#south asia
TheKharoṣṭhī script is an ancient script used by the ancient Gandhara culture of South Asia primarily in modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan to write the Gāndhārī language (a dialect of Prakrit) and the Sanskrit language. An alphasyllabary, it was in use from the middle of the 3rd century BCE until it died out in its homeland around the 3rd century CE.
[Image: Kharoṣṭhī manuscript from the kingdom of Shanshan / Loulan, China]
Source: Wikipedia
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thepostmodernpottercompendium:
Hi guys.
I’m so glad so many of you are reading this project, because its something very dear to me and the fact that there are people reading this motivates me to go deeper into this and not shove this project to the side.
Bless you all.
BUT
I’m applying to universities for my MA and that takes time. Unfortunately, I foolishly let real life take a backseat to this blog and now one of the courses I really wanted is Limited Availability now.
In short.
I would really, REALLY appreciate it if you guys could pitch in and submit any pictures you might find which you think could work on this blog. I end up spending about four or five hours at a go finding blog entry appropriate pics and then another hour or so editing them so they look good. In proportion, it usually takes me about an hour to write and edit a post so that its ready to go. The more pics I get, the quicker I can upload, the more you guys get to read. So…
Themes that will be turning up sooner or later:
- Slaves: ok this is URGENT. I need pics of slaves in slave ships - they could be paintings or screencaps, but high quality, high resolution stuff.
- Mughal art & colonial Bengal era photos/pics etc.
- ooo photos from post-war britain, preferably of immigrants from South Asia and the Carribean.
- Celts: red haired ones preferably. + points if they’re painted in blue.
- Scottish clansmen: erm. yeah. Battle scenes esp?
- Saxons: farmers, battles, bonus points if you can find something to do with the Night of the Long Knives. Or like people being butchered at a dinner table. (No, the Red Wedding is too obvious a reference sorry.)
- Hogwarts House motifs: um. Minimalist, preferably. Also if you can get actual pics of animals/people which look nice/fit the pic quality or themes used so far = great.
- 1920s era dudes in a dudeclub. A bit like the Drones club from P G Wodehouse. I have some art for this already, but I like to have a stock to choose from. Tweed+suckerseer suits also work.
- things which could pass for Azkaban. Gloomy stuff.
All submissions should have a source link and I will credit your sumissions at the end of each post. <3
I will be posting, don’t fear, but I would dearly appreciate the help since I’m a bit swamped at the moment.
<3
[[The loveliness behind Postmodern Potterverse has been a huge supporter of this project. I can totally relate to their struggle - I too prefer writing to picture-hunting and I don’t even have workable image editing software so trying to make things look good take up a LOT of time. If you have resources do share!]]
Jat of Kutch girl, India, by Mattia Passarini
Magar girl, Nepal, by Orphaned Nation
Tucked away in the middle of the dry lands of Tamil Nadu are the grand mansions of Chettinad. Built with Burmese teak wood, Italian marbles, and eggshell-whitened walls, the houses reek of grandeur and (disappearing) glory.
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SCARLET BACKED FLOWERPECKER (male)
Dicaeum cruentatum
©Choy Wai Mun top
©Doug Janson - bottom
This is a tiny bird about the length of a business card, 9 cm (3.5 in) and weighing 7 to 8 grams (0.25 to 0.28 oz). Sexually dimorphic, the male has navy blue upper parts with a bright red streak down its back from its crown to its tail coverts, while the female and juvenile are predominantly olive green. It is found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and occasionally gardens in a number of countries throughout South and East Asia. “Cruentatum” in its Latn name translates to bloodstained for the bright red color which runs down the male’s back and along the hind end of the female. Called a flowerpecker but is primarily a frugivore.
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FIVE BANDED GLIDING LIZARD
Draco quinquefasciatus
Draco is a genus of agamid lizards that are also known as flying lizards,flying dragonsorgliding lizards. These lizards are capable of gliding flight; their ribs and their connecting membrane may be extended to create “wings” (patagia- similar to flying squirrels), the hindlimbs are flattened and wing-like in cross-section, and a flap on the neck (the gular flag) serves as a horizontal stabilizer (the flag is sometimes used in warning to others).
Draco are arboreal insectivores.
While not capable of powered flight they often obtain lift in the course of their gliding flights. Glides as long as 60 m (200 ft) have been recorded, over which the animal loses only 10 m (33 ft) in height, which is quite some distance, considering that these lizards are only around 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length (tail included).
They are found in South Asia and Southeast Asia, and are fairly common in forests, gardens, teak plantations and shrub jungle.
Below showing wings and gular flag. ©A.S.Kono
Sulawesi Lined Gliding Lizard
Draco spilonotus
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Kalanidhi Narayanan, the ultimate exponent of abhinaya, has passed away at the age of 87.
As Ashish Mohan Khokar writes, “an era has come to an end with the death of one of the doyens of bharatanatyam.” Many in the dance world are sharing tributes to this icon and I’ll be sharing a few.
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Indian national Geeta, right, who is deaf and mute, communicates with her colleague at charitable Edhi Foundation in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. Geeta, who accidently crossed the border into Pakistan as a child nearly 12 years ago will return home soon, an Indian official said Thursday. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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A member of the Pakistani security forces stands guard during the incineration of seized illegal drugs, in Karachi, Pakistan, Oct. 15, 2015. The Pakistani law enforcement agency burnt a large quantity of narcotics and alcohol seized in different parts of the country 15 October. (EPA/SHAHZAIB AKBER)
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Artists stand as they wait to take part in a religious procession ahead of the Hindu festival of Dussehra in Allahabad, India, October 15, 2015. Effigies of the 10-headed demon king “Ravana” are burnt on Dussehra, the Hindu festival that commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over the Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil. Dussehra falls on October 22. (REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash)
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My Daughter, Malala - Ziauddin Yousafzai
A TED talk.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ziauddin_yousafzai_my_daughter_malala
