By Ananya Dutta Gupta
As a storyteller who does not necessarily see realism and fantasy as contrary impulses, Atanu Ghosh seems to have picked up from where Tapan Sinha left cinema in Bengal.
By Vinayak Bhardwaj
The locals from Poonch, Rajouri, and other border regions linked to the Pir Panjal ranges are unconsciously engaged in conflict with an unknowable, unseen dispersed ‘power’.
By Ayesha Arfeen
The butterfly is shown many times in the film: at the start of the film when we are introduced to the characters; then at the beginning of the story, where Kala is shown waving to the crowd of press and fans after an award ceremony.
By Chayanika Saikia
Once I was an island with my plans of life, achieving them and planning again to achieve again, dwelling around the border of my ‘selfistan’.
By Neha Dhull
Having the luxury to pursue intellect also comes from being in a position in society where one does not have to worry about the basic needs of life.
By Rimli Bhattacharya
But do I really care? The society never understood. And never will.
By Yanis Iqbal
In Pathaan, the attempted shift from the maternal nation through the personality of Rubina encountered a cultural backlash from right-wing activists, who said that the saffron bikini worn by Padukone in the song “Besharam Rang” was an insult to Hinduism.
By Shuma Talukdar
Aparna Singh’s collection of short stories, ‘Periodic Tales’, adeptly covers how menstruation is experienced by women from different walks of life, from different sections of society, in different parts of India.
By Somudranil Sarkar
‘Dreich Planet India’, edited by Sanjeev Sethi (a handmade chapbook made in Scotland, published by Hybriddreich Limited Dunfermline), emerges as germane to the poetry celebrating Indian Independence.
By Aamir Raza
Maulana Azad’s ‘Qaul-e- Faisal; Insaaf Ki Baat’ is a must read in today’s socio-political time, where sedition as an undemocratic tool is used by elected governments to suppress the voices of people.
By Gopal Lahiri
Raindrop on the Periwinkle opens up a new vista in form poems and stands out for its sheer promise and startling originality and quietness.
By Chaitali Sengupta
This volume of poetry has turned out to be a valuable discourse on cultural dualities, hybrid identities, emphasizing on paradox, conflict, feminism, and marginalization. It deserves a wide readership.
By Prithvijeet Sinha
Each poem is akin to a personal conversation, a one-on-one exchange that displays her talent given its distinctive personable nature.
By Vagmi Singh
People identifying as LGBTQ+ often come across social discrimination such as difficulty in finding rental places to live together, in workspaces, and in educational institutions.
By Nishi Pulugurtha
Afsar Mohammed’s Evening with a Sufi, translated from Telugu by Afsar Mohammed and Shamala Gallagher and published by Red River, is a collection of poems that has been selected from several of his poetry volumes in Telugu.
By Niveditha K Prasad
This new manner by which Bangaloreans interact with Bengaluru, through the visual representation of Puneeth Rajkumar, is then perhaps a new way of knowing the city and its inexplicable, rooted cosmopolitanism.
By Priyanshi Kothari
In her latest book- Jungle Passports: Fences, Mobility, and Citizenship at the Northeast India-Bangladesh Border, socio-cultural anthropologist Malini Sur brings to the fore the ethnography of the India-Bangladesh border.
By Waseem Akber Baba, Pratyush Bibhakar & Manasi Sinha
The women in Iran are dancing in the streets, waving their head scarves, and the iconic chopped hair hoisted as a flag to proclaim their agency and foreground how their lives are controlled.
By Rimli Bhattacharya
I had unleashed the Kali in me. I had defied all norms and applied the sindoor.
By Tanya Kainaat
One would have to take a closer look at the term ‘cultural pluralism’ in order to truly appreciate Sir Syed’s contributions to the cause of human enlightenment.
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