Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts

2/25/2012

3/6 Alix Olsen - For Sarah Palin @ Phase Fest, Washington, DC 9/14/08

3/6 Alix Olsen - For Sarah Palin @ Phase Fest, Washington, DC 9/14/08 Video Clips. Duration : 1.87 Mins.


Alix Olson is an internationally touring folk poet and progressive queer artist-activist. One part peace vigil, one part protest rally, and one part joyful raucous concert, Alix ignites audiences everywhere she performs. Olson's innumerable stage, broadcast, radio and print appearances include twice headlining HBO's "Def Poetry Jam" (Russell Simmons), and an inclusion in Utne Magazine's InRadio compilation. Utne's website calls Olson "...the spoken word diva everyone's talking about." Since winning 1998s National Poetry Slam with her New York City team and 1999s OutWrite LGBT Slam, Alix has co-authored Burning Down the House (Soft Skull Press), published two books of poetry, produced two spoken word CDs and an award-winning documentary, and has had her work placed in dozens of anthologies and compilations. Alix has graced the covers of Ms. Magazine, who called Olson a "road-poet-on-a-mission," Curve Magazine, Lambda Book Report, Lavender Lens, and Velvet Park Magazines. In addition, Alix and her work have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time Out, Go NYC, The Progressive, Girlfriends Magazine, The Advocate, OUT Magazine, Poets and Writers, The Washington Post, Woman Rock, Venus, Lesbian News, Gay and Lesbian Times, Nervy Girl, Salon.com, the Lesbian Review of Books, and hundreds of regional newspaper and magazines. A recent interview with Olson for The Progressive calls her a "word warrior" and gives a comprehensive peek into just what makes her ...

Keywords: alix, olsen, phase, fest, one, washington, dc, 9/14/08, 2008, september, glbt, lgbt, lesbian, bisexual, bi, gay, feminist, political, politics, sarah, palin, election, drill, abstinence

12/22/2011

Poetry Collection Dhoop Chandni by Tehseen Munawer in Urdu Script 1

Poetry Collection Dhoop Chandni by Tehseen Munawer in Urdu Script 1 Tube. Duration : 5.90 Mins.


Dhoop Cahndni is first Poetry Collection of Tehseen Munawer. SMTehseen Munawer is a Media personality who has registered his presence in almost everywhere in this field. He has been awarded prestigious award of Indore, Bharosa Niyas Samman 2008, for Poetry along with Nida Fazli. Besakhta by Tehseen Munawer, an interesting poetic four liner on current affairs and situations is daily telecast on Etv Urdu. It is also daily published by Urdu Newspaper Hamara Samaj, Delhi and Avadhnama Lucknow and Faizabad. It is regularly available through SMS to journalists too which some times finds it place on news channels also where it is used by Anchors and reporters when and where it fits their storyline. Besakhta is also regularly published by widely read India News Weekly Hindi Magazine. It is also published every Sunday by largest read Hindi news paper of India Dainik Jagran under headline Aur Akhir mein on Editorial page. His first short story collection MASOOM, published in 2003 was awarded by Urdu Academy , Govt. of Delhi . A poet of repute Tehseen Munawer has attended Kavi Sammelan and Mushairas at different places including Muscut ( Oman ).He wrote poetic lines for National level celebration on First War of Independence 1857 held at Red Fort, New Delhi . Munawer also wrote poetic work of Rumi for noted Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali. Abida Parveen presented these in her mystic voice. Tehseen knows languages like Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Persian, and almost all North Indian dialects.

Keywords: AMU, JNU, Azeez Tehseen, Amity Saket, Media, DD NEWS, Doordarshan, DDK Srinagar, Urdu Academy, Mubin Zehra, Rushdi, Nafay, Sofiana, pagalhojao