I scanned the entire group for some prompt by any of the members on the turmoil which gripped the country, but it seemed like I was in a bubble where the CAA did not exist. Read More
With the passage of time, and the toning down of rivalries and hostilities, Urdu has found its way back into India. A great role has been played by.... Read More
While publishers are taking on queer literary works, there has been very little change in how LGBTQIA+ characters are represented Read More
Raji may just yet push developers to focus on narrative-based, expansive game worlds which take advantage of India’s multicultural traditions and as of yet unexplored traditions. Read More
Written by Atri Mukherjee 20th September 2020 Following the government’s recent ban... Read More
In diaspora families where children are uneducated about the evils of their caste system, and adults either propagate or are indifferent to this subject, how can this largely invisible issue be tackled? Read More
The Indian media’s coverage of the SSR case, the drug bust, and... Read More
As westernisation masquerades as globalisation, this sustained tradition looks like a cultural counter flow. In these meteoric times, the Indian semi-arranged marriage is an odd little warm-blooded creature lurking in the shadow of the dinosaurs. It may yet have its day. Read More
When comedians are at their very best, it seems like they are conducting a crowd – every minute action evokes a response, sends the audience down one line of thought only to snap them back into another, deviously sneaking out a laugh. Read More
In the face of microaggressions, systemic discrimination and cultural appropriation, the urgency to defend one’s own roots is understandable, imperative even. But these roots are often bloody. Uprooting a culture does not necessarily clean it Read More
When we start to refer to various folk genres as forgotten, or Indian classical and its various sub genres as fading in terms of recognition, we must think of the systemic issues that cultural commodification has led to. Read More
Then, gradually, came the literature. It trickled through, bit by bit -- from the first images of peacocks heralding the rains, to the later cries of love-struck paramours. (All, of course, brought out with the most melodic, evocative language.) And like all good literature, it pulled at something within Read More
