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Karthick Ram Manoharan
Spike Lee’s Anti-Racist Film is Racist to the Vietnamese
01 Jul 2020
Lee’s film is rare for recognising Vietnam won the war, but he does not allow them another win in his movie.
Basharat Shameem
Tracing Revolutionary Elements in Kashmiri Poetry
01 Jul 2020
Like other conceptions of identity, Kashmiriyat has undergone a great historical shift in literary works as well.
Sandipan Talukdar
Mozart’s Sonata and Why Music Could Help Epilepsy Patients
11 Jun 2020
A study found that Mozart’s Sonata, composed when he was 25, is a composition that can reduce the frequency of epileptic seizures, if heard for long periods on a daily basis.
Indian Cultural Forum
Girish Karnad: A Man who Packed the Work of Many Lives into One
11 Jun 2020
AN EXCERPT FROM 'WHEN MIRRORS ARE WINDOWS'
Daniya Rahman, Tahira Naqvi
“Chughtai Mastered the Art of Giving Women a Voice”
05 Jun 2020
A translator of Urdu fiction and prose, Tahira Naqvi has taught Urdu at Columbia University and now heads the Urdu programme at New York University. She has translated Chughtai’s short stories, …
Roger Waters, Brian Eno
COVID-19 Chronicles: Music and Politics Under Lockdown
02 Jun 2020
Roger Waters and Brian Eno, two of the most influential musicians of their time, in conversation for the first time discussing music and politics under lockdown.
Indian Cultural Forum, Nayantara Sahgal
“She Kept a Diary to Keep Herself Going…”
01 Jun 2020
With a foreword by her daughter Nayantara Sahgal, Prison Days is the account of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit's third and final term in Naini Central Jail in Allahabad.
Fahad Hasin
Bigotry, Corruption, Fake News and Patriarchy: Pataal Lok Mirrors India
30 May 2020
Subtle racism and everyday bigotry have a huge effect on the self-respect of those on the receiving end. The show makes this clear without spoon-feeding audiences.
Ajay Gudavarthy
Muslim Politics beyond Islamophobia
24 May 2020
The majoritarian moral vision we see all around is not given, but constructed—which is why there’s room for a counter-narrative.
Achala Moulik
Kolkata—A Brave and Eternal City
24 May 2020
Kolkata will be restored, not only by clearing roads of fallen trees, repairing electric lines, and reconstructing buildings but by the resilient spirit of a people who have suffered, endured, hoped…