I learned to tell when the sea was turbulent, having taken a ferry to college every day, from Mora to Bhaucha Dhakka, the smelliest dock in Mazgoan (Sassoon Dock was…
Chennai-based artist and sculptor Benitha Perciyal has created a body of work that presents a philosophy of faith that in turbulent times, allows us to find endurance through experiences of…
Some Notes on Listening to Land of Gold
This summer, we are dealing with the fear of a disease that travels with moving people. Apart from the virus, the things…
Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, You must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. You must wake up with sorrow. You must speak to it till…
Investigating Marathi Primary Sources: The Struggle Between Survival and Death in the Turbulent 18th C
Remains of a room proclaim its former occupant Sadashiva Rao, known as Bhausaheb, in Marathi sources…
एखादा फोटो पाहाताना, त्यातली एखादी कथा उलगडत जाते. कधी कधी एकच काय पण अनेक कथा त्या फोटोतून आपल्याला दिसू लागतात. पण या कथा नेमक्या काय सांगतात? म्हणजे या गोष्टीतून 'सत्य'…
The dictionary meaning of friction is the resistance that is created when two objects are moving relative to one another. Seen through this lens, friction appears to be an impediment…
The time was 1954. There are many ways of telling a dastan, she said, How shall I begin? I don’t know which characters are more important. Where did this story…
Friction is an arising force occurring between opposing surfaces, materials, ideologies, bodies or imaginations. It cannot be narrowed within a specific field or tradition of science or belief system but…
Reflection is a return of light or sound from a surface. It’s an idea or sign of something, or it also means serious and careful thinking about something. When we…
When I was a child there was an old wood-framed rectangular mirror in my home that had found its way here from the native place. It was small and light…
मार्च २८, १९४६
सभ्य स्त्री पुरुषहो,
जेव्हा अमेरिकेहून मला या व्याख्यानांच्या मालिकेकरता बोलावणं आलं तेव्हा मी जरा बुचकळ्यात पडलो. माझ्या मनात काही शंका आल्या आणि थोडी अनिश्चितता सुद्धा…