November Postcards

December 1st, 2012 Sections: ianbek

During November the range of topics covered in the postcards included the following topics:

and not forgetting

 

  • The Tender Girl and the Seven Bandits - A Kyrgyz legend about the star constellation. 01/11/12
  • Kalyk Akiev - marking another birthdays, this time of one of the twentieth century’ famous Akyns, (travelling bards) 02/11/12
  • I know … because I was there!!!! - the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan 03/11/12
  • Chokan Valikanov - on what would have been his 177th Birthday I take a look at the Kazakh scholar, explorer ans spy who helped open up Central Asia to Europe and the West.  04/11/12
  • Bank Transfer Day - November 5th 1605 and Guy Fawkes sought to blow up the Houses of Parliament, November 5th 2011 and members of the Occupy Wall Street sought to create an equally significant revolution in the financial world by trying to persuade people to switch from High Street Banks to not-for-profit Credit Unions … and even here in Kyrgyzstan, Financial institutions have been subject to criticism … 05/11/12
  • A country the Brits have never invaded … - apparently, Kyrgyzstan has the distinction of being one of the few countries in the world that Britain has never invaded, (it seems there are only 22 of them …), but it could have been a different story if … 06/11/12
  • Historical Statue at risk - the monument to the Second World War hero Ivan Vasiliyevich Panfilov was special in that it was one of the few to be erected during the course of the conflict, (on November 7th, 1942), but now the statue by Olga Manuilova is at risk 07/11/12
  • Spartak Stadium - effectively Kyrgyzstan’s National Stadium, used for all sorts of sporting events and concerts. 08/11/12
  • Suimonkul Chokmorov - on what would have been his seventy third birthday, I looked at the life and career of this famous Kyrgyz film actor who was also a talented painter and who is featured on the 5000som banknote. 09/11/12
  • Big Bird …  - the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan 10/11/12
  • Single’s Day - a “holiday” which originated in Chinese universities during the 1990′s as a celebration for people who are “still living the single life” 11/11/12
  • Baha’i - to mark one of the nine holy days of the Bahai religion, (the Birth of Baha’u'llah, the founder of the religion, in Tehran in 1817), I took a look at the Bahai faith 12/11/12.
  • Trust you … review of customer rants and raves - Some thoughts on a survey of what hotel guests like … and loathe 13/11/12
  • Diabetes - marking World Diabetes Day … 14/11/12
  • White Cane Safety Day - The blind in Kyrgyzstan – 15/11/12
  • Karamoldo, the Komuzist who played all day - this year saw the 130th anniversary of the noted Komuzist,  Karamoldo … 16/11/12
  • Confusing times - the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan 17/11/12
  • Another election - about this years election of members for Board of Management of the International Business Council … 18/11/12
  • Charity begins … at home? - Some thoughts in response to a news report in a British newspaper, The Guardian, about how donations to charity in the UK have fallen by 20% in the course of a year 19/11/12.
  • Adoption Month - On America this is National Adoption Month, so I took the opportunity to look at Adoption in Kyrgyzstan and why it has turned out to be such a controversial issue; 20/11/12
  • World Television Day - I sometimes wonder how we ever managed without the conveniences of modern lay life … and on World Television Day, I look at the “little screen” in Kyrgyzstan; 21/11/12
  • The Prosecutor’s Office - November 22nd is considered the “birthday” of the Prosecutor’s Office and is the Professional Holiday of those working in the service; 22/11/12
  • Pulat Khan - the pretender to a throne;  23/11/12
  • Stormy weather - the regular weekly postcard giving a personal review of the week’s news from here in Kyrgyzstan 24/11/12
  • An encounter with Begenas Sartov - to mark the publication of an English translation of the first Science Fiction written in Kyrgyz 25/11/12
  • Tengri - giving new meaning to the phrase “The old religion” – Tengrism is the old religion of the Kyrgyz nomads which is making a comeback 26/11/12
  • Uzgen - One of the cities of the ancient trade routes known as the Great Silk Road Road 27/11/12
  • Napkins, beer glasses and toilets  – some observations from a traveller about the “little things” that need attention if tourism is really to take off in Kyrgyzstan 28/11/12
  • Isanov and Isanova - Nasirdin Isanov was the first Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan following Independence, and Isanova Street in Bishkek is named in his honour 29/11/12
  • I know I should know this … - to Mark Computer Security Day on 30/11/12
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