Burning Bengal: What Tagore warned about Indian Muslim’s psyche
Rabindranath Tagore played a key role in India’s freedom movement, but he was no ardent nationalist. At heart, he was an internationalist and humanist. To the great poet and Nobel Laureate, humanity was “rich, More...
Pragmatic Poets: John Dewey & Rabindranath Tagore
As the turbulent 20th century ended and the next millennium commenced, an analytical catharsis, stimulated by postmodern theories, catalyzed the field of curriculum and instruction. Traditional pedagogical methodologies More...
Selective Intellectualism of Ramchandra Guha
Introduced to the Upanishads by T.S. Eliot; and to Tagore by the early Pound; and to the Indian Tradition by Max Muller (late of the Bhavan); and to Indian dance by Bowers; and to Indian art by what’s-his-name; and More...
Tripura: A Success Story
Tripura is one of India’s North-eastern states. It is bordered by Bangladesh on three sides, with only the western part connected to India. The state figured prominently in the works of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath More...
What does it mean to be Ramachandra Guha?
And so Mr. Ramachandra Guha reminds us yet again of the truth in the proverb that a writer is known by the enemies he makes, in this op-ed in the Hindustan Times. Throughout the op-ed, Mr.Guha attempts to rebut More...
Girish Karnad gets a dose of his own medicine
Note: The following is a translation of the front page story run by the Kannada daily, Vijaya Vani. The original report can be accessed here. What is noteworthy is that none of the English newspapers carried More...