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The Ramayana is projected as a battle between men—Ram and Ravana. Women here play a subordinate role; the victim is Sita. In doing so, we forget the other warrior-women we encounter in the epic, of whom at least four are on Ravana’s side, defending him.
Radical as always and original in his invention of new forms or reinvention of existing literary forms, Mahatma Phule is almost certainly the first person to employ the powada as a satire and an interrogation of Brahmin hegemony.
The earliest images depicting stories of Shiva’s marriage and conflicts with demons such as Andhaka and Ravana were carved about 1,500 years ago at the Jogeshwari caves in North Mumbai and on the Elephanta island off South Mumbai.
That is what the Nobel-winning philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) explores in ‘The Conquest of Happiness’ (public library) — the 1930 classic that gave us his increasingly urgent wisdom on the vital role of boredom in flourishing.
Aspiring hip-hop artists learn from each other and the ethos of ‘each one teach one’ – adapted from an African American proverb – applies across the culture.
This year’s September 23 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, whom Gabriel Garcia Marquez called “the greatest poet of the 20th century — in any language.”
A poet writes about his dilemma: should he continue with his suffocating existence on the margins of the city he has been forced to migrate to, or return to his village? A poem in Panchamahali Bhili, translated into English.
Javed Akhtar was given an honorary degree by the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, on September 7. The full text of his speech.
Ganesh projects an image of affluence and abundance indicated by the elephant-head and the potbelly. But we also have the image of contentment: the snake is not eating the rat and the rat is not eating the sweet.
Over a long, momentous journey, the iconic playwright and director blended an imaginative approach to folk tradition and an inclusive concept of modernity to establish his unique, artistically exciting and enriching Naya Theatre, contemporary in outlook and form.
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