In September, the Society for Tantric Studies will be holding their regular meeting, and I’m very pleased to say that I’ll be presenting a paper at the conference about the symbolism and power of worship at the Kamakhya temple in Assam, based on fieldwork and some brief textual analysis.
I’m very excited! 
A lot of the papers I edit require use of APA (American Psychological Association) style. There are a number of useful style guides out there online, but the one at Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) is the one I use, because I find it comprehensive in the basics and easy to navigate. It includes formatting basics (especially useful for citations and footnotes) and a basic style guide, as well as a workshop to help you learn.
Check out the Purdue OWL APA style guide.
I’m always encouraging people to try Wordpress. It’s easy to use, simple to set up, and there are some great themes that work right out of the box, with minimal tweaks.
When selecting a theme, it’s important not only to think about style, but to think about how the content is organized. How much content will you have, and what kind? How will information be organized? How will visitors find what they are looking for?
I find it’s useful to install several themes, and test them all out. Then you can find the one that has the best layout and structure for your content, and you can customize the look and feel to suit your own organization’s identity.
Here’s some fairly recent best-of lists to help you find your perfect Wordpress theme. If you want someone to help you set it up, drop me a line. It’s what I do.
10 Best Free Wordpress Themes of February 2010
Top 10 Free Wordpress Themes for 2010
2009 Year-End Free High-Quality Wordpress Themes
Fresh Collection of 25 Best Free Wordpress Premium Like Themes 2010
A great new book is out from MARG Publications, the venerable Delhi-based publisher of books and magazines on Indian art, history, and culture.
My photography of the temple at Kamakhya is featured in this latest volume, entitled Goddess Durga: The Power and the Glory. The book is big and hefty, with gorgeous full color photographs and excellent articles on the worship of Durga throughout the Indian subcontinent, edited by eminent Indian art scholar Pratapaditya Pal.
My husband keeps showing it off to people who come over, which I find hilarious.