Category Archives: representational practices

Chanting on facebook

There is a chanting in my inner mind
I hear it
but what are those words
on the tip of my tongue
as I try to chant along
I know them
but I do
not
there is a chanting that I know very well
but
how could I
I never did learn them
I cannot say them
I cannot see them
through the blur
the haze
of my present knowledges
the merging [...]

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different way of being (I’ve said most of this before in print and online)

From my post to Radha ki Betiyaan pvt blog:
Okay – even though everyone [on RkB] almost is on facebook and some are on twitter – and several of you may have individual blogs. And we have once again started mass emailing each other.
This is still a different way of being, communication in this “space” we [...]

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This one needed to be not just a snapshot…

“Saraswati” from Radha Ki Betiyaan line…

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Radha Ki Betiyaan Line of outfits designed by rad Zabibha…

http://cyberdivalivesl.blogspot.com/2008/09/latest-cyberdivalive-creation.html
Disclaimer – This has no connection to the Television series of that name – except that we named our private blog with the name of the Television serial of that name…

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hmm

interesting how even this most recent article took me back to theorizing pvt and public through postcolonial feminist lenses – and I really wasnt looking to directly go there…

and of course the ubiquitous tension/dialectic of accountability to and oppression within community v individualization and illusions of liberation….
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rad meets MGandhi

Note: This is not meant to be a perfect “seamless” experience of being in secondlife – but rather it is meant to show the breaks and ruptures…This is one version – I will have more with more ruptures inserted…layered…

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Call for Papers: Edited Collection on Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization

PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS ASAP  (deadline is still tentative – so if you are working on something relevant email me anyway with a query).  Title: Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and GlobalizationEditor : Radhika Gajjala[ http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ](Lexington Press is interested and I am discussing this collection with them)  In the recent past, there has been much [...]

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Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization

DEADLINE EXTENDED:
PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY DECEMBER 1, 2007.
Title: Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization
Editor : Radhika Gajjala
[ http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ]
In the recent past, there has been much talk of “web 2.0 “ and “web 3D” as new media. Educators and researchers all over the world are debating the pros and cons of such environments. [...]

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in-progress

Day two (started this nearly a month ago – but this is day two of when I’ve been able to put any work into it).
in-progress…

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Ganesh Chathurthi Greetings to all

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