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Posted by Fried Eye in Cover Story, Fried Eye Special, Fried Jukebox, Issue 02, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
India Sixties and beyond music. The sixties was an eventful time. The decade was marked with the success of the first man on space – Yuri Gagarin. It was the period of emergence of Che Guevara, John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr and their tragic deaths. Of the most severe and deadliest earthquake recorded [...]
Posted by Shahwar Hussain in Chain Reaction, Cover Story, Issue 02, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Nagaland has always been touted as the Land Of Festivals…and now they have a brand new catch phrase – “Festival Of Festivals” as the state machinery referred to the annual Hornbill Festival held from 1st to 7th December. The Hornbill Festival, held at the Kisama Heritage Village, certainly is a fest for the eyes [...]
Posted by Mani Padma in Chef's Pick, Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
While surfing through the net for sites dedicated to Indian classical music, we chanced upon Ragascape or www.ragascape.com which introduced itself as a website designed to discuss the melodic modes of Indian music. Though there were other sites that promoted Indian classical music, some in a totally no nonsense , commercial manner, ragascape stood out [...]
Posted by Pramathesh Borkotoky in Art, Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
I had been always fascinated by this wonderful instrument called Gogona which often awed me and which I had tried only a few times out of awe. Gogona is a type of Jew’s or Jaw harp, a vibrating reed instrument that is used primarily in the traditional Bihu music in Assam and that which is [...]
Posted by lasya shahsimohan in Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
In today’s era where relationships are fast becoming functional (often loveless and meaningless), mystic poet Amir Khusro Dehlvi’s extrasensory love and devotion towards his mentor Nizamuddin Auliya, a great Sufi saint of the Chisti order seems an ideal. Somewhat akin to the sentiment expressed by metaphysical poet John Donne in his poem – ‘A [...]
Posted by Fried Guest in Creative Writing, Issue 02, Issues, Poetry, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
We are bringing before you the write ups sent to us by our esteemed readers. Thank you for your valuable feedback . We welcome your thoughts and ideas and would like to share it with the world. Title :- COMPLETE your incompletes BYLINE- Consciously or unconsciously , we all have an underlying urge to [...]
Posted by Fried Guest in Fashion & Trends, Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Music Festivals are nothing short than an experience of a lifetime. Part of the experience is dressing the part. Music festivals are the one place where you can wear whatever you want without being judged and break out of your comfort zone, shocking your friends and strangers with your original fashion sense. Fashion vs. [...]
Posted by Sankhya Samhita in Fried Jukebox, How To Skills, Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Time: Half past ten on a pleasant autumn evening sometime in November Place: Inside a taxi somewhere in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City A football match between Malaysia and Indonesia is going on somewhere in the world and the enthusiastic taxi driver listens to the live commentary on the radio. It is half [...]
Posted by lasya shahsimohan in Fiction, Issue 02, Issues, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Contd. from previous issue – Part I . Click here to read the first part Once the initial hullabaloo on Sienna’s nature beguiling youth had ebbed they had stated socializing; that is what the invincible Jade did and with vengeance. Ethan and Sienna wooed solitude – not that they had too much of a choice [...]
Posted by Fried Eye Joint venture in Art, Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
You know you have a hidden talent. You know you have a passion. You also know that you have a creative streak in you, but you shake off the feeling with a sigh and lose yourself to day to day life and its struggle. After all everything needs to be planned well, everything needs an [...]
Posted by Fried Eye in Fried Jukebox, Issue 02, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
In the second of the series of Passion and Innovation , we are bringing before you a group called Delhi Jam and no they are not a band, nor a group of musicians, not even fan in the truest sense, but they are a group of people dedicated to music and who are bound by [...]
Posted by Fried Eye News Service in Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Press Release, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
In the third of the series of Passion and innovation, we are bringing before you a beautiful and inspiring account of how passion never dies and if you are innovative enough then, the hidden passion of yours will always come to the fore, no matter how old you are. High Street Phoenix is Mumbai’s [...]
Posted by Fried Guest in Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Movies have come a long way. First it was those street plays, then theaters and then silent cinemas and then to the cinemas that we see with full fledged dialogues.But one thing that has been witnessing this transition by being a silent spectator is the sound or music as we know it today. Music in [...]
Posted by Sharmin in Fried and Tasty, Issue 02, Issues, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 1 Comment
Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu marks the beginning of the year long celebration of festivals. The celebration day co-incides with the celebration of ‘Sankranthi’. Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu is celebrated to mark the end of harvesting season. With the granaries full of harvests, both old and young take part in the process of [...]
Posted by Fried Eye Research Team in Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Quizzes, Sections, Type 4, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
We have brought before you a small quiz , just for fun, to see how much of a movie do you remember? Does the memory of a movie or a television go beyond the plot and cinematography to theme songs? How many of you can instantly recollect the movie by listening to its theme [...]
Posted by Fried Eye Research Team in Issue 2, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | No Comments
Seven brides for seven brothers is a musical from Hollywood from which the movie Sattte pe Sattta derived “inspiration” Well but we are not writing about the movie nor does it figure in our recommendations for the week which we have named as Seven musicals for seven days.We are bringing before you our seven DVD picks [...]