Veerabrahmendra Swamy: A saint who predicted the doomsday
Brahman is a misunderstood medieval anthropologist.
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Epidemics and Governance
Vows made in a storm are generally forgotten in calm. This is so true to say as the relationship between autumn and leafy roads are. In India, the current situation is that we are on the verge of autumn, half past spring, the most beautiful season of the year. It is the time of new…
Social distancing is not enough; we must contain the beast
As I sit alone in my room drafting this article, several thoughts cross my mind. The one I would like to make explicit at the very outset is this: I am writing this for people like me because I am sure I am not the only one. I am not the only one who feels…
Gen X parents – A generation that continues to give
For those who either have parents who were born in the 1960s and 1970s (Gen X), we know that life hasn’t been kind for them living in India. A time before the LPG reforms where opportunities were scarce and misery aplenty. Gen Xs bore the social expectations to take care of their older parents and…
CORONA- Kya KareNA
I am sure you all have become very familiar with this term CORONA. You might be reading it once more, but that’s okay with me. This is a short, simple guide on how to keep ourselves saved these days. There are so many people talking/educating about this to the extent that people are now not…
My home, neighbor’s backyard and the township
I was pacing in my dining room today, agonizing over my Ph.D. research questions when suddenly I spotted a large dark shape in my neighbor’s backyard. I stopped and looked again to see what the shape was and found a peahen standing on top of a concrete fencing post, staring off into another backyard. It…
India’s critical water-sharing issues with China
Water plays a vital role in the rise and decline of civilizations. But now history is potentially coming full circle. The sharpening of India’s geopolitical competition over energy resources has drawn much attention, but this has helped obscure the other danger. Water shortages in much of India are straining inter-riparian relations while proving a threat to…
Kanche: Binding the un-bindable
The “fence” figuratively represents the caste-based separation of the families, and the importance of the same is highlighted towards the end of the film
Africatown and the story of Clotilda, the last slave ship
We are all curious about knowing our roots, where we come from, who our ancestors were, and from where they came. We hear stories about them all the time; sometimes, they make us feel proud, sometimes ashamed. But whether shame or pride, these stories help us trace our history and give us a sense of…
Powerful women who stood apart- from the literary classics
Powerful women or women of power have a turbulent history in almost every country or culture, a veritable threat to a society that is almost always patriarchal construct. They have been condemned, vilified, exiled. But they are fighters and survivors – for it really is a war, a war born of years of multifarious oppression….
Janata curfew and the face of hope in times of death
Death is an intriguing idea. It is a metaphysical space of comfort to escape from the boredom and meaninglessness of daily life. When we are alive, a feeling of helplessness and death is among the secret moments of desire. As long as it is metaphysical, it appears desirable as it offers a space to loathe…
Political narratives cannot tamper with Indian history
The budget for the year 2020-2021 unveiled new projects for the development of a museum at Dholavira. It also unveiled new plans at other archaeological sites at Rakhigarhi, Shivsagar, Hastinapur, Adichallanur. These decisions created euphoria in an already enlightened crowd, who have suddenly taken a lot of interest in Indian history and culture. Since the…
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