What Makes India an Idea?
The idea of India will always exceed all that is said about it, or against it.
Bharat, India and Hindustan Don’t Cancel Each Other Out. They Reflect Continuities in Our History
Today we are facing a revivalist moment in our political history, ironically, as a free nation. It is a defeatist hangover of history to create a wedge between what we named and what named us. We adopted these names for centuries out of a spirit we call Indian, or Bharatiya.
Jean-Luc Godard and the Incoherence of Modern Life
A tribute to the master of modern French cinema, with a focus on two of his films, Breathless and My Life to Live.