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

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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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