This excerpt from the Persian “Shahnameh” (Book of kings), read out loud as part of the Mind’s Eye workshop featuring artist Khadim Ali, recounts a series of epic battles fought between the hero, Rustam, and an unknown young warrior called Sohrab—who is later, tragically, revealed to be Rustam’s own son.
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Cover of Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings © Mage Publishers, Inc. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA) LLC. Cover shows Firdawsi and the Court Poets of Ghazna, Folio 7r from the Shahnameh made for Shah Tahmasp I, Tabriz, Iran, ca. 1532. Ink, watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, 45 x 30 cm. Photo: Courtesy Aga Khan Museum	

A reading from the Shahnameh (Book of kings)

Bahon Ke Darmiyan stanzas

Dil hee to hai makta (Ghalib)

Kal Chaudhvi Ki Raat couplet

Tu Bobby Jasoos verse

Of It All by Agha Shahid Ali - January 1997

Yash (age 7) reads Fly Guy and the Frankenfly by Tedd Arnold

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From the forthcoming debut LP "The Heist", which is being independently released on 10.09.2012.

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The Heist

Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert)

It does take a village to raise a child. To raise your inner child. Choose your village.

Useless bits of raggedy tag advice

I was single at 31.
I was married at 31...
It was 2002.
People burnt alive in a train, Muslims chased and massacred in Gujarat.

I walked over freshly burnt floors with my camera in Baroda.


Yash (age 7) reads Fly Guy and the Frankenfly by Tedd Arnold

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