Anthromodernity: The most beautiful Hindu symbol
The most beautiful Hindu symbol is the Aum. Aum is a three sound syllable, the Sanskrit vowels a-u-m put together formulates the first sound in the Hindu creation process. The Hindu belief is that...
View ArticleAnthromodernity: The myth of the Swedish amazons a 2009
Chinese news media are featuring a story about a famous but non-existing town in north of Sweden Shakebao, which is a name not sounding remotely swedish to me. Shakebao is the only town i the world...
View ArticleAnthromodernity: Restaurant Culture: America
It recently came to my awareness that in the Us there is a special type of restaurant called “BYOB:s”. BYOB means Bring Your Own Bottle. And you actually bring your own bottle of alcohol and you can...
View ArticleAnthromodernity: With or without my cell phone
I have for the last couple of days managed my daily life routine without a functioning cell phone. For me, personall y,I went through the first phase of panic the first day I realised I was completely...
View ArticleAnthromodernity: Ski tunnel
This can be reality in my Hometown Stockholm, Sweden according to Swedish news media Dagens Nyheter . A ski tunnel under the heart of Stockholm. Beautiful or what?
View ArticleAnthromodernity: Trimurti
This is one of the pictures I show, when lecturing about Indias religions to Swedish college students. These are the three major Hindu gods. The beautiful Brahma to the left is the Creator. Vishnu in...
View ArticleAnthromodernity: Visions of Mumbai
This a short film with images from Mumbai made by Mark Lapwood. It is called Eclipse and was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. Take time to watch it, it is stunning! Eclipse
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