#dulat

[livemintvideos]

A former chief of India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the country's external intelligence agency, has dropped a bombshell by suggesting that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may extend an olive branch to Pakistan later this year! Amarjit Singh Dulat believes that the ongoing political and economic crisis in Pakistan warrants such a move, and he's got some compelling reasons to back his opinion.

[f1cars]

Nico Rosberg celebrates his World Drivers' Championship from the cockpit of Mercedes' F1 W07 Hybrid following the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Yas Marina Circuit, United Arab Emirates

Tom Dulat

[beenasarwar]

How can India and Pakistan 'win without fighting'?

An India-Pakistan discussion with Khurshid Kasuri, Mani Shankar Aiyar and others, and a TCF Pakistan Boston fundraiser later where the keynote speaker was Indian - and full of praise for the Pakistani education NGO... Can our leaders please learn?

The keynote speaker at TCF Boston fundraiser this year was Indian – and it wasn’t ‘bad news’. On the contrary. Check out Shashi Buluswar‘s cricket documentary that I’ve included in the article. Plus a discussion with ‘peacemongers’ hosted by a center in Kolkata the same day. Why can’t our political leaders take a leaf from Mani Shankar Aiyar’s relationship with his old friend Javed Jabbar, a…

[aqparaq]

soz of the day

teketires - confrontaion

[wyrmguardsecrets]

[Please post books/paragraphs examples from books that have several paragraphs of upfront, fully details descriptions of the main character, head to toe, plus clothing, that aren't smut books.]

“My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as "quothe." Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. I've had more names than anyone has a right to. The Adem call me Maedre. Which, depending on how it's spoken, can mean The Flame, The Thunder, or The Broken Tree.

"The Flame" is obvious if you've ever seen me. I have red hair, bright. If I had been born a couple of hundred years ago I would probably have been burned as a demon. I keep it short but it's unruly. When left to its own devices, it sticks up and makes me look as if I have been set afire.

"The Thunder" I attribute to a strong baritone and a great deal of stage training at an early age.

I've never thought of "The Broken Tree" as very significant. Although in retrospect, I suppose it could be considered at least partially prophetic.

My first mentor called me E'lir because I was clever and I knew it. My first real lover called me Dulator because she liked the sound of it. I have been called Shadicar, Lightfinger, and Six-String. I have been called Kvothe the Bloodless, Kvothe the Arcane, and Kvothe Kingkiller. I have earned those names. Bought and paid for them.

But I was brought up as Kvothe. My father once told me it meant "to know."

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned.

I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.

You may have heard of me.” ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

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[phoenixculpa]

teyana

where does it go when we

don’t see pompous air

deplete, finding a wounded

soldier battle scarred in

thousand yard stare

like camaraderie

rubs every bruised

shoulder, or listens

with an open ear,

harlem rose, of

biblical plains, un-

dulating genera-

tions where one

someday finds

joker in the mir-

ror or thinks so

for a split sec—

enjoying each

espresso sip,

there’s never

a need for

anything bro-

ken to not

replenish

held knowing-

ness, when wells

fill to freshen

a palate, cin-

ematic contro-

versial com-

passion each

glance un-

averted, attrib-

uted to un-

condition-

al devotion

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Every Ninety One Song Reviewed: “Biz,” 2023

“Bız,” released ahead of the album Gap, 2023 Music credits: Dulat Mukhametkaliev (ZaQ), Daniyar Kulumshin (Bala) Lyrics credits: Dulat Mukhametkaliev (ZaQ) Music video director: Askhat Bayanov

(Brief pedantic editor’s note: the song’s title is not “Biz,” as I originally wrote it, but “Bız," since the new Kazakh Latin alphabet uses the dotless I. If you speak American English, it sounds like the middle I in “bit,” so you were probably pronouncing it correctly even though I technically wasn’t spelling it correctly. If there’s a way to update the Unicode in the post title I don’t know it.)

At last we have the slightly-delayed pre-release single to the long-delayed album. It will make no difference in the long run, but for posterity’s sake, Ninety One originally said the music video would come out the 25th (the song was already available on streaming platforms by the time of the announcement), then changed that to the 26th, then had to make a sheepish Telegram post saying well actually the 27th, and finally released the darn thing after 11 pm Almaty time on the 27th. They’re not doing fantastic with meeting deadlines they set themselves, of late. But it’s a minor series of flaws, really; growing pains. I hope someday we get a little bit more of a glimpse into what it takes to take an enterprise like this running.

