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Mani (name)
Mani or Maney ( fa, مانی) is a common proper name in the Middle East and South Asia. In Persian, Mani (مانی) means "eternity", "thinker", and "thoughtful". It is most common in Iran, Pakistan, Nepal, and India. There are also a number of unrelated names also spelled ''Mani'', some of them hypocoristic, such as German ''Mani'' for Manfred. List of persons with the given name * Bhai Mani Singh (Sikh scholar and martyr) (born 7 April 1644), *Mani (prophet) (c. 216 – 276), Iranian prophet *Mani (musician) (born 1962), English rock musician *Mani Ram Bagri (1920–2012), politician from India *Mani Madhava Chakyar (1899–1990), Indian master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar * Mani Charenamei (born 1959), Indian politician *Mani Damodara Chakyar (born 1946), Indian performance artist * Mani Cooper (born 2003), British ski jumper *Mani Haghighi (born 1969), Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor *Mani Hoffman (born 1975), French singer, songwriter and music produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (European part of Turkey), Egypt, Iran, the Levant (including Syria (region), Ash-Shām and Cyprus), Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), and the Socotra Governorate, Socotra Archipelago (a part of Yemen). The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East) beginning in the early 20th century. The term "Middle East" has led to some confusion over its changing definitions, and has been viewed by some to be discriminatory or too Eurocentrism, Eurocentric. The region includes the vast majority of the territories included in the closely associated definition of Western Asia (including Iran), but without the South Caucasus, and additionally includes all of Egypt (not just the Sina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Hoffman
Mani Hoffman (born 18 December 1975) is a French singer, songwriter and music producer. In 2001, he collaborated with The Supermen Lovers. He co-wrote the platinum hit, "Starlight", with Guillaume Atlan, and is the lead singer on the song. It became one of the most exported French tracks around the world, and made Mani an important figure of ''French Touch'' movement along with Daft Punk, Cassius, Modjo and others. Over the next few years, Mani worked with French and English house/electro artists, such as DJ Cole, DJ Fudge, Trouble Men, Frank Roger, School, Junior Jack, and JC Sindress and Bel Amour. During this time, Mani signed with multiple labels, such as BMG, Sony, and Warner Music. In 2006, Hoffman released another big hit, "Lucy", with the band, Jealousy, which was in the Top 20 in UK. While in the UK, he collaborated with Toby Smith, founder of the group Jamiroquai, and was also signed by his label, Angelic Union. Mani Hoffman has also been involved with film scoring. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Sharma
Mani may refer to: Geography * Maní, Casanare, a town and municipality in Casanare Department, Colombia * Mani, Chad, a town and sub-prefecture in Chad * Mani, Evros, a village in northeastern Greece * Mani, Karnataka, a village in Dakshina Kannada district of India * Mani, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Mani, Nigeria, a town in Katsina State, Nigeria * Mani, Tibet, a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China * Maní, Yucatán, a small city in Yucatán, Mexico *East Mani, a municipality in the Laconia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece * El Mani, a community on the island of Puerto Rico * Mani Peninsula, a geographical and cultural region in Greece *West Mani, a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece People * Mani (name), ( fa, مانی), a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name) **Mani (prophet) (c. 216 – 274), an Iranian prophet ** Mani (musician) (born 1962), an English rock musician ** Mani (actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Rao
Mani Rao (born 28 February 1965) is an Indian poet and independent scholar, writing in English. Biography Mani Rao has authored twelve poetry collections and three books in translation from Sanskrit including the works of Kalidasa, a translation of the Bhagavad Gita as a poem, and a translation of the tantric hymn Saundarya Lahari, besides an anthropological study of mantra-practice calledLiving Mantra: Mantra, Deity and Visionary Experience Today" Translations of Rao's poems have been published in Kannada, Latin, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, French, German and Kannada. Rao has had poems published in literary journals including ''Poetry Magazine'', ''Fulcrum'', ''Wasafiri'', ''Meanjin'', ''Washington Square'', ''West Coast Line'', ''Tinfish'', and in anthologies including ''The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem'', ''Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond'' (W.W. Norton, 2008), and ''The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Prasad
Pandit Mani Prasad (4 November 1930) is an Indian classical vocalist from the Kirana gharana (singing style). Early life and training Mani Prasad was born into a family of musicians. His father, Sukhdev Prasad, had received music training from Abdul Karim Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan, the founders of the Kirana gharana. Mani Prasad accompanied his father on all his tours and performances across the country from an early age. He moved from Wardha in Maharashtra to New Delhi in his youth along with his father. He was trained mostly by his father but was also guided by his grandfather Pandit Shakti Lal and by his uncles Pandit Shankar Lal and Pandit Gopal Prasad. Musical career Pandit Mani Prasad started his career early, being brought up in a musical family. He is ranked as a Top Grade 'A class' artist by the All India Radio and is a well recognised television artist with the Doordarshan. He has not only created some new ragas but also composed many bandishes in existing ragas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Nouri
Mani Nouri ( fa, مانی نوری; born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian/Canadian actor and director. Since 2006, he has been working on modern visual projects. He was chosen the second best adolescent actor of the decade in the Middle East. Career He started his acting career with the television series '' Zizigooloo'' when he was six years old. ''Zizigooloo'' became very popular in Iran and Iranian culture. He then acted in movies such as ''Sweet Jam'' and ''Dear, I Am Not In Tune''. He has won awards for his acting from Isfahan film festival and Iranian national TV channels. He has experiences in theatre with Davood Rashidi (''The Third Richard''). His directing career started in 2003-2004 when he directed a short movie called ''The Tree of Pain''. Television series * 1994: '' Tabeta Tales'', as Zizigulu, the main protagonist. The show was directed by Marzie Boroomand * 1995: ''Jong 77'', Directed by Mehran Modiri * 1996: ''Hotel'', Directed by Marzie Boroomand * 1998: ''Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Neumeier
