Evidence of both these challenges can be found in Vedic literature itself, especially the Upanishads (speculative religious texts that provide commentary on the Vedas), and bhakti literature is full of vignettes in which the small-mindedness of Brahmans is contrasted with true depth of religious experience, as exemplified by poet-saints such as Kabir and Ravidas.
Many are vignettes, full of play, written almost like journal entries.
"Our e-mail is flooded with CVs," boasts one senior Hizbullah figure.Mr Ramo's book is full of engaging vignettes like this.
The Band piece is full of crass vignettes of corporations and wealthy foreigners pretty straightforwardly purchasing access to Clinton with donations to the Foundation.
All of a piece in its spiraling falls, arcing lunges and showy extensions, it fails to give these vignettes full sensual life.
It breezes along, full of gossipy vignettes, many of them at the expense of Francis Crick, his partner in pursuit of DNA.
And bringing the vignettes full circle is Pearl, who grows up to become an oncologist after her mother's death from breast cancer only to find herself with the same disease decades later.
Based on a lifetime of careful observation, it is full of colourful vignettes and wonderful phrases (Michael Dukakis hailing from the "National Public Radio wing of the Democratic Party"), and it is suffused with powerful affection for the promise of American politics and exasperation at its reality.Political consultants have taken the place of old-fashioned party bosses.
Instead of his usual grand poetic narratives, the songs on side one feel like short, nihilistic vignettes, full of sharp repetitive guitar riffs, robotic bleeps, abrasive cymbal bangs, and simple keyboard playing.
