'परतणं' हा शब्द एखाद्या शांत संध्याकाळीसारखा आहे. त्यात स्मृतीचा उजेड जेवढा प्रखर आहे, तेवढ्याच भूतकाळाच्या सावल्याही गडद आहेत. काही वेळेला परतणं आपल्याला मिश्किल हसू देतं, काही ठिकाणी विचार करायला लावतं,…
Some of the characters, incidents, and places in this article are fictional. Any resemblance to a living or deceased person, any incident or place is purely coincidental. No animals were…
Ravikumar Kashi’s most recent experiments with paper ‘We don’t end at our edges’, curated by Khushi Bansal and Arnika Ahldag at Museum of Art and Photography at Bangalore open from…
The ever-expanding authoritarian mindset, the deeply entrenched forms of suppression and coercion, and a continuous dehumanisation of the exploited, create new spaces for acts of resistance. At the collective and…
“…There are very small fish called Kanta. We would use these or any other small fish, wash and clean them, and marinate them with salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder,…
Encapsulating a city within the pages of a book is no mean feat. And for a great city like Mumbai, a veritable land of dreams, a Maya Nagari—almost impossible, considering…
Heroine’s Best Friend: Nature, Metaphor, and Animism in Viralimalai Kuravanji
Portraying a heroine with a parrot as her friend and confidant has been a prominent visual tradition in the myths…
The Propagandist as an Artist: Myth, Meaning and Machine
The piece is a result of a conversation with the visual artist, Anupam Roy. It elaborates on the parameters of his…
Performing Silence: Women in the Group Theatre Movement in Bengal Author: Trina Nileena Banerjee Publisher: Oxford University Press First edition published in 2021
A scene from Angar (Directed by Utpal…
Reading the Repetitive Unity of Fort-Da: A Freudian Exercise
The earliest preoccupation of a child and, as it seems, his inevitable and ultimate preoccupation is to seek pleasure. Governed by…
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…
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…