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Wandana Sonalkar takes a critical look at Shrayana Bhattacharya’s work on how and why the women she meets with identify with Shah Rukh Khan; women divided by class and privilege, united in their search for self-identity. …[Read More]…
Literary Trails
Michel de Montaigne’s birthday, February 28 is celebrated as National Essay Day. Academician H. Masud Taj reflects on the essay’s tenacious tentativeness. …[Read More]…
Literary Trails
The exposures of financial malfeasance are by the Adani group a reflection of the neo-liberal policies that have been followed by the Indian state for decades, says C. P. Chandrasekhar
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Literary Trails
Poet and essayist Bibhu Padhi ponders the devastation of the earthquake in Sumatra, its tsunami- effects on India’s eastern coast and is haunted by a child’s tired eyes. Five poems on how “unfaithful life can be” …[Read More]…
Literary Trails
How does one cope with grief and loss, the onset of loneliness? This extract from a novella, Resurgence by Balwant Bhaneja, traces with elements of gothic horror, the journey of its grief-stricken protagonist …[Read More]…
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Bilingual poet, essayist and literary critic Asif Raza offers up elegiac verses from his collection of poems, self-translated from Urdu, Whispers From the Shadow Side. Exclusive to The Beacon …[Read More]…
Visual Spaces
When we pay homage to someone, is the real recipient someone else? H Masud Taj reflects on his choice of B V Doshi quotes.…[Read More]…
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In February 2019, Harmony Siganporia walked from Dandi to Ahmedabad, retracing the route of Gandhi’s Salt March of 1930 in reverse. In the process, the author explores explores the story of modern Gujarat, tracing the contours of the state’s seismic shift towards vikas and modern ‘Hindutva’. Harsh Sethi reviews…[Read More]…
Literary Trails
The ‘Essay’ has usually occupied a secondary position in the world of literary creations despite its rich history starting with Montaigne down to Borges, Orwell. Chesterton, Nirmal Verma to name a few. Riyaz Latif’s essays that appeared in The Beacon variously, confirm the luminousness of the genre. …[Read More]…