On to “Bız,” which has arguably the same relation to Gap as “Su Asty” did to Qarangy Zharyq and “Men Emes” did to its namesake EP, and those are big shoes to fill. “Bız” has less going on, both musically and lyrically, than either of those two. It’s a fun little hype track, especially when ZaQ decides to experiment with a goofier flow: “How you forgot about ME? Мығда NineTY? O-N-E?” But it’s not as lyrically ambitious; it’s basically a platform for the guys to talk about how awesome they are in the face of, once again, Vaguely Defined Adversity. The closest we get to anything substantial is ZaQ’s “My style is not accepted by your generation,” which is weak sauce when you consider what he brought to the table in “Men Emes.”

The other slightly worrying issue with “Bız” is how much it feels like Zaqira and the Three Singers. That may partly be due to circumstance: I’ll go ahead and speculate that Alem’s TV commitments meant he wasn’t available for much of the MV filming (which is why there are about three solo shots of him total) and Ace has been trying to slay the logistical hydra of the album release and tour setup (which may help explain why he looks so tense and preoccupied during his verse, especially in contrast to Bala’s looser performance). And ZaQ’s brain as Ninety One’s principal philosophical engine is not new. But they have been riding hard on We Are a Bonded Foursome for a year now; if they let ZaQ get out too far ahead without some obvious attempts at balance they risk doing some harm to that brand they’re so carefully cultivating.

Fortunately this is a pre-release, not a title track. I think they played the MV just right, for what it’s worth. Although Askhat Bayanov is still at the helm (and Nurs Bazarbay is director of photography, and Nurila Shakirova is producer and first assistant director, and Adil Kazkenov has a backstage credit -- anon, I still owe you that staff overview, as practically everyone I would mention worked on this video), we don’t have any callbacks to the symbolism-filled promo videos. It’s Ninety One in space, dancing and looking hot. They’ve actually never done a dance-performance-focused video before; it makes sense to do it now, as a calling card, before we get to the meatier (hopefully) content of the album.

How’s the Hair/Styling? Good! Bala’s undercut suits him, and in truth Zhadra has been doing especially well by her husband of late. Shame we couldn’t get a lingering shot of Ace in the tiara, though. Should You Start Here? I think I’m going to prefer “Gap” as an introduction -- we’ll see -- but as Boastful OT4 goes, this may outrank “Bata.”

[lostbetweenthepagesofthesebooks]

"It is a word. Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.” (Rothfuss, 672).

As promised, we're kicking off with the The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss. And I want to start off by saying that the series is not currently finish. Fortunately, there's only meant to be one more book to the main story (or maybe unfortunately, but we'll get there). Secondly, I want to mention that this is a fantasy book. I realize there are plenty of people who aren't big fans of fantasy or maybe trying to veer off the fantasy train right now.

Brief, spoiler free review: The series is focused on Kote/Kvothe, who decides to have his story written down of his trials as a kid, to his tribulations as a teenager and getting into what is apparently the most prestigious university in this realm. A university that teaches (to those that can afford it) how to use and hone magic. The story follows Kvothe struggling and fighting for his life as a kid to an adept magician, all the awhile searching for clues to what was thought of as just an ancient story to tell.

Warning: mild spoilers ahead

The Name of the Wind

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Plot: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Emotions: anxious; sorrow; pain; determination; joy; annoyance; relief.

Basically... I really enjoyed this book. It's a great start to someone's story. Nothing in this book feels too drawn out. We spend a few chapters in the beginning of where Kote/Kvothe is now, clearly living a very humble life, in a very simple town. Essentially, he his hiding in plain sight. We learn there are safety and political issues across the land. We get a few creature/fight scenes before even jumping into Kote/Kvothe's story. Kote eventually gets convinced by a man called the Chronicler (who Kote saves from a creature) that recognizes Kote for who he really is: Kvothe.

Side note - yes we learn that there is apparently some drama across the lands in the present tense, but I honestly have no idea if Rothfuss even plans on really touching on this. Kvothe becoming THE Kvothe aka Kvothe The Bloodless, Kvothe The Arcane, Kvothe Kingkiller, Maedre, The Flame, The Thunder, Lightfinger, Broken Tree, Dulator, Shadicar, Six-String. All of this. Into three books. Which might very well be easily doable, but basically, I would not get too invested on those little tidbits that are given about the present tense.

