Opposites are said to attract but that may not be quite the reason for Peoples Democratic Party coming closer to Bhartiya Janta Party to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir. The marriage between these two ideologically extreme formations has
Deepa Bhasthi delves into the world of Sangam poetry – the surroundings in which they were written, the traditions they had to adhere to, and emotions they elicited. I cannot name my lover here. Tradition will not allow me
The victory of the Aam Admi Party has been lauded in mainstream media even culminating in a form of cult-hero worship. Paramita Banerjee interrogates the ideology, through which the ‘auraat’ gets subsumed under the category of ‘admi’ …. Well, that
Madhuja Mukherjee relates to us the story of Miss Ruby Myers who was not only the biggest star in 1920s but was the substance of myth and lore … Let us resume our stories of Miss Cinemawali with Miss Ruby
Wilbur Sargunaraj is a YouTube sensation and his new film, Simple Superstar just released in late 2012. Thomas Crowley reviews the film, and also adds to his earlier criticism of the man and his art … Has Wilbur Sargunaraj changed,
In memory of someone for whom activism, academic pursuits and institution building were not unrelated exercises. Paramita Banerjee pens a tribute to Jasodhara Bagchi. On 9 January this year, Professor Jasodhara Bagchi breathed her last at 8.20 in the morning.
As Qafe proceeds into 2015, Paramita Banerjee stepped into the world of popular culture of the year gone by through advertisements and interrogates the ideas of gender and power relations … So – what’s popular culture? ‘Popular’ as per its
Azad Essa comments on the escalating violence in Nigeria in the light of the recent massacre by the group carrying forward the message of Boko Haram. Little is known about the girl, except that she was no more than 10-years
I “We don’t really know what Ebola has done in the past, and we don’t know what it might do in the future.” —Richard Preston, The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (December, 1994).
Six days after the votes were counted and the electorate threw a hung verdict in Jammu and Kashmir, there are no signs of government formation. Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal takes a look at the various permutations and combinations and their possible