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How idealising Aurangzeb, Tipu Sultan undermine syncretic, pluralistic culture of Indian subcontinent
Omer Ghazi • 2 years agoCelebrating Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan on the Indian landmass would be akin to eulogising Adolf Hitler in the midst of a Jewish population
Despite Balasore tragedy, trains will continue to make us more human
Advaita Kala • 2 years agoIndian trains remain a tribute to our diverse land, a reminder of the affection and connectedness we all possess but often forget to carry with us
'Rising trend of powerful men seeking gag orders': Read NWMI's statement on muzzling of media in cases of sexual assault, harassment
Nwmi • 4 years agoIn the context of rape in particular, the trend of the accused seeking to prevent the media from covering trials presents a unique challenge for media reportage.
Insistence on 'Hinduphobia' as a reality will divert attention from real purveyors of anti-Hindu propaganda
Gautam Sen • 2 years agoThe remedy to anti-India and any global anti-Hindu hate propaganda lies within India. India’s authorities need to seize the country’s own narrative back from foreign academies and think-tanks
Revisiting Dombivali Fast, Nishikant Kamat's critically acclaimed film on battling a crooked system
Soham Gadre • 5 years agoIn Nishikant Kamat’s Dombivali Fast, middle-class bank employee Madhav Apte slowly erupts from a complacent existence filled with peripheral examples of injustice in nearly every corner of society.
Category Error: In dealing with a pandemic, people find that 'new normal' manifests in myriad ways
Amruta Patil • 5 years agoIn 'Category Error', writer-painter Amruta Patil marries news-triggered observation with fiction, history, philosophy, against the backdrop of an Indian high rise.
Category Error: Of a community's small pleasures, Biblical plagues, and lives lived on a fault line
Amruta Patil • 5 years agoIn 'Category Error', writer-painter Amruta Patil marries news-triggered observation with fiction, history, philosophy, against the backdrop of an Indian high rise.
Category Error: Three stories of love, longing and loneliness against the backdrop of a lockdown
Amruta Patil • 5 years agoIn 'Category Error', writer-painter Amruta Patil marries news-triggered observation with fiction, history, philosophy, against the backdrop of an Indian high rise.
Category Error: Shut in against a pandemic, residents of a high rise complex mull over grief, life, and irony
Amruta Patil • 5 years agoIn 'Category Error', writer-painter Amruta Patil marries news-triggered observation with fiction, history, philosophy, against the backdrop of an Indian high rise.
Category Error: In a lockdown, life moves online, as do learning, news reading and friendships
Amruta Patil • 5 years agoIn 'Category Error', writer-painter Amruta Patil marries news-triggered observation with fiction, history, philosophy, against the backdrop of an Indian high rise.