A Little Distillery in Nowgong, by Ashok Mathur – Book Review

A Little Distillery in Nowgong details the Khargat family history over an 80 year period and is narrated by a child not- yet- born into this family. The novel begins with Jamshed, the son of Soona and Beramshah, who displays the particular habit of “going right” – one who becomes distracted/ preoccupied by something else […]

Album releases are some of the strangest parties I’ve ever been to

Album releases are some of the strangest parties I’ve ever been to. If you show up even a little early, no one is there. It’s sort of nice, you can grab a beer without much trouble, take a seat and people-watch. The band will mill around with friends and girlfriends while the openers try to […]

Armchair Activism – Kony 2012

Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 video and campaign quickly received an unprecedented surge of attention after the video’s release on March 5, 2012, attracting 86 million Youtube views by the end of the month. Yet, despite its overwhelming popularity the campaign and its front man, Invisible Children founder and director Jason Russell, quickly became the subjects […]