This edition was born out of a spirit of collaboration with the community that Hakara has built over the last few years. As editors, we find that our ideas are…
I work with toys mostly, Barbie in particular.
Barbie is an interesting object to explore, because these dolls are created in the image and likeness of human beings. They are…
राखाडी रंगाच्या छटांमधल्या दृश्य-प्रतिमा आपण बरेचदा मानवी अनुभवांचा तर्कशुद्धपणे विचार करूनं त्यांचे पांढऱ्या किंवा काळ्या विभागात वर्गीकरण करतो. माझं काम ह्या दोन टोकांच्या मध्ये अस्तित्त्वात असलेल्या राखाडी रंगाच्या छटांमध्ये प्रवास…
Collage perverts the social, political, and cultural specificity of images. Collage excerpts and recontextualises accepted meanings to challenge viewers to see a whole beyond the fragmented reality at the surface.…
My art practice started standardly from academic or traditional studio work before shifting to a more liberal, mobile, and versatile process since I started my master’s in Art History. With…
भालजी पेंढारकर केंद्राच्या सर्जनशाळेमध्ये आम्हा रंगकर्मींसाठी, प्रयोग-प्रक्रिया हा, लेखन-दिग्दर्शनाची प्रक्रिया आजमावता येणारा उपक्रम चालवला जातो. यापैकी चवथ्या प्रयोग-प्रक्रियेत सहभागी होण्याची संधी मला मिळाली. चार महिने चाललेल्या प्रयोग प्रक्रियेने मला खूप…
गुपित म्हणजे काय असतं हे ठाऊक व्हायच्या आधीच मला गुपितं दडवायची सवय लागली. माझ्यापेक्षा वयानं बऱ्याच मोठ्या असलेल्या एका माणसानं मला नकोसा स्पर्श केला तेव्हा मला वाटतं, मी साधारण ५…
The motives that underlie the reason for secrecy may be many: a simple jest, an attempt to conceal one’s guilt, an escape mechanism, or an attempt to wield power over…
Autumn bloom
The falling autumn sun on my back ripcords the colours into a bloom as you enter my garden woody with the notes of…
Concealing Caste Identity: An Intersectional Reading of Yashica Dutt’s Coming Out as Dalit
Introduction “What if others find out?” Hiding a fact or lying to oneself or even to others…
कहाणी आपली कहाणी सांगेल सगळेच आभासी असल्याने काहीच नसण्याची यशोगाथा ती सांगेल मतांच्या अवडंबरामुळेच तयार झालेले पाताळयंत्री लपाछपीचे जग जे या जगाच्या नाकावर टिच्चून उपभोगते गुप्त जगणे उघडाइतक्याच प्रभावीपणे आभासी…
The fear of poetry
There are many such poems Which have not been written yet By me or anyone else Several poems hushed Like a seed inside the earth…