BJP invokes a mythologised Sardar Patel to give itself legitimacy. Poornima Joshi reads between the lines. For a political force without a glorious past, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) derives its historical legitimacy by manufacturing a legacy that cobbles together myths,
How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, ‘n’ how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, ‘n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
The difference between noise and sound; the former numbs your senses and the latter makes you listen. ‘Rape’ – The word is noise. Cloaked in the din of a media screaming match, the word has been stripped off
“Bras are a ludicrous invention…. but if you make bralessness a rule, you’re just subjecting yourself to yet another repression.” – Germaine Greer. If you were the fashion police, what codes would you impose? Would you make everything lively?
“Fashion determines, in each case, the acceptable limit of empathy.” – Walter Benjamin. Benjamin belonged to the interwar period that witnessed rise of fascism, actively aided by European intellectuals who were hostile to the masses. The bourgeois was disdainful of the
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A short story, relevant in wake of the current controversy about army’s funding of mainstream politics in Jammu & Kashmir. A village school is caught between a patronizing regiment of army and the collaborative village head. The only weapon that
In a world where sentient computers are just round the corner, what’s more real- Real Identities or Virtual Identities? Virtual Identities Post-Death A while back, I remember reading about some Muslim graves at a cemetery in Turkey. The grave
While the Snowden episode raises the alarm bells on privacy, Saswat Pattanayak questions whether the state clamping on freedom is anything new. Was it better in the past? If yes, for whom was it better? Is it good now, then
As the Delhi state elections draw closer, Poornima Joshi trains her spotlight on the chief players and comes back smiling. The party that launched many a PM candidate cannot project a chief ministerial candidate in Delhi. The embattled ruling