Getting into Kvothe's story... his childhood is sweet. It makes you want to be an Edema Ruh, which is what his people are called. A traveling performer troupe, which are led by his mother and father, and make up his family. A man, Abenthy/Ben eventually rides along with his troupe for a span, teaching Kvothe a little about magic, or rather, sympathy. This is where Kvothe learns about The University, and starts making it his goal to attend the school. Without getting too carried away, and also as to not give too much away, eventually Ben has to depart from the group and not long after this, a great tragedy strikes.

The tragedy and how Kvothe responds to it... The way Patrick wrote this scene was heartbreakingly beautiful and oddly made me really love this book. I felt it in my heart. It was really well done. Also, here, we learn that the supposed ancient, but just a story... is definitely not, just a story. We get just a little taste here, and then it's quite some time before we find it again.

The next few chapter is where we watch Kvothe struggle and literally fight for his life, which I do think is necessary there is good information to be gathered about Kvothe's background and understanding what makes him, him. These years certainly have profound influences on him at the university, and no doubt on him as an adult.

Eventually Kvothe lands his way at The University... where he once again has to prove himself to even get into The University. But... yes... Kvothe proves very clever, and manages to get himself into the school. While here, Patrick really unfolds more of the magical realm which I really enjoy. The University teaches different types of magics and clearly houses plenty of secrets. Kvothe gains friends, an superbly ass-hat enemy, and obviously we have to have a love interest.

Now for more side notes/just general thoughts:

I want to say that although this is a fantasy novel, it's much less fantasy than others. The University definitely hosts more of the magical aspects of this realm, but even then, it's not like Harry Potter type of magic. It's almost more realistic in a way? Even though Kvothe is a quick learner, he does struggle while he's learning it. Magic is this book is difficult and dangerous. Almost every time you see it used, there's a consequence to it. Consequences can range from exhaustion to death. While I certainly love just blatant fantasy and straight up magic-this-magic-that, I did enjoy the aspect that this magic wasn't easy to hone or wield.

Like I said, I really enjoyed this book. I think it put me back into a headspace of being back in high school, and just dealing with life and drama at that age. Not that this book feels teeny-bop at. all. I feel like Patrick did a great job of setting up a foundation for this story. I definitely felt like there's great world building here, there's so much that I'm still wanting to know and/or learn about, which I know there's not enough time nor is it his focus; but these things were necessary to create this world. And that's what I love. I fell into this world that Patrick created during this book, and every time I had to put it down, I was still in that world. I didn't have the second book yet, and decided to read a book that I already had because I wanted to keep reading, but I was still stuck in Patrick's world as I started Fire & Blood.

For the world building that was done in this book, and the magic along the way, I definitely recommend this book. I would say you have to be committed to the series. At least the main series, as there are some novella's the Patrick did about two of the other characters that are in the story. The book itself doesn't end on a cliffhanger, but when Kvothe is telling his story, this ends on a cliffhanger. And I think it's just enough where people will be like "well...shit... let me grab the second one". The reason why I frame this all like such is because the final 'chapter' of Kvothe's story almost feels like a wrap up, the way he's talking; even though, as a whole, it's very much not done. We do not learn why we call him Kvothe Kingkiller in this book, folks.... but.... We do learn why we call him Kvothe The Bloodless.

Also... who wouldn't want to read a book with THIS cover:

Don't do it to 'em, Kvothe!

Read on beautiful peeps. 🤘📖

[frombooksiveread]

My first mentor called me E'lir because I was clever and I knew it.  My first real lover called me Dulator because she liked the sound of it.  I have been called Shadicar, Lightfinger, and Six-String.  I have been called Kvothe the Bloodless, Kvothe the Arcane, and Kvothe Kingkiller.  I have earned those names.  Bought and paid for them.

