Tag Archives: Armenia

Coda: after the defeat

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Taline Voskeritchian

Coda: After the defeat Over more than a quarter century, all those politicians, armchair analysts, academics, party hacks, activists, and celebrities who spoke only when the truth was self-evident and did not need the courage of one’s convictions are now … Continue reading →

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Pashinyan’s “Hardtalk” Stumble: Back to the Drawing Board

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Taline Voskeritchian

None of this, though, is meant to suggest that Pashinyan or his foreign minister was a victim of anti-Armenian bias, or that “Hard Talk” is in the pocket of the Azerbaijanis. The program approaches all its guests with a Thatcher-like … Continue reading →

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On Armenia-diaspora relations

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Taline Voskeritchian

~Here is the article I wrote for “Hetq” on the recent visit of the new diaspora minister, Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, to Boston.  ~ Bridging the Divide: Diaspora Minister Hayrapetyan Promises Restart, but Core Issues Remain   10:12, August 8, 2018 By … Continue reading →

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The awe of Ararat…

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~It rained all day yesterday in Yerevan, a light drizzle but raw to the bone. At night, the weather turned beautiful, foretelling, I hoped, of the day to come, sunny and crisp and alive. This morning, Ararat is a shimmer … Continue reading →

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Rough beauty…

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Taline Voskeritchian

Apples are ordinary; strawberries and figs are explicit; pears are restrained, even hesitant.  Watermelons, cantaloupes, and honeydew possess the self-consciousness of the corpulent.  But the peach is in a class by itself. On an August afternoon, a peach or two … Continue reading →

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Armenian skies…

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

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The Eyes of Yerevan

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Taline Voskeritchian

This essay of mine appeared in Agni Review, #49, 1999. Given all that has happened in Armenia in the last 15 years or so, not to mention the urban and human transformation of Yerevan during this period, the essay is … Continue reading →

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The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov by James Steffen

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Taline Voskeritchian

~~Sergei Paradjanov was one of the most original film-makers of Soviet cinema. He was also one of the most vulnerable to ideological assaults that tried to interpret his illusive, highly stylized body of work to fit a certain agenda. These … Continue reading →

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Barely photographs–Ara Oshagan’s transit

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Taline Voskeritchian

From time to time, I post photographs of distant places on my blog.  These are usually images of travel, of discovery taken by friends or friends of friends.  These “photographs” by documentary photographer Ara Oshagan were also taken in passage–to … Continue reading →

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