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Smiles from off the Road in India...

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Ther first solar for Jhuni...

On 17th Nov a team from Avani went to Jhuni to install solar panels and batteries. Thanks to YOUR donations the first 20 Jhuni families now have light in their homes! 20 more will receive...
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Smiles from off the road at KIMFF...

Just heard that my film Smiles from off the Road has been selected to be screened at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2009 (Nepal). The festival will be held from 10-14 December 2009. Their Press Release reads: “The festival will screen some of the most recent and exciting films about mountains, mountain environment, mountain cultures and communities from various corners of the world. KIMFF is...
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Movie & Music Festival @ Reliance TimeOut...

On 23 Aug, in three towns across India: Bangalore, Gurgaon and Kochi, all five short films of ‘Smiles From Off The Road’ were shown during a Movie & Music Festival organised by the book and music stores Reliance TimeOut.
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SMILING PEOPLE - AN APPEAL...

They give us their smiles – will you help give them light? AN APPEAL FOR THE SMILING PEOPLE OF JHUNI Dear Friends many of you love my short films featuring the people of Jhuni village. “SMILES FROM OFF THE ROAD” I have teamed up with the local voluntary organisation ‘AVANI’ to give something back to these people and I am writing to ask for your help. If, like me, you feel gratitude for these smiles, do read...
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Land of the Buddhas...

My new CD ‘Land of the Buddhas’ is just released. It is a compilation of seven of my favourite songs from my New Earth Records CDs. If you have one of my CDs already, and were wondering which to buy next, or if you don’t have -this is the one! It is available for listening, downloading and buying with New Earth Records or with iTunes. The film to go with it I shot all over India (colourful birds...
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Twenty years with New Earth Records...

It will soon be my 20th anniversary with New Earth Records and, as they are releasing my first ever compilation CD ‘Land of the Buddhas’, I feel it is time to have a glance backwards. It all began in 1990 (when NER was Tao Music and based in Munich), when Bhikkhu invited a group of friends to record Tao’s first music CD. The six of us assembled in a large room in the country outside the city, and knowing nothing...
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Fusion: a Celtic-Malayam song!...

Vidyasagar, a famous Tamil film music director, contacted me recently. He wanted a Malayalam song done in traditional Celtic style! This is how it worked: he sent me the vocal line and I created the score. I invited musicians* from all over the world to play their parts and they contributed to the final product on-line. It just took 10 days to make it! It will be the title song for a film called Neela Thamara (Blue...
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The last village before China...

Watch video SMILES FROM OFF THE ROAD 3 -TRAVELS WITH A HAT My film “Smiles From Off The Road 3 -Travels With A Hat” was shot in Juni village in the Kumaon Himalayas, India in May 2009. Juni sits on the edge of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve; due North there is nothing but thick forest and a jumble of 22,000 ft peaks up to the Tibetan border. The village is three hours steep walk from the nearest rough road,...
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Smiles From Off The Road shown at CMS...

My film ‘Smiles From Off The Road’ whas been selected for the CMS International Children’s Film Festival which will be held 7-13 April 2009 in Lucknow, India.
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