Mani Neumeier (Manfred Neumeier, born 31 December 1940 in Munich) is a German rock musician, free-jazz drummer, artist, and frontman (singer and drummer) of the German Krautrock-band Guru Guru. Probably best known for his work with Guru Guru, Neumeier collaborated with numerous bands and artists, such as Dieter Möbius, Damo Suzuki, Harmonia, Hans-Karsten Raecke, Irène Schweizer, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Jojo Hiroshige, Kawabata Makoto, Yoshida Tatsuya, and Luigi Archetti. Neumeier has lived in Germany and Japan. The wax museum of Tokyo has a wax figure of him. He has also regularly collaborated with Japanese jam and noise bands Acid Mothers Temple and Hijokaidan. Discography Solo * 1981 ''Mani Neumeier'' * 1983 ''Waldmeister'' (limited MC) * 1992 ''Privat'' * 1993 ''Terra Amphibia '' * 1998 ''Terra Amphibia 2'' * 2002 ''Birthday !'' * 2005 ''Terra Amphibia 3 - Deep In The Jungle'' * 2007 ''Sketches'' aka ''Mani'' * 2009 ''Smoking The Contrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Nagappa
Mani Nagappa (born 1925) is an Indian sculptor who is known for creating statues of prominent personalities and political leaders of Tamil Nadu. Early life Nagappa was born in 1925 in Madras, one of the five sons of well-known Indian sculptor M. S. Nagappa. M. S. Nagappa sculpted the statues of British governors, lawyers and administrators and was awarded a "Rao Bahadur" title for his sculpture of George V. Mani Nagappa had his early education in Madras and was working as a choreographer in Tamil films when M. S. Nagappa's death in 1942, compelled him to take over his father's business. His first sculpture, a statue of Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, was eventually approved, thereby giving a start to his career. Mani was the only son of M. S. Nagappa who took on sculpting as a profession. Career Nagappa has sculpted a total of 600 statues in his career. some of them being those of Jawaharlal Nehru, Sivaji Ganesan, U. Muthuramalingam Thevar and R. Venkataraman. In the 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Menon
Mani Menon, born 9 July 1948 in Trichur, India, is an American surgeon whose work has helped to lay the foundation for modern Robotic Cancer Surgery. He is the founding director and the Raj and Padma Vattikuti Distinguished Chair of the Vattikuti Urology Institute at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI, where he established the first cancer-oriented robotics program in the world. Menon is widely regarded for his role in the development of robotic surgery techniques for the treatment of patients with prostate, kidney, and bladder cancers,"Robots in the OR" - WJR Radio as well as for the development of robotic kidney transplantation. Menon is the recipient of the Gold Cystoscope award (American Urological Association, 2001), Hugh Hampton Young award (American Urological Association, 2011), th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Matter
Mani Matter (4 August 1936 in Herzogenbuchsee – 24 November 1972 in Kilchberg, Zurich, officially Hans-Peter Matter) was a popular Swiss singer-songwriter. Biography Mani Matter was born on 4 August 1936 in Herzogenbuchsee, Canton of Bern. His father, Erwin Matter, was an advocate, his mother, the Dutch woman Wilhelmina Matter-de Haan, was a secretary. He had a two years older sister, Helen Matter. Growing up in Bern, he started to perform his own chansons in contemporary Bernese German at local venues and on the radio; he accompanied himself on the guitar. He was an active Boy Scout in the Pfadicorps Patria in Bern and he performed his first own songs during Boy Scout evenings. He also performed together with the Berner Troubadours (Bernese troubadours). He was killed in a car accident on his way to a concert and is buried in the Bremgartenfriedhof in Bern. Mani Matter's literary estate is archived in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern. Legacy His Bernese German songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Liaqat
Mani Liaqat ( ur, , born 25 April 1984) is a Manchester-based British-Asian actor and comedian. He is known for his bizarre rants, portly figure, witty voice and mixture of Punjabi/Urdu/Hindi and British everyday-humour. Mani is best known as the winner of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge UK on Star One, Star Plus Production Sky Channel 783. Mani has been awarded as UK's funniest Asian Comedian Alongside his comedy Mani is concentrating on his Acting and Presenting career as well. More recently he has made a successful move into dramatic world of acting. He has already appeared in Bollywood feature Film Pusher (Nasha) 2010 alongside Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhry directed by Assad Raja Also playing a cameo character alongside fellow mancunian actor Ali Khalid, Abid Ali (actor) and Noman Ijaz in a Pakistani drama serial SARD AAG Directed by Yasir Akhtar based on British Pakistanis aired on a global satellite channel Hum TV currently aired weekly in the U.K on Venus T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Leib
Mani Leib (Mani Leyb, yi, מאַני לייב; born Mani Leib Brahinsky, russian: Мани Лейб Брагинский; 20 December 1883, Nezhin, Russian Empire – 4 October 1953, New York) was a Yiddish-language poet. He was one of eight children; his father sold furs, hides, and animals at regional fairs. His mother supported the family selling hens, geese and eggs. In (''A Story About Myself''), he describes her as a fount of spontaneous rhymes, poems, and epigrams. At the age of 11 Leyb left school to be apprenticed to a bootmaker and as a participant in "revolutionary activities", he was arrested twice while still in his teens. He migrated to the United States at the age of 22 and settled in New York City in 1906. He published his poems in Yiddish newspapers like ''The Jewish Daily Forward''. Writing in the cadences of ordinary speech, he formed a group of poets called ''Di Yunge'' ("the Young"). According to the Jewish Virtual Library, Leib's ''sound poems'' drew renewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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