Patrick Rothfuss ~ The Name of the Wind

[kupwaratimes-fan]

Dulat criticizes LG for calling meetings with bureaucrats amid elected Government

Dulat criticizes LG for calling meetings with bureaucrats amid elected Government Srinagar, Nov 12: India’s former Intelligence Chief AS Dulat has questioned the functioning of the LG administration in Jammu and Kashmir, stating that he is surprised why the LG is calling the meetings of bureaucrats when there is an elected government. Dulat said this precedence is bad enough and it reminds him of…

[jadipose]

Could you stop a serial killer?

abso+lutely no+t lo+l

co+x's Hannibal Leckto+r is aweso+me at weaving these pestering traps o+f po+liteness, mo+dulating the co+nversatio+n and his to+ne o+f vo+ice to+ make yo+u feel o+bligated to+ do+ what he wants it's crazy

really go+o+d perfo+rmance, and it wo+uld to+tally ensnare me

everyo+ne else in this film is also+ killing it

[ninetyonekz]

ZHADRA’S IG STORY

Q: Is there Dulat's reaction? A: We came home from different places, from different taxis. It happened that we arrived at the same time. I could not resist and I told him.

[koval-nation]

64) Dulatowie, dulattar; dulat; Дулаты, дулаттар; дулат - duże stowarzyszenie plemienne, największa grupa w obrębie Senior Zhuz narodu kazachskiego. Dulatowie, jako część Kazachów, są częścią Uysunów, jako część Kirgizów, jako część plemienia Sayak, jako część Uzbeków, jako część grupy etnograficznej Kuraminów. Dulatowie mieszkali wzdłuż brzegów Ili, aż do Chu i Talas oraz w środkowym biegu Syr-darii. V. V. Bartold znalazł podobieństwo między nimi a Mogholistan Duglats. Według szacunków Bayana Rakiszewa z 2016 roku w Kazachstanie przebywało wówczas 1309 tys. dulatów. Według spisu rolnego z lat 1906-1912. Dulatów było 334 tys., m.in. w Taraz – 60,8% ludności Kazachstanu, w Szymkencie – 32,8%, w Biszkeku – 93,7% ludności Kazachstanu.

Uran (okrzyk przodków (bojowy)) - „Baktiyar”. Tamga (symbol przodków) - „Domalak”. Etymologia słowa „Domalak” to totem Słońca (Kun belgisi). Domalak ana – kun domalak; Nurila – kun nury; Sary Baybishe – kun sary; Zharykshak – kun zharyk; - Nur ul lub Nuryn („Nirun” według Rashida ad-Dina) – kunnen taragan.

Kwestia etniczności Dulatów była wielokrotnie przedmiotem sporów wielu badaczy – niektórzy uważali ich za tubylców mongolskich stepów i potomków plemienia Duglat, o czym wspomina Rashid ad-Din (V. V. Bartold, Ch. Ch. Valikhanov) lub plemię Baryń, inni – Turcy (N. A. Aristov, S. Amanzholov, V. V. Vostrov, M. S. Mukanov). Według teorii tureckiej, podstawę etniczną Dulatów stanowiły plemiona zachodnio-tureckiego Khaganatu (VI w.), znane w źródłach pisanych jako „Dulu” (pięć plemion Dulu i pięć plemion Nushibi) - mieszkańcy Semirecze. Co więcej, przez pięć wieków (700-1200) w znanych dziełach nie pojawiały się wzmianki o dulu. W Chagatai Ulus (1224-1348) Duglaci założyli własne państwo Manglai-Sube. Dulatowie są jednym z klanów należących do dużego stowarzyszenia plemiennego Uysun. Charakterystyczną haplogrupą dla Uysunów i Dulatów jest C2-M217. Genetycznie Uysunowie z ludów Azji Środkowej są najbliżsi Bayatom żyjącym w aimagu Uvs w północno-zachodniej Mongolii. Haplogrupa C3-gromada gwiazd (obecnie oznaczona jako C2*-M217), według Zh. M. Sabitova, odzwierciedla wkład genetyczny Nirun-Mongołów, potomków Bodonchara (przodka Duglatów i innych klanów mongolskich). W tym samym czasie Sabitow połączył Dulatów Kazachstanu i resztę Uysunów z plemieniem Nirun-mongolskim Baryn. W 2019 r. rozpoczęto projekt non-profit mający na celu klasyfikację rodziny Dulat. Serwis ma charakter bezpłatnej, moderowanej encyklopedii. Plemię Dulat dzieli się na 4 klany, które z czasem zaczęto dzielić na mniejsze klany (alfabetycznie):

1. Botpay:

bidas

kudaikul

koralas

shagai

2. Zhanys:

daulet

zhambay

bogezhil

kapal

zhantai

zhantu

zharylkamys

kaskarau

otey

shegir

niyazbek

oztemir

karaman

topaj

3. Sikym:

zhanibek

alibek

malybai

bagan

koyanbai

sary

karakul

shuyldak

shadyr

kusirak

4. Szymyr:

bekbolat

shynkozha

temir.

