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.
Paramita Banerjee delves into the art of poetry and learns that it is one of the most universal of languages and that it traverses all boundaries and emotions. “Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the
“I satire, therefore I am Charlie” … Featuring Muhammad Tahir as the frondeur who dared to write …. So, we heard British PM David Gillett-shaved Cameron had his Gieves & Hawkes black suit and silky blue tie on at grand
Deepa Bhasthi visits the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014 which is in its second edition and studies the artworks on display. From Anish Kapoor’s gravity-defying Descension to Marie Velardi’s 21st century world crafted from science fiction, she describes the awe-inspiring festival of
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
Karthika Naïr brings to us five narrative strands which are summaries of some of the stories that composed choreographer Akram Khan’s multiple-award-winning dance solo, DESH … Mahaboub Khulna, 1971 They came again today. Our soldiers. Only, they are not our
Monidipa Mondal and William Dalrymple explore the intellectual and emotional allure of literature festivals at and home and abroad. I caught up with William Dalrymple, in the week before the first edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival at the Southbank
Epsita Halder takes a photo walk through the Hussaini Dalan in Dhaka, and brings to us alluring snapshots of the Imambara. “In old Dhaka, you will find the Shias,” said Mafidul Kaka, my guardian in Dhaka, while handing me an
#Trigger warning: Not for the faint-hearted, not for the ones who look for beauty in every atom of the planet or who try to make each atom beautiful! You will be better off waiting for the next Sooraj Barjatiya film!
