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Bhanu Kapil & Punjab Lit

Punjab culture is extremely rich, and has a fantastic history.  The roots are very old, and the first Punjab language is untranslatable today, which gives an additional depth and mystery to this complex and lively culture.  The present region of Punjab lies between India and Pakistan, and is an amazing place for world travelers to visit.  It offers another world to explore, to immerse yourself in a new culture, and leave the concerns of the workaday world behind.  It is also one of the more wealthier areas compared to the rest of the region, making it a splendid spot for tourists to explore.  The natural beauty of the area is matched by the liveliness of the urban life.

Because of all these attractive qualities, Punjab hotels maintain a strong sense of local culture, combined with contemporary amenities that make for a very lovely experience in accommodations.  Many of the hotels here have spectacular amenities, offering plenty of things to do to keep you and your guests pleasantly well-fed, and also physically fit, and most of all, perfectly refreshed.  Seeing the sights is particularly fascinating, and learning about the history of Punjab is endlessly amazing.  Their influence is deeply felt in all corners of the world these days, and sometimes it takes a trip elsewhere to discover the people who you’re visiting have already left traces where you came from.

So although most visitors might not see an immediate connection between Punjabi culture and the Beats of the 1950s U.S., they are undoubtedly there, and for proof there is the work of Bhanu Kapil.  She writes documents, where fiction, poetry, and non-fiction intersect, and teaches on the faculty at Naropa in Boulder, Colorado.  Her writing is bold and sudden, with enormous depth and complexity, and feels like the first time of everything that ever was in the world.  Her style and sensibility speak to a literary tradition that certainly has the disembodied poetics of the king of the beats somewhere in the bloodline, and her excellent blog, Was Jack Kerouac a Punjabi?, connects more dots as it turns some marks into more questions.

Posted by James on November 23rd, 2009 filed in Travel | Comment now »

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