Welcome to the latest edition of the Brownbag magazine, and a Happy New Year to all our readers. In this issue we celebrate the achievements of Brownscape Productions after its first full year. Then after looking back, we take a look forward to 2008. What changes will we all make to improve ourselves in the spirit of New Year resolutions? Or is all this talk of the ‘new’ overrated anyway? We also look ahead to a big year in politics, and to Black History Month, telling the story of a remarkable African American hero. So, make yourself a nice cup of tea, plump up a cushion, and enjoy…
What's Down with the Brown?

What a year for Brownscape Productions. We shot a short film in one weekend and premiered it the 2007 South Asian Film Festival, traveled across the country to screen Made in India?, and oversaw an issue on issue increase in subscription to our online magazine…more>

 
Sudha's Snack:

Welcome to the Resolution by Sudha Narasimhan
Resolutions are like the worst nagging mother, spicy meal, and patch of itchy skin that ever existed all rolled into one….more>

 
Out of the Bag:

Jesse Owens: American Hero by Noel Agnew
Jesse Owens ran the gauntlet of Nazi Germany in 1936, but what about the discrimination he suffered in his own country?....more>

 

Chew on this:

Happy New Year? Don’t believe the hype, new is overrated by Priscilla Aviles
During this time, this pesky concept of "new" is annoyingly inescapable. I find it necessary to say that certain things to stay the same - sometimes old is better, and new is so overrated....more>

Gender and Race in 2008 by Mery Diaz
How ironic that elephant number # 1, Gender, and elephant # 2, Race, have been lurking around with no one publicly acknowledging either -- until now. more>

 

 


 

 

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