Of Constructed Morality, Sufism and an Appeal to Nietzsche
I once remarked to a friend, a while back, that if Amir Khusro wrote what he had in today’s world, he might have been killed in a bout of frenzied violence. I stick to that view today, and would like...
View ArticleAn allegorical tale as a sample question
[I have recently started teaching a course on political obligation at the National Law School in Bangalore (July-September term). The central question asked in the course is whether a political...
View ArticleHalf a Cup of Tea
[This is a guest post by Kirsten Wallerstedt. Kirsten is a masters candidate at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. She studies international economics and politics, and, has an interest in India....
View ArticleDurga Puja 2011: One Year On
Sequels rarely work. But sometimes sequels break the mould of their illustrious predecessors and are seen as masterpieces in their own right (Think: Ray’s Aparajito and Apur Sansar, Amitav Ghosh’s...
View ArticlePRC Critical Digest: 6.12.11
Mira Kamdar, When Paris met the Mahatma http://www.caravanmagazine.in/Story/1187/When-Paris-Met-the-Mahatma.html Did you know that when Mahatma Gandhi visited Paris, he met the public in a circus? It...
View ArticleSexuality and The Dirty Picture
[In this two-part series, Zoheb Hossain, explores the theme of sexuality in The Dirty Picture. Spolier Alert: This is not a review but an analysis. If you want a review without spoilers, see Danish's...
View ArticlePart II: Sexuality and the Dirty Picture
[Zoheb Hossain follows on from his earlier post on Sexuality and the Dirty Picture, in this concluding part] The Alpha Male’s “mother-whore” dichotomy Naseeruddin Shah’s portrayal of Surya, a powerful...
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Round Up: 2011
1. Ramanujan, Ramayana and Censorship In his essay, Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translations, A K Ramanujan pointed out the astonishing number of tellings of the Indian...
View ArticleA Gandhi for our Time
14th January 2013 Dr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi The Ex-‘Figurehead’ of Bengal Subject: Reflections on a Lecture Dear Dr. Gandhi, As a lawyer, I find it difficult to write or think...
View ArticleRonald Dworkin: A Tribute
(Many tributes have been written about Ronald Dworkin, who passed away last week, celebrating his life and his achievements. This is a different kind of tribute: it is a series of personal reminisces...
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Of History, Coco and the Little Black Dress
The iconic poster of Audrey Hepburn, clad in a snug Little Black Dress, holding a cigarette lighter and coolly gazing out of the frame from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, is probably one of the...
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Sex and the City
It’s not the first time the state has decided to punish those who engage in pre-marital sex, which it perceives to be an immoral, value- devoid, hedonistic, large-scale- social –disintegration- of...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Being
This is an anonymous post. Every journey I take away a lesson from. And yet I sink back into immanence the moment I am done imbibing it. Makes one wonder about the fallaciousness of being human. The...
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