 Yesterday was the first of December, and I made my wish list. I have 24 more days in this bioregion of salmon and berries, this ancient nation of rainforests and rainshadows, enchanted forests of brassicas and sandy carrot armies. Too many to name of course, as are the gifts and gratitudes ... http://www.mangolandia.org/archives/308 good morning. this morning, international inspirate and dj Aparna Kothary interviewed me about _cooking com bigode_ and _sometimes we walk alone_ on her radio show, naansense. the link is here. the link is now. http://wmucradio.com/stream_ripper/tue/Naansense_800_1000.mp3 i think i was on around half-way through, 9am eastern time. and, though it hasn't finished loading yet, ... http://www.mangolandia.org/archives/306 dear loyal friends in an effort to make the cooking com bigode website more intelligible to all living beings, i have decided to add a page housing photographs of the general public cooking with moustaches. now, let it be said that i am _Well Aware_ that some people don't have moustaches. the ... http://www.mangolandia.org/archives/303 Humans! In India when speaking of our dead, the people say "she left the body" rather than "she died". That is, there is a deep clarity -- for me our subconscious patterns of speech reveal deeply the structure of how we think -- about what death is, or as it ... http://www.mangolandia.org/archives/301 to commemorate the 15 flights i have taken to date this year just when i thought i was getting ready to (famously) "settle down" i painted the following picture for my stewardess from newark to seattle and then failed to give it to her, because i liked it. - ankurbhai http://www.mangolandia.org/archives/296