MeToo Movement and its Contradictions
MeToo movement in India has been celebrated in mainstream media as a defining moment in the history of women in general and the shared experience of Indian women in particular. While being sympathetic to many such articulations, I have my doubt towards this paroxysm of public naming as a gateway to retributive justice. What is problematic in this wave More...
The imperative of decolonizing Indian education
Seemingly mindless Hindi movies often drop, albeit unknowingly, pearls of wisdom and offer insights into the working of society. While watching one such experiment titled Yamla, Pagla, Deewana, I came across a typical More...
The Shocking History of Amnesty International
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has raided Amnesty International’s Bangalore office. While Amnesty claims that this is an attack on their freedom, media is reporting that the raids are due to Amnesty violating More...
Could Samskara be an answer to #MeToo?
Of late, several personalities from the world of media, comedy, film and journalism have been outed on social media with the hashtag #MeToo for their atrocious behavior towards women[1]. This recent exposé is not More...
Sabarimala Verdict – Fabricated Rights over Real Experiences of Women
“Experience is the only source of knowledge. Experience is the only teacher we have. We may talk and reason all our lives, but we shall not understand a word of truth, until we experience it ourselves.” – Swami More...
Why do Indian Writers Love an Ugly India?
In pre-independence times, American author Katherine Mayo happened to visit India and wrote uncharitably about the country, particularly about the unhygienic surroundings in her book Mother India. When Mahatma Gandhi More...
Defining Urban Naxal: A Tribute to Prof. Romila Thapar
The current debate revolving around “urban naxals” received a heightened attention owing to the following statement by Prof. Romila Thapar, an eminent historian. “We were all born Indians, lived as Indians More...
Book Review: Reshaping Art by T.M. Krishna
Reshaping Art by T.M. Krishna Publisher: Aleph Book Company, 2018 | ISBN 978-93-86021-97-7 The Karnatik music artist Thodur Madabusi Krishna, popularly known as T.M. Krishna (TMK), has been in the news for reasons More...
Theater in Ancient India and Greece – In Comparison with the Modern Times
As much as society loves art, it ignores its artists. Ask any artist and here I use the word artist in a wider sense, and she’ll tell you how impossible it is to pay bills doing art. For theater/film makers there More...
Wendy, Hinduism and Cow
Recently, I chanced to read an article authored by Wendy Doniger, distinguished Professor at the University of Chicago, USA, about Hinduism and its cow history[1]. Wendy is known for her controversial position about More...