Istnieje wersja utożsamiania Dulatów u Kazachów z Duglatami z Mogolistanu. Pogląd ten popierał akademik V. V. Bartold oraz inni historycy. Według wielu innych badaczy Dulatowie i Duglaci z Mogolistanu mają tylko podobne etnonimy. Według tej wersji Dulatowie mają to samo pochodzenie, co pozostałe klany stowarzyszenia Uysun i nie są bezpośrednio spokrewnieni ze średniowiecznymi Duglatami. Najbardziej szczegółowych informacji na temat historii plemienia Dughlat dostarcza historyk Mirza Muhammad Haydar Dughlat. Według jego zeznań Dughlatowie byli „jednym z głównych i potężnych plemion Mogulistanu”. W okresie upadku ulus Chagatai, szlachta Duglat podjęła decyzję o utworzeniu niezależnego państwa na terytoriach sąsiadujących z Kaszgarem i Yarkendem. Ponieważ we wszystkich państwach mongolskich, zgodnie z tradycją, najwyższym władcą mógł być tylko Czyngisyd, Amir Puladchi (Bulaji), przywódca plemienia Dughlat, wystąpił z zamiarem utworzenia niezależnego od Chagatai ulus państwa Mogulistan, z pomoc protegowanego - chana z Czyngisydów. Czyngizid, którego wybrali Duglaci, okazał się 18-letnim Togluk-Timur-oglan. Tym samym Czyngisydzi stali się początkowo instrumentem politycznym w rękach Dughlatów. Od tego momentu głowa plemienia Dughlat zajmowała stanowisko ulusbega – „władcy ulus” – pod rządami chana Mogulistanu, który zajmował się faktycznym zarządzaniem sprawami państwa. Sam historyk Muhammad Haydar Dughlat był kuzynem Padishaha Babura, a także sułtana Saida Khana, który w 1514 roku podbił ziemie przodków Dughlatów z Manglai-Sube i założył na ich terytorium niezależny Chanat Mogulia. Po śmierci sułtana Saida Khana jego następca Abd ar-Rashid Khan I (1533-1559) położył kres władzy Dughlatów w chanacie i dokonał egzekucji ostatniego ulusbega - Sayyida Muhammada Mirzy, wuja historyka Muhammada Haydara.

W Taszkencie mieszkał jeden z wpływowych bijów narodu kazachskiego, Tole bi Alibekuly (dulat, gałąź zhanys - zhantu), który faktycznie dowodził Starszym Zhuzem. 10 wiorst od Taszkentu wzdłuż drogi Chimkent, w rejonie Karakamys, w 1725 roku włóczęga imieniem Sabalak, późniejszy słynny Ablai Khan, pasł wielbłądy Tole Bi. W notatkach majora Peremyshelsky'ego z 1853 roku opisano miejsce przyszłej osady (Alma-Ata), położone na ziemiach plemienia Dulat:

"8 sierpnia 1853

Kargały

G. Dowódca Korpusu

Miałem zaszczyt poinformować Waszą Ekscelencję o moim zamiarze zbadania szczytów Ałmaty. Po zbadaniu pierwszego i drugiego Ałmaty oraz doliny między nimi wraz z inżynierem-porucznikiem Aleksandrowskim stwierdziliśmy, że łatwość pozyskiwania drewna, duża ilość pięknych gruntów ornych poprzecinanych rowami, pastwiskami i obszarami sianokosami, znacznie przewyższają obszary na Issyk i Talgar, dlatego zaproponowaliśmy Ałmaty jako miejsce przyszłych osad, a dzięki zajęciu tego punktu wszystkie najlepsze miejsca koczownicze i uprawne Dulatów będą na wyciągnięcie ręki" - Mukhamedzhan Tynyshpayev, „Materiały dotyczące historii narodu kazachskiego”, Taszkent 1925.

