Paramita Banerjee interrogates the limits of political correctness and the adaptability of Marxist feminism to situations that are paradoxical and multifarious … The English word ‘radical’ can be used both as an adjective and as a noun. Derived from the
Deepa Bhasthi takes a look at the freedom of expression in writing, the politics of the human body and what it takes to be sexually liberal in today’s times. How dare you insinuate that my body is worth just Rs
Devjani Bodepudi crafts a plethora of emotions running through the mindscape of an ideal housewife. I worry about my son. He’s young, impressionable and naive in so many things. I don’t like the way his friends talk around him. The
Saswat Pattanayak investigates what it means to be politically incorrect in contemporary times. Is it a ploy to maintain the staus quo and further the capitalist cause or is it to give a voice to the truly marginalised? If the
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
Soumabrata Chatterjee talks to Amit Chaudhuri about travelling between genres, being a flaneur, and lots more. I recently read your article in The Guardian, ‘Travelling between Genres’, where you proclaimed that the act of writing is synonymous with freedom and
About a political resistance through culture….. By Shivani Nag. For long one has felt uncomfortable about the near-complete absence of crucial questions of our times in mainstream cinema – be it the continued practice of caste-based discrimination, condition of the working
The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled…Aankhon Dekhi was one of the rare films to come out of Bollywood last year, which took us straight into the centre of that dilemma, leaving us more