Author Archives: Rashid Faridi

About Rashid Faridi

I am Rashid Aziz Faridi ,Writer, Teacher and a Voracious Reader.

Call for Papers: WOUNDED GALAXIES / 1968: Beneath the Paving Stones, the Beach

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on urbanculturalstudies:
WOUNDED GALAXIES / 1968: Beneath the Paving Stones, the Beach Festival + Symposium Feb 8-10, 2018 Indiana University Call for Papers The Sixties were a turbulent period, characterized by major revolutions in scholarship, politics, culture and the…

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Oldest footage of New York

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Architecture Here and There:
New York’s Herald Square on May 11, 1896. (Library of Congress/Yestervid) This fascinating video, “Oldest footage of New York City ever,” filmed between 1896 and 1905, has been seen on this blog before.…

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Power (Solar Power) in Paradise

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Geography Directions:
By Jillian Smith, University of Birmingham Island of Kaua’i. (c) Jillian Smith Popular culture portrays island living as a bucolic dream. For most, however, it is a dream fulfilled only during fleeting vacations. Island destinations…

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Planning Regions of India: Concept,Classification and Delineation

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

What is a Region? A region is an area on the earth’s surface marked by certain properties that are homogeneous inside and distinct from outside it. A region is defined as a part of the Earth’s surface with one or … Continue reading →