By Sahil Bansal
Through projects like this the aim is to impose the one-fits-all solution in the name of making India “world-class.” This, I would say, is nothing but the colonised mind breeding a neo-colonialism of its own
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By Haim Shweky
Woke Racism is just such a tablet. And John McWhorter is its prophet.
By Jyotsna Dwivedi
The woman is using a ‘body language’ to indulge in the physical play while being in the process of ageing. The notions of ageing bring with it an urge to escape from visible signs and changes that appear in the body and at the same time there is an attempt to suppress desire and sexual needs.
By Uzma Faiz
Abba has lost much of his hearing capability and prefers silence. The only thing that brings him out of this vow of silence is Urdu.
By Sanyogita Singh
Both ‘sulli’ and ‘bulli bai’ are Islamophobic slurs used for Indian Muslim women. Such largescale attacks are not aimed at settling individual personal scores, another phenomenon rampant on social media, but to systematically demean a particular religious group.
By Prithvijeet Sinha
Maati Maanas actually integrates the art of pottery and sculpture to make it a collective act, an iconography, a visual representation.
By Gopal Lahiri
Kavita Ezikiel’s latest poetry collection Light of the Sabbath stands out for its sheer promise, clarity and startling originality that lingers with you for a longer period. We feel a powerful sense of connection in the end.
By Fahad Hashmi
Reading Faruqi has always given me an impression that a certain form of decolonisation of the Urdu adab is at play.
By Nishi Pulugurtha
The introduction to this ambitious volume defines androgyny and lays out the way it has been figured and used in various disciplines, tracing the history of its usage and use in the animal world, in religion, in literature and in life thereby laying a groundwork for the essays that follow.
By Vidhya Iyer
In essence, minimalism is something that helps you realize how little you need in life to be effective and happy. The rest indeed is clutter!
By Subhayu Bhattacharjee
Merkel’s yielding place to Scholz therefore represents a cementing of the roots of civic nationalism and practical strategies achieved through a collaboration between the ‘centre-left’ and the ‘centre-right’.
By Sanjukta Dasgupta
This is a remarkable achievement and one hopes many more of Alokeranjan Dasgupta’s volumes of poetry will be translated by Sreemati Mukherjee.
By Dustin Pickering
Tagore’s wisdom throughout ‘Sadhana’ explains precisely why humans are unique, in need of one another in their spiritual journeys and pursuit of the beautiful. This volume, though classic, is vital to the conditions we face today.
By Vanshika Lakhani
‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ reminded people how beautiful it is to have Indian traditions and culture while having fun with your extended family.
By Samipendra Banerjee
‘Open’ athletes like Daley have certainly contributed to the construction of Tokyo Olympics as a greater inclusive space.
By Paulomi Sharma
This pandemic has been the ultimate symbolic collaboration of human crisis and digital technology. And the camera has been its most potent ethical and cultural weapon in this endeavor.
By Mitali Chakravarty
The ‘women in mini skirts’ who resided in Kabul were a minority.
By Nishi Pulugurtha
Usha Akella’s volume is a wonderful addition to the oeuvre of feminist poetry by a major poet of the diaspora.
By Anjali V Raj
Similar to Masurkar’s Newton, Sherni is also quite distinct from general Bollywood movies. The movie is evenly placid and maintains hilarity without losing the serious vigour of the story.
By Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
At a time when the University Grants Commission’s new curriculum of history is receiving a lot of flak for ignoring the contribution of Mughals to Indian society and culture, the value of this book certainly cannot be overestimated.
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