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Enclaves of No-Identity: Shilpa Gupta’s Subtle Takes on Borders at Vadehra
(Shilpa Gupta - pic:Indian Express)Who won’t sing the praises of one’s own land of birth? That’s the first symptom of a human being becoming numb in brain. One could be liberal in all the possible ways...
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One More Artist Departs: Life and Times of Rajan M.Krishnan
(Rajan Krishnan)Obituaries in a way are the reviews of not only the lives and works of the departed ones but also that of the writer himself. In a gap of exactly sixty days this is the second obit...
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A Courageous Retrospective: Himmat Shah at KNMA, Delhi
(Himmat Shah)Himmat means ‘courage’ and ‘Himmat Shah’ means ‘courageous sculptor’. By the time you come out of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi where a massive retrospective of the veteran...
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Don’t you know that our parents Loved and made love violently?
(moral policing- for representational purpose only)Dear brother, elder sisterWhy slap me, thrash meWhy beat her, abuse her?Yes I do have a motherA loving sister at home, butDear brother, elder sister...
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I am a Wood Cutter
I am a wood cutterWith an axe sharpSubtle yet strongI am a wood cutterWith a head gear Moustache and musclesI am a wood cutterJust out of a picture bookAs you all have seen meI am a wood cutterOf woods...
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The Ballad of Bant Singh: A Fighter of Our Times
(Bant Singh)Drops make an ocean; it is true in the case of people’s movement and also the movement against the people. When Kanaiah Kumar is arrested on sedition charges, the youth of India turned...
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Ma- Ben ki Gaali and the New Bharat Mata in the Indian Political and Visual...
Somehow we all are very touchy about our mothers and rightfully so. Kanaiah Kumar who is currently jailed in the high security cell of Tihar Jail, Delhi for sedition charges while giving a speech at...
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Being Simple and Solving Problems
Being simple is a very complex thing for many; and being complex is the easiest thing. Let’s just take a common place example. We walk into a coffee shop. A Smart, smiling and English speaking boy or...
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Guns and Thighs: Ram Gopal Varma’s Life in a Book
(Ram Gopal Varma's Book Cover)“I would say that the media is more dangerous than terrorists because it attacks under the guise of safeguarding values.” One may conclude that this statement is by one of...
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This Shell of Mine so Warm
This shell of mine so warmComforting as nothing elseI sit through out crouching Over the annals of dreams And pains that many had Been through, many years Perhaps eons; blood and sweatPoured into the...
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Dystopian Mahabharata of Soumen Bhowmick
(Soumen Bhowmick)Legend goes like this: Someone, after seeing this monumental work, ‘Guernica’ asked Pablo Picasso, “Is it about war?” Picasso reportedly said: “It is not about war but there is war in...
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Magic Could be Black or White
This is magic; black or whiteThat one has to decideDays come and go, nights tooDreams persists yet slipperySeasons change like minds Sometimes hot and then coldFans and polar bears sleep Then they keep...
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Mosquitos Talk to Me Now
Mosquitos talk to me nowIn different tunesSome like dronesSome like thornsMosquitos talk to me nowThey want blood They know how to getRisking life for itMosquitos talk to me nowWhat a sharp focus Like...
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In Indian Trees
All of suddenIn the Indian treesNew fruits startedHanging; strangeFrom orange treesFrom apple orchardsFrom guava and grapesNew fruits; new shapeTrees looked at each otherAnd wondered, why and howBanyan...
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The Danger in Unsigned Art Reviews in Newspapers
(Review- For illustrative purpose only)This article does not intent to hurt anybody; any journalist or any artist. Today morning, in the newspaper, Hindustan Times I happened to read a small report on...
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Denuded Self of Radhika Vaz: Unladylike
(Radhika Vaz)Irreverence is the word that comes to my mind when I think of Radhika Vaz, the internationally acclaimed feminist stand-up comedian. Her autobiography, ‘Unladylike’ underlines the word,...
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Interpreter of Languages: Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘In Other Words’
(author Jhumpa Lahiri)It is surreal. The first episode that she describes absolutely unsettles you. Perhaps, for me it is Dali and Chirico wound together with some American pastoral image and left me...
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Game
In the streetSummer standsWith the crowdTo see the gameIn television.A day that has Forgotten to setIs caught out By the vigorous night‘Howzzaat?’To the stables Abandoned by cowsWagging tails and...
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The Edginess of Faith: When Prabuddha and Dalrymple Meet
(From Prabuddha Dasgupta's Edge of Faith)Alfonso de Albuquerque was a stumbling block somewhere in the high school history text books. The name stood out, sounding and tasting different, giving us a...
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Reading the Murals of K.G.Subramanyan: Enchantment and Engagement
(Prof.R.Sivakumar, author of Enchantment and Engagement)In 2011-12, when K.G.Subramanyan decided to do a large mural on the walls of the polygonal building in the Kalabhavana campus in Santiniketan, a...
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