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…
A photograph tells us a story—at times, many stories. But what kind of stories does it narrate? Does it tell us the ