Editorial
Posted by Editor in Editorial, Issues on 02. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
“In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilization clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral; and it is dangerous . . . Imperialism is the necessary logical consequence of universalism” —— The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, p. 310. [...]
Encounter with the Masai tribes of Kenya
Posted by Karam Bharij in Cover Story, Issues on 02. Feb, 2012 | 31 Comments
Passing through the forest, we soon set our eyes upon the dreaded warriors that had been so long the subject of my waking dreams and I could not but involuntarily exclaim:” What splendid fellows!”—THOMSON 1885, 160 At first sight it looked strange that there were men and women walking alongside the roads with heavy loads [...]
Call Of The Mountains
Posted by Shahwar Hussain in Chain Reaction, Issue 03, Issues, Type 2, Vol. III on 02. Feb, 2012 | 5 Comments
Shahwar Hussain rides through the beautiful Lahaul and Spiti Valley and buys his peace with the mighty Himalayas. Words: Shahwar Hussain Pic : Incredible Spiti The call of the mountains is a dangerous thing….It tugs at the heart so strong that if you fail to heed it’s call, you will surely brood for a long [...]
Memories from the Jarawa tribal reserve
Posted by Sanzeeta in Issues on 02. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
Baratang excited me, not really for the swamp trails and limestone caves, but for two reasons, a live mud volcano and the drive through the Jarawa Tribal Reserve. The pre-morning twilight hues were still far away, the stars were strikingly clear and sleepy trails of speedy vehicles dotted the road. After more than an hour [...]
Weekend Jam- We can Jam!
Posted by Sankhya Samhita in Issues on 02. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
How often have we lamented that today’s children lack enthusiasm and interest when it comes to our own heritage and culture; that they don’t understand folk culture, and can never appreciate the beauty of simplicity when it comes to folk music? How often have we debated and discussed at length about how our culture is [...]
Sub National feelings
Posted by Satyakam Dutta in Issue 03, Issues on 02. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
As an 8 year old, I had always wondered the way buses were interrupted for security checks by soldiers while traveling from Tezpur to my hometown Dhemaji. We were stopped at least at five different locations, were escorted out of our vehicles before the vehicles were thoroughly rummaged by the soldiers in green. Little [...]
Traditional Assamese Jewelry by Kavita Saharia
Posted by kavita in Issues on 02. Feb, 2012 | 1 Comment
Traditional Jewelry Of Assam Assam’s tradition of making jewelry dates back to many centuries. In medieval Assam during the reign of the Ahom dynasty the manufacture of gold ornaments was a flourishing business. Gold dust was abundantly found in the sands of different rivers of the state. Gold-washing on the banks of the Subansiri [...]
Nyishis- righting some wrongs.
Posted by Fried Eye Research Team in Issues on 02. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
Some time back there were news reports how the Great Indian Hornbill birds were facing extinction because of rampant hunting of the bird by the Nyishi tribe from Arunachal Pradesh, who hunted the bird to adorn their specially designed bamboo hat, bopiya with the beak of the hornbill,you can say it, as a part of [...]
The Warlis: Painters of life
Posted by Vinayak Gole in Issue 03, Issues on 01. Feb, 2012 | 1 Comment
Based at a stone’s throw from the busy hustle and bustle of city life, is the small and very intriguing tribe of the Warlis. The tribe, settled in the Thane district, about 150 kms. from Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra, has stringently over the years, maintained its rituals and customs. What is particularly interesting [...]
Balti Paneer by Aman Kahlon
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried and Tasty, Issues, Sections, Type 2 on 01. Feb, 2012 | 8 Comments
Recipe By Aman Kahlon Ingredients 250 gms fresh full cream paneer cut in cubes and soaked in milk 1 tea spoon shahi jeera 2 tablespoon oil 1/2 tsp grounded kali mirch 1 large onions cut into rings 1/2 large capsicum de-seeded and cut into slices 2 green chilies diagonally cut 3-4 pinches kasoori methi Green Corriander [...]
Pyrokinesis – A press release
Posted by Fried Eye News Service in Issues on 01. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
Press Release Guwahati based funk band Bluetooth won Pyrokinesis 2012( www.pyrokinesis2012.com ) a annual technical cum cultural fest by Assam Engineering College, while Judas Ancestry was declared runners up. The other bands who made it to final are Hysteria, Machine X, Chamber. Bluetooth members are: Pritam Kemprai(Vocals), Rituparna Choudhury(Guitar), Rishav Bhuyan(Bass), Biraj Baishya(Drums) [...]
Panorama Northeast- by Geetima Baruah Sharma
Posted by Fried Guest in Issues on 01. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
Behold the beauty of Brahmaputra, (Assam) Travel to Tawang for tranquility, (Arunachal) Look at Loktak Lake the lifeline, (Manipur) Cherish the charm of Cherrapunjee. (Meghalaya) Cemetery at capital conveys courage, (Nagaland) Balance on bamboos bring beams, (Mizoram) Princes of palaces provide pleasure, (Tripura) Rafting on river renders relish. (Sikkim)
Inde- Genius
Posted by Fried Eye Joint venture in Issues on 01. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
Think Tribes, villages, and the pictures that come to one’s mind generally are of poverty, backwardness and remote, aloof from the outer world, hard life, survival and many things to the similar effect. Well life is certainly hard, but they make it easier to some extent. Backward? Depends on your definition. The photographs below [...]
The Curse
Posted by Mani Padma in 55 Fiction, Creative Writing, Issues, Type 1 on 01. Feb, 2012 | 3 Comments
Fried Eye says- Below is an example of experimental write up where in four fifty five fictions have been incorporated to form one complete story. Fifty five fiction is a micro fiction limited within 55 words The End She gasped one last time before everything went limp and … dead. His hand grasped hers tightly [...]
Folktales from Assam
Posted by Sankhya Samhita in Issues on 01. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
“Burhi Aai’r Xaadhu” (literally translated to Grandma’s Tales) is a collection of stories or folklore, that have been compiled by famous Assamese author and poet Laxminath Bezbarua. As most folklores go, before this compilation, there had been no written record of these stories. While some of the stories are more like the Assamese version of [...]
Editorial
Posted by Editor in Editorial, Issue 02, Issues, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
A new year arrives and some new lessons are learned. Working on a new issue or theme of Fried Eye, teaches me newer things, both statistical and abstract. Learning is a continuous process just like life , and why shouldn’t it be as Life itself is the teacher. While working on the music theme of [...]
