The Video
In post production now. New production Trailer to be released soon. We are back from India.Completed recording interviews and music. Dusting off our brains and trying to …
26 Mar
Researching a Documentary – Prinsep and Benares
Researching a Documentary – Prinsep and Benares
Next Monday we start out by going to Varanasi, India to learn more about the city and James Prinsep (1799-1841). A remarkable individual who grew to …
22 Mar
Nand Collection Fabrics
Nand Collection Fabrics
The Nand collection has a large selection of hand-made and tribal fabrics. There is also a selection of silk handloomed devotional fabrics from the traditional …
05 Mar
The Benares of James Prinsep begins
The Benares of James Prinsep begins
Like all great journeys it starts with a air reservation, SFO – Delhi via the Pacific. Not done yet. So we are headed back in time …
28 Feb
Prinsep and the Coins
Prinsep and the Coins
On one side the inscription is in ancient Greek on the other in early Sanscript – James Prinsep’s observation was the key to translations and …
10 Feb
Nand Collection Statues
Nand Collection Statues
The collection contains a number of pieces both contemporary as well as period antique pieces. Above, Tantric deites embrace in gold-plated brass from Patan, Nepal in …
06 Feb
Kashi
Kashi
The view of the Ganges from Kashi as seen in 1825 by James Prinsep. What has changed since the early 1800′s? How has the city …
25 Jan
Nand Collection
Nand Collection
We are beginning to catalog the extensive Nand Collection of antique and contemporary masterpieces of Nepalese Thanka painting, Buddhist and Hindu statues, religious artifacts, antiquarian …
17 Jan
The Banares of James Princesep
The Banares of James Princesep
Today it is called Varanasi, it used to be called Kashi and Banares, its the holy city on holy Ganges in northern India and by …