Poetry Offers Pleasure and Solace, and Sensitises You to Pain and Deprivation
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.
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What Ganesha Has to Say About Ambition
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.
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Remembering Habib Tanvir on His 100th Birth Anniversary
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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Ravana in Malaysia and Indonesia
The Ramayana has been retold by several communities and several people over a period of 2,000 years and over a region that spreads over 5,000 miles. Scholars have found the Ramayana retellings even in faraway places such as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Jiban Narah’s Poetry, A True Voice of Assam
Jiban Narah is easily one of the finest Indian poets writing in Asomiya today.
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Caste | Culture | Online Blog
Dalit Poet Kalyani Thakur Charal’s Poetry Is Her Powerful Call for Affirmative Action
Living in a time when heated discussions around caste tend to centre around reservations, it becomes increasingly important for Dalit literature to claim its space.
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Lessons from Gramsci for Social Movements Today
From Gramsci’s political thinking and practical strategizing come a set of ideas that arguably have only grown more salient with time.
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Three Poems
‘A Poet Regrets’; ‘A Song from the Ruins’; ‘Migrants, COVID-19’.
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How to Kill a Poet?
‘It is difficult to imprison a poet, can life sprout in any planet, once time is confined to a prison’
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An Intellectual Feast: Review of ‘The Sweet Salt of Tamil’ by Tho Paramasivan
The English translation of Tho Paramasivan’s ‘Ariyappadatha Tamilakam’ offers just enough salt to taste the richness of Tamil.
