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Kashi City of Infinity connects Caribbean to EPIC World Heritage
In this time of ancestral ancestral rememberances, a sneakpeak India EPIC Landscape & Mindscapes of Heritage & History This Is Kashi I come to Kashi, from the world to detach
Instead to Kashi’s other-worldly anchors I become attached...
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At the culmination of Ganesh Utsav celebrations there was a phenomenal ntermingling of waters of the Ganga River and Caribbean Sea when celebrants poured the Ganga Jhal/Waters presented by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar to symbolically connect South Atlantic and South Pacific and South Asian waters resonate with more ancient interconnections. I would have much more to say on this with the unfolding of my newest initiative,
It is this special period of Pitri Paksh and evocation of the ancestors that I present this novel initiative, with a sneak peak into the EPIC Landscapes and Mindscapes of Ancestral India, drawn from my explorations earlier this year. We will expand on these and develop the various dimensions together. and make contact to get involved through creative partnerships linked here .
It is fitting to return to the epicentre of our ancestral culture, the City of Kashi. Here is a sneak peak into some elements of that experience.
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Kashi City of Infinite
Smoke from lighted waving deeyas dissipate in air from aarti at dusk, then at dawn again. The sun’s golden glow fills the river floods over the ancient steps of the ghats.
The mundane and divine intertwine in an eternal tale, threads of a cosmic tapestry, answering all of life’s enigma, simply, by its presence that resonates through time – past, present, future.
Kashi pulses from the first primeval sound, a prolonged AUM from the dawn of time, accumulating the compound energies of ages, resonating through time to infinity.
Trekking through ancient prehistoric landscapes from Konark Ancient Sun Temple the Sangam at MahaKumbh Mela in my quest for where knowledge lives, I find answers resounding through the landscapes, fusing the knots of our interconnections and our global heritage – a sneak peak.
A teaser, in video and verse of the unfolding MotherContinent – The MultiMedia MicroEpic of the Anthropocene churns up new linkages across unexplored landscapes, hidden in plain sight – and some preliminary insights
Attached To Kashi
I come to Kashi, from the world to detach
Instead to Kashi’s other-worldly anchors I become attached
‘Does knowledge live here?’ I ask, in bewildering tone
Knowledge bowl-in-hand seeking elusive Truths, through globe I roam.
Heritage Educator and Policy Influencer Dr Kris Rampersad Pravasi In Prayagraj at Maha Kumbh Mela, India
MahaKumbh Mela When Planets Align
At MahaKumbh junction’d Sangam with seekers I convene,
Seven sacred soak in Sangam with Gods and Deities, I dip in
To Kashi, To Kashi Vande Bharat whistle-stops haul me in
On pilgrims’ ancient routes with seekers to truth city roll in
Of Saint & Sadhus
With saints and sadhus I ascend Kashi’s trident peaks,
Find knowledge a-dwelling, secrets folded when knees bend, meek.
’Cross tow’ring temple peaks, mandir bells, poked, to heavens appeal
Truths, long-hidden, unseen, suddenly reveal their miracle
Ancient secrets they toll, life and death’s eternal cycle
I come to Kashi from the world to detach,
Instead to Kashi’s lofty reaching, I become latched
Manikarnika Ghat flare’s flames of life’s fleeting breath,
This is kashi journeys through city of inifinity Dr Kris cover
A threshold ’twixt ’n’ ’tween new life and old, birth and death Exchanging mortal body like old worn-out clothes
I shed earthly garments, don moksha’s ’lightened saffron robes
At Dashashwamedh Ghat, I alight from boat’s lanquid sway,
Light leafy lamps, ancient chants flame into night’s mystic air.
With Tulsi I sing sagacious hymns to wisdom, life, faith eternal blaze
How leading National Energy agency missed the boat on the knowledge economy and it is not only about that sale of audio visual archives T&T Loss, Barbados Gain…. Symptoms of Black Gold Epidemic and warning to region’s emerging oil economic
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Curious about what really went down at CARIFESTA XV – maturing into a regional stage of opportunities to trade culture and creativity…. here’s an insider glance at the slide show – Caribbean Picong and Satire at its premium best!
In this time of ancestral ancestral rememberances, a sneakpeak India EPIC Landscape & Mindscapes of Heritage & History This Is Kashi I come to Kashi, from the world to detach
Instead to Kashi’s other-worldly anchors I become attached…
Introducing Innovative EPIC Landscapes & Mindscapes of World Heritage & History where heritage is more than monument, history more than date and decree.. find hidden and lost interconnections of our global heritage from the Caribbean to the world with startling insights and ask about creative partnerships …
Guyana President Dr Irfaan Ali took office five years ago, relatively unknown to World Leadership, now five years later his country polls its verdict …. Multilateral Policy Influencer Dr Kris Rampersad reflects on the Caribbean’s new oil capital and the changing tones of the leadership and governance in the region and the Global South
Swashbuckling through tumultuos seas, vessels manned by corrupt pirates, massive bureaucratic blocks and resource limitation Caribbean Queen of Culture Dr Kris Rampersad lands on World’s Wickedest Heritage City to unearth treasure chest for economic diversification identity retrieval and social cohesion and transformation
our New UNESCO World Heritage Sites for the regio… Maurading the High Seas of Heritage, clutching the lost map retrieved from the depths of the World’s Wickedest Heritage City, the swashbuckling Queen of Caribbean Culture & Heritage, Dr Kris Rampersad, is hot on the trail to unlocking the code to the treasure troves for economic diversification, identity retrieval & social transformation…like & follow for more F krisrampersad.com krisrampersad: youtube, instagram, linkedin
Swashbuckling Queen of Caribbean Heritage Dr Kris Rampersad navigates the treacherous global waters of World Heritage to leave a trail of footprints to a treasure trove for economic diversification, identity retrieval and social transformation … follow this trail to our interconnected global heritage
A State of Emergency, a government confronting criminality & corruption, weaknesses in justice systems and law enforcement agencies with weary and blood-thirsty citizens demanding guns and arms. Dr Kris Rampersad deep dives into the roots of social violence, experiences of the 1990 coup attempt & legacies States of Emergencies
With a blank creative canvas to turn audio visual light on India’s development thrust while retriacing ancestral footsteps, I hurled into the vortex that is India – beyond its racial, religious and geospatial walls
He might be busy getting in placethe nuts and bolts of the visit of Indian Primce Minister Narendra Modi to Trinidad and Tobago but India High Commissioner to TT, Shri Pradeep Rajpurohit took the time to welcome me back to TT from India and to do this ..
