Pankaja Brooke
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Ramesh and the Quality of Life Project I love the irony of this – Tiruvannamalai is a small town in South India famous for its huge temple, the sacred mountain of Arunachala, and the ashram of the saint Ramana Maharshi. Most of the local people are extremely poor, and many live in houses with no …
In Master Wu Nanfang and Shaolin Wugulun Kung Fu the Master gives the history of his Kung Fu lineage, which descends directly from his own great grandfather. Wugulun was one of the most famous monks in the Shaolin temple in the 19th century and his more internal form of martial art was preserved in secret …
This DVD contains two movies made a couple of years apart, in the Ramana’s Garden home for destitute children in Rishikesh, North India. Children of Ramana’s Garden introduces us the children as they go about their daily lives in makeshift buildings perched on the bank of the sacred river Ganges, and to Prabhavati, an energetic …
Ramana’s Garden is a home for destitute children which was started almost by mistake by an energetic and charismatic American woman in Rishikesh, North India. Prabhavati was once an actress in Hollywood who came to India 30 years ago on a spiritual pilgrimage, started feeding and teaching a few local children and now is now …
Ramana’s Garden is a home for destitute children which was started almost by mistake by an energetic and charismatic American woman called Prabhavati in Rishikesh, North India. She was once an actress in Hollywood who came to India 30 years ago on a spiritual pilgrimage, started feeding and teaching a few local children and now …
I took these photos during one of my many visits to the orphanage. I visited Rishikesh, North India, to meet my friend Prabavati and to shoot my award winning ‘Children of Ramana’s Garden’. Ramana’s Garden is a home for destitute children, many of whom have survived horrific abuse. But in this loving environment they have …
Prabhavati is an American woman in her 50’s who used to be an actress in Hollywood. Nearly 20 years ago she started Ramana’s Garden, a home for destitute children in Rishikesh, North India. Last year one of her 67 children, a 15 year old girl named Lalita, was kidnapped and sold to a brothel in …
Prabhavati is an American woman in her 50’s who used to be an actress in Hollywood. Nearly 20 years ago she started Ramana’s Garden, a home for destitute children in Rishikesh, North India. Last year one of her 67 children, a 15 year old girl named Lalita, was kidnapped and sold to a brothel in …
Photos (and also some stills) from my second visit to Ramana’s Garden where I shot the film ‘Kidnap’. This is the story: a 15 year old girl is kidnapped and sold to a brothel in Nepal. An American woman who runs the orphanage where she lives manages to rescue her. watch the filmwatch the trailer
Guo Deping was born in 1966, during the time of the Cultural Revolution in China. He and his six siblings grew up living in a cave – which was not unusual in Henan Province at that time. Cave dwellings had been popular places to live for centuries – cosy, well insulated, and sometimes even luxurious. …
Guo Deping was born in 1966, during the time of the Cultural Revolution in China. He and his six siblings grew up living in a cave – which was not unusual in Henan Province at that time. Cave dwellings had been popular places to live for centuries – cosy, well insulated, and sometimes even luxurious. …
watch the filmwatch the trailer I took these photos while shooting the film ‘Guo’s Childhood’ – Guo Deping and his six siblings grew up in a cave and nearly starved to death during the Cultural Revolution in China.
This documentary follows Master Wu Nanfang, a Kung Fu Master who is the great great grandson of Wugulun, a 19th century monk from the famous Shaolin temple in Henan Province, China. During its turbulent history the Shaolin temple has been destroyed and rebuilt many times, as various warlords tried to co-opt the fighting skills of …
Photos by Veena – 3booksblog.wordpress.com Veena writes: Shaolin Wugulun Kung Fu is a little known form of Kung Fu practiced by relatively few people in Henan Province, China – in the foothills of Song Shan, the central one of China’s five sacred mountains. In around 1870, when the famous Shaolin temple was facing the possibility of …
Master Wu Nanfang is a Kung Fu master and also a Zen master, who lives in the town of Dengfeng, in Henan province, China. The town might be small, but there are more than 40 Kung Fu schools there, because of the proximity of the famous Shaolin temple. This short film shows Master Wu Nanfang …
Photos by Veena – 3booksblog.wordpress.com Veena Schlegel took these photos while I was shooting the film ‘Master Wu Nanfang on Song Mountain’, in which the Master practices some amazing forms perched precariously on a mountain crag, and also does some calligraphy, an art which uses the same skill and presence as Kung Fu itself. watch …
Ramesh is a young man from a very poor family in southern India. The town he lives in is famous for its ancient Shiva temple and for the ashram of Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of India’s most revered saints, which is built at the foot of the sacred mountain Arunachala. Ramesh has a Master’s degree …
watch the film watch the compilation ‘Poo in Paradise‘ about eco toilets Ramesh & the Quality of Life (Photos) I took these photos while shooting the film ‘Ramesh and the Quality of Life Project’ – Ramesh, a young man from a poor family in southern India, builds eco toilets for the villagers to improve their …
Ramesh is a young man from a very poor family in southern India. The town he lives in is famous for its ancient Shiva temple and for the ashram of Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of India’s most revered saints. Ramesh has a Master’s degree in Bio-Chemistry, and uses his skill and local knowledge to build …
Four years ago I went on a trip to Ethiopia with some bird watcher friends, we had an amazing time, saw some fantastic birds – as well as the endangered Ethiopian wolf and some wild dancers – and had a lovely local guide called Bruktawit. This January we heard that she was working in the …
Photos by Amano Samarpan: amanosamarpan.com Samarpan writes: Towards the end of 2012, I wanted to revisit Ethiopia, a country I had seen in 2009 and been impressed by. It was my first foray into the wildlife of Africa, in particular birds, and I wanted to revisit and see different areas. In communication with our former …
