Teacup in a Storm
The other day, I looked out into the balcony and the 35-year-old jacaranda tree seemed happy….
2015
(Hyper)Reality Check
Concerns around spectatorship in art and culture gained a new dimension with the growth of electronic…
The Torrid, Horrid (and Sordid) Days of Summer
The summer is here in Delhi, which can only mean one thing: a marked increase in…
The Internet Iceberg
When Freud segregated the areas of the mind into the conscious, unconscious and subconscious, he compared…
The Narcissism of the Selfie
“And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” —Friedrich Nietzsche “Every kind for itself and its…
The New Normal
There is an ancient technology called “text”: a visual representation of an idea or object, often…
Piercing the Silence
Let us begin by questioning some purported facts pertaining to the Internet. One such so-called fact…
The Buffer We Need
Robert Waterman McChesney is Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of…
Method in Madness
Autobiography of a Mad Nation Sriram Karri Fingerprint Rs 450 | 381 pp Autobiography of…
The Boy Who Loved To Dance
When I was a child, my relationship with my mother was often strained. I was five…