Sopari Ki Mai, Kamla Persad-Bisessar victory at the post is the stuff of legends that resonates from this twin islnd republic across the region to our interconneted diaspora. What’s next on the road to development as a Woman Prime Minister, for the Caribbean as she joins Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley and for the diaspora and the Global South? Dr KRis Rampersad’s AuthenThink Intel Analyses pinpoints key benchmarks…
Prelude to a closer look at the India-Caricom Summit, coming on the heels of the Brazil-hosted G20 Summit, and some new AuthenThink Intel AI AnalyEthics and insights into what this should mean for the region, the Americas, the Global South and the emerging New World Order!
In the cut and thrust of a toxic political culture with a petticoat obsession that leaves many-a-knickers-in-a-twist, how is the USA treating with skews, biases and prejudices that persist in the political playpen and reflecting in its polling analyses, media outputs, advertising and campaign prospects? Dr Kris Rampersad, AuthenThink AI AnalyEthics Development Strategist punches at the appearances in the USA Election Campaign.
No matter how vehemently the USA sneezes, virally spreading its cold, flu and pandemic ailments across borders, it is not the whole shebang of the Americas that is our Hemisphere, struggling to assert and affirm myriad identities in a panoramic cultural mosaic
On Birthdays & Death’s Day: We have is this one instant to spark, to negate the ever-present darkness, to shine our pinpricks of light in the endless stream of sparks that connect our floodlight to the satellite of Cosmic Stars. more at www.krisrampersad.com
If Machiavelli and Lady Macbeth had a baby he would look something like the Portrait of King Charles III – a karmic depiction of human ugly, toxic power at its most macabre, noxious and nihilistic, the apocalyptic legacy of Empire inherited and claimed as he morphs into the role of Monarch on whose shoulder sits planetary doom, hands and faced stroked with blood. Art defies artistic intent, sitter’s expectations to define its own truths Dr Kris Rampersad explores art artist sitter and society..,
New Tech Savvy Mutant Shark Species Take over Roadways share kinship lineage withe Haiti’s Tonton Macoutes Open Letter to Minister of Transport & Commissioner Roots & Routes of Anarchy Satire & Allegory
With escalating evidence of the persistent colonial mindset inhibiting the development agenda introducing a new Demokrissy Series to confront the Colonial Mindset, media bias and bias in tech Happy International Girls In ICT Day
Creating from Chaos insights into the Haitian democratic dilemma rooted in an atrocious Colonial past and what artistry may be needed healing and recovery Eye … Haiti …Cries…Everywhere
This startling disclosure by Chair of CARICOM, Guyana President Dr Irfaan Ali has repercussions for culture of governance, Data Driven Development, cultural actions for change and gender empowerment Happy International Women’s Day from this Woman Techmakers’ Ambassador
How internet and the technological advancements are causing us to loosen our grip on cultural traditions and heritage, critical to our national and cultural identities and what we can do about it!
Presence of Panday’s Patni/wife and Progeny at Hindu pyre cremation implications for cultural practice, discrimination and violence against women and boys’ education
Former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday’s final journey to cremation pyre recalls other journeys to root and anticipated welcome on the other side – Dr Kris Rampersad reflects on his journeys
Promise of change of course for development in Latin America and Caribbean as feuding leaders Guyana’s President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro meet for peace talks around border controversy more details on Boredr Wars www.krisrampersad.com
An open letter to Peace Broker Dr Gonsalves et al addressing talks between Venezuela and Guyana Border Wars III with a revised agenda and a unique perspective on the ongoing conflict and actionable steps to foster peace and understanding. More at www.KrisRampersad.com
Prompt Action needed from Region as Repercussions set in from threats by Venezuelan President Maduro to Guyana, defiance of the ICJ provisional order and growing repercussions for Venezuela Refugee and displacement crises, regional insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Political stability and peace in Latin America and the Caribbean sits on a fine filigree of loosely-knotted territorial disputes. What are the implications to the wider region of the Venezuela-Guyana Dispute Dr Kris Rampersad takes a broader and deeper view of fermenting feuds…www.krisrampersad.com
Understanding the mechanisms of global governance and how to use the instruments to effect change is one of the challenges facing the region and ways to redress with Dr Kris Rampersad