The Wormlips Scrapbook

M found this little tool online. It lets you make a dynamic map of the states you’ve visited. Here are mine: Create your own.

By Pradyumna P. Karan. University of Kentucky Press, 1960. My thoughts… This book is a treasure. Particularly intriguing is where it sits in history. As the author points out, the year before this volume was published, King Mahendra proclaimed a new constitution for Nepal and the country had its first election. It was also around [...]

Martin Scorsese’s film about the early life of the 14th Dalai Lama, from his discovery by Buddhist leaders in 1939 to his escape from Tibet twenty years later. The real story is fascinating but I thought the movie was mediocre. The cast of local, untrained actors was impressive.