I am suspending my Facebook notice until June, for two reasons.
1. I have exams, so don’t need the unnecessary distraction.
2. I want to test if Facebook truly is an unnecessary distraction by being detached from it for a while and see if my life is enhanced or not, through its absence.
I am not a hypocrite, [...]
Archive for the ‘Popular Culture’ Category
Top British Comedians’ Stand Up for Baha’is in Iran
Posted in Baha'i, Human Rights, Media, Popular Culture, tagged Alexei Sayle, Baha'i, bahais, Bill Bailey, David Baddiel, government, Human Rights, human rights abuse, iran, Jack Dee, Jimmy Carr, Jo Brand, Lee Mack, Mark Thomas, Meera Syal, Morwenna Banks, Omid Djalili, persecution, rainn wilson, Rob Brydon, russell brand, Sanjeev Bhasker, Sean Lock, shirin ebadi, universal declaration of human rights on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The persecution of the Baha’is in Iran has reached crisis point with the unfair trial of seven of its members, on ‘espionage charges for Israel,’ which carries the death penalty.
The Baha’is are being defended by Iran’s only Nobel Prize winner (for peace), Human Rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi.
However, Shirin has been threatened and had her office [...]
Viva la Revolución!
Posted in Popular Culture, Reflections, tagged 1844, Baha'i, baha'i faith, che guevara, revolution, revolutionary, the bab on December 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Note: I posted this originally on ‘Baha’i Perspectives’ today:
With a new film about Che Guevara about to hit cinema screens shortly, the idea of revolution and the revolutionary will be thrust upon us yet again.
Now before you start dusting off that dusty Che Guevara t-shirt, let us take some time to reflect on what true revolution [...]
10 hip songs about a collapsing old world order
Posted in Ear Candy, Popular Culture, tagged Baha'i, beastie boys, jamiroquai, marvin gaye, music, prince, spirituality, world order on November 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Artists whether they are musical or visual, are very perceptive to their surroundings, and express what they take in through their chosen medium.
With the songs chosen below, the artists have made musical social commentaries on the state of our planet Earth and the decline of the world order of our society (but they don’t take [...]
I Know Kung Fu!
Posted in Popular Culture, Reflections, tagged Baha'i, kung fu, kungfu, matrix, spirituality on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, before I post my next blog entry on my own blog, I have been busy posting on the International Baha’i blog, ‘Baha’i Perspectives’.
In this latest entry, called ‘The Matrix: I Know Kung Fu!‘ I try and correlate the journey of Neo, the skills of Kung Fu, the Seven Valleys and Transformation…
This is part 2 [...]
In Transition
Posted in Living the Life, Popular Culture, Reflections, tagged Baha'i, matrix, spirituality on October 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
At the moment, I’m in between locations. And that means at times, *shock horror*, no internet.
However, I did write a blog entry for another site (in my links) called Baha’i Perspectives.
Its called ‘The Matrix-Why I Chose The Red Pill’
Click here to read it.








