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NEASDEN
Uncover
A travel-guide to an unknown town you should get to
know
Uncover’s EVER
edition 1st
Uncovering places you’ve never heard of
JANUARY 2015
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JANUARY 2015 | UNCOVER 2
SAMA FEKRI, EDITOR
Welcome to the first edition of Uncover. Uncover’s aim is to construct
branding for towns and cities that have little - to no branding, yet deserve
much more recognition. I live in a little town called Neasden, located in the
North West of London. It isn’t very known at all (anyone outside of North
west London will definitely have never heard of it) – and the people that
have heard of it, have heard only negative things. Neasden is thought to
be a little ghetto; A cursed little town full of trouble and sadness. Maybe at
first glance it is…but I know, having lived in Neasden for more than 3 years
now, that Neasden is a secret paradise. People just haven’t given the
place a chance. It’s reputation had been tarnished so bad that no one
wanted to advertise in Neasden Shopping Centre (the heart of Neasden)
and the estate agencies were finding it difficult to sell and rent out houses
in Neasden. If only people knew all the magic Neasden has to
offer…they’d never want to leave. Sometimes one must open his/her eyes
and heart to really see what’s going on. Let me take you on a journey to
uncover this little town and see the marvelous in the everyday
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Inside the mandir at Neasden
temple
each gleaming white pillar is a
spotlight of silence.
I read that inner peace brings you
in to contact
with your true divine nature. See
the intricate infinity
of patterns in the domed roof
above. Silence
1.water, toilet roll, milk, bread. 2.
Put a wash on.
3. Make a plan for the week -
factor in time to be spontaneous.
4. Book advance train tickets for
Thursday 12th.
I read that Ganesh is the remover
of obstacles.
Smile at his one tusked elephants'
head and round belly.
Feel my bare feet warm on the
marble floor. Silence
5. Adam's email about the
invoices. 6. Make space
once everything is done to chill
out. Stop.
It is rare to see Ganesh dance.
And yet up close
this shiny stone column is carved
with such music
that he does. In eight different
ways
First on tip toes, with knees bent,
trunk swung to one side
As two hands of four beat drums,
two carve sky palms wide
trunk grips a trumpet, as left heel
kicks high
bells ring, shakers shake, horns
blow
Ganesh's father Shiva was the
cosmic dancer.
The rhythm of the shapes that he
threw
destroyed a weary universe,
clearing the way
for the process of creation, and
this silence
is its own dance, the ripples
spreading out into the space
between
Inside the mandir at Neasden
temple
Poetry has been written on the beauty of the Neasden Temple…
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MUST SEE!