"W latach pięćdziesiątych XVII wieku Dulatowie wyemigrowali na zachód, a w latach 1690–1790 mieszkali w dystrykcie Taszkent. Dulatowie rządzili i byli właścicielami Taszkentu. W źródłach rosyjskich informacje o plemieniu Dulat pojawiają się już w XVIII wieku. Tak więc w opisie składu plemiennego Kazachów, opracowanym przez M. Tevkeleva w 1778 r., mówi się, że Senior Zhuz składa się z 10 plemion, a wśród nich jest wszystkie pięć głównych klanów Dulatów: Botpay, Shymyr, Sikym, Zhanys, Bogezhil".

Sirgeli jest zaprzysiężonym bratem Dulata, przodka plemienia Dulat.

[placegrenette]

Every Ninety One Song Reviewed: “Synbaim,” 2023

“Synbaim,” released as an album pre-promotion single, 2023 Music credits: Daniyar Kulumshin (Bala), Azamat Ashmakyn (Ace), Batyrkhan Malikov (Alem) Lyrics credits: Dulat Mukhametkaliev (ZaQ) Music video director: Amal’ Temerbayev

This is the very last release before the upcoming album, and the teasers so far have been in three different languages—I know! Kazakh, Russian, and English! But the subs on “Synbaim” are in Kazakh, Russian, and Turkish, and I don’t blame Ninety One for wanting to care for their Turkish fans, said fans have had a difficult spring, but for an English-only speaker interpreting something as visually packed as this music video is a challenge. Is it based on Kazakh mythology? What is the “шч” referencing? Is the astronaut meant to be the child grown up or is the relationship between the astronaut and the story on the ground more symbolic?

(“Well, didn’t you watch the behind-the-scenes video?” I did! And not only does that also not have English subtitles, it has selective subbing: Kazakh when the people onscreen are speaking Russian and vice versa. As I type this I have two Google Translate windows open. They’re not helping much, other than to reveal that Amal’ Temerbayev was drawing inspiration from fairy tales and that Madi Rymbaev was the piano player model.)

And it’s frustrating, because this was clearly a labor of love and significance for everyone involved. Temerbayev, especially, but the timing of the release (I think a full month elapsed between the audio of “Synbaim” being made available and the MV coming out) suggests that Ninety One didn’t want to rush him even when he was blowing past deadlines. (About ten minutes into the behind-the-scenes video, in between lots of footage of Temerbayev and his team meticulously constructing the stop-motion stills and ZaQ discussing the meaning of the song, is a clip of Ace being cranky about the delays.) But from this distance it’s hard to get a grip on how video and song come together. There’s a line in the song that translates roughly as “Individuality in a round world is not beautiful,” and the general theme seems to be reaching out for connection with others as a way to deal with pain and hardship. But the video plotline is essentially individualistic: the prince rejects the demand of his angry father and the townspeople to be in the forest with his true love. It’s not just romantic but Romantic; Rousseauvian. There’s a point at which “Don’t isolate yourself from other people” and “Follow your heart” conflict, and Ninety One and Temerbayev seem to be eliding that conflict rather than addressing it.

Also, to be frank, I’m at a disadvantage here, having spent far too much of my childhood with “Sledgehammer” and the California Raisins. (We watched that California Raisins Christmas Special at least three years in a row. Those of y’all thinking the ’80s were a cool time in which to grow up: you are wrong.) I should be impressed by the hard work involved and instead the visual presentation feels muddy to me. I’m very glad the guys did it: this is a nice way of putting their money down to do something different and tie themselves into the larger Almaty arts scene. But neither “Synbaim” the song nor “Synbaim” the music video do a lot for me. Pretty, heartfelt, a nice change of pace, all true; check this out, especially if your musical tastes don’t match mine.

Should You Start Here? Hmm. My first inclination is to say no, just because I don’t particularly love it. But it does have a lot of typical Ninety One touches: the theme of building oneself up against vaguely defined adversity, ZaQ’s spikier rap breaking up the smoother vocalists, Bala charged with emphasizing the rhythm and Ace with going higher on the chorus. So: sure, but if you don’t like “Synbaim,” don’t let that dissuade you.

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also the thing abt dulat isabekov is that he writes abt people so beautifully

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