Literary Trails
Malashri Lal’s poetry fuses the transcendent and the ordinary, the spiritual and the mundane, mythology and modernity; we see the world through multifocal lens, making us aware of the chiaroscuro of life, the light and the aphotic shades. These poems remind us of the beauty in the harvest of autumn, the bloom of spring, finds Mahua Sen. …[Read More]…
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George Thadathil’s Democracy in Darjeeling is both an inquiry and a repository of research-based outcomes that highlight fresh insights about Darjeeling’s society, history, culture, democratic ideals, and religious pluralism, highlights Sreetanwi Chakraborty. . …[Read More]…
Between The Lines
Despite all the claims of protecting an Indian way of life, the government is all too ready to embrace global capitalism and multinational seed firms in its push for GM crops and commercial farming. The Bayer-ICAR collaboration project is another sign of the way the government intends to go says Bharat Dogra.…[Read More]…
Literary Trails
All his life Jayant Mahapatra (1928-August 2023) tried hard to maintain a proper ecology in his linguistic environment, to keep alive what is essentially humane and aesthetic from erosion and obliteration. Poet and teacher Anamika pays tribute to this ‘Good Samaritan’ and his Inscape or moral geography.…[Read More]…
That’s Life!!!
Bharat Dogra offers up little known historical record of tribal resistance to colonial exploitation under the leadership of Govind Guru—still revered through oral traditions in the Bhil areas. Photographs from the Mangarh Memorial by P.L. Patel* P.L. Patel* …[Read More]…
That’s Life!!!
Vidya Vanam is a school in a village called Anaikatti, at the foothills of the Nilgiris, about 30 kilometres from Coimbatore on the border of Kerala. Part of the village is on the Tamil Nadu side and the other on the Kerala side. …[Read More]…
Literary Trails
Ashok Gopal introduces us to Dalit autobiographical production and consumption, the predominant genre in Dalit Marathi literature by a close reading of prolific Dalit writer Sharankumar Limbale’s own works and review of the subject.…[Read More]…
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Simple, yet deeply philosophical, the poems in this volume have the power to resonate with readers everywhere, an inherent universality that gives Sukrita’s poetry a timeless appeal.says Girija Sharma, yet inviting us to put on trial many a myth we have partly perpetuated in her review of Salt and Pepper. …[Read More]…
Visual Spaces
H. Masud Taj has encircled the globe, giving talks. He recalls one in which he tried his best to fail. …[Read More]…
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The film Oppenheimer and subsequent publicity focuses primarily on the individual actions and angst of a “Great But Troubled Man” but scant attention has been paid to how a leading public university participated in creating a weapon of mass destruction that changed the means of warfare forever. Public Intellectual and historian Tony Platt on the hidden facets of the troubled history of University of California, Berkeley – known locally as “Cal” and worldwide as “Berkeley”…[Read More]…
Between The Lines
As the nation transforms into an eyeless, brainless crowd, so the crowd turns into an institution that sustains the ruling dispensation’s hegemony and falsification says Riyaz Latif with “seething sadness” at this usurpation of agency for thought and compassion”…[Read More]…
Literary Trails
In this richly evocative tale, Bashir, now a porter the last of a shikar family, meets with his moment of truth about the sacredness of life when he confronts the ‘king’ of the forest, rifle at the ready, to shoot. By Balwant Bhaneja …[Read More]…
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Valson Thampu’s Beyond Religion demystifies spirituality, distinguishing it from any one religion and locates it in the individual’s search for God in this life, without middlemen, with the recognition of the diversity of paths to divinity. Ann Harikeerthan reviews. Followed by an excerpt from the book. …[Read More]…
That’s Life!!!
Despite doubts raised by the Apex Court, the Centre wants to push ahead with GM Mustard farming. On the ground, some villages in Madhya Pradesh show how natural farming is the answer for sustainable farming points out Bharat Dogra…[Read More]…