Maharashtra fracas and why Hindus feel aggrieved

Much has been said about the very public spat on Social Media involving Amrutha Fadnavis, the spouse of the Maharashtra CM on the specific issue of her choosing to be the face of the “Be Santa” and “Giving More...

Sati and Atrocity Narrative for the Civilizing Mission

[contextly_sidebar id=”nVwJzIXjcxByz4glCwNHbRYD6UR6vGwO”] Colonial accounts of Indian Society created a narrative of “oppression” and justified the White Man’s rule as necessary for civilizing More...

Revisiting Slumdog Millionaire

The output of the Mumbai film industry largely consists of superficial plots with light-hearted music and little contact with pressing social and political realities. By contrast, Danny Boyle’s movie Slumdog More...

The Colonized Indian Mind

An excerpt from Michel Danino’s book Indian Culture and India’s Future. In the clash of two civilizations – for it was undoubtedly one – the European, younger, dynamic, hungry for space and riches, More...