Irreverent, informed and downright eclectic crime fiction and reportage from Southeast Asia and beyond
August 31st, 2011 | Tags: Alok Sharma, arte, ascetic, Author, Discovery, documentary, festival, film, Hinduism, Holy Man, India, kumbh mela, Marc Eberle, pilgrimage, production manager, sadhu, sannyasi, screenplay, The Greatest Show on Earth, Tom Vater, writer | Category: India | Leave a comment
April 25th, 2010 | Tags: Aroon Thaewchatturat, Balaji mandir, belief, demon, demonic, Exorcism, Exorcism in India, faith, Hinduism, India, India's Exorcist Temple, possessed, possession, Rajasthan, spectacle, supernatural, superstition, Your Mother Cooks Socks in Hell | Category: India | Leave a comment
August 5th, 2004 | Tags: Akhara, Allahabad, Benares, Hardwar, Hinduism, Holy Man, India, India festival, Juna Akhara, kumbh mela, Maha Kumbh, Naga Sadhu, religious festival, sadhu, Swami Satmitratnan, Tom Vater, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi | Category: India | Comments (3)
Juni 12th, 2004 | Tags: Baul, Baul music, Calcutta, f-roots, Hinduism, India, India nomad, itinerant musician, Kolkata, music, musician, nomad musician, nomadic, Tom Vater, West Bengal | Category: India | Leave a comment
Dezember 29th, 2003 | Tags: animal rights, animal sacrifice, belief, blood sacrifice, Dakhsin Kali, Hinduism, Kali, Kathmandu, Nepal, offering, ritual, temple, Tom Vater, tradition | Category: Nepal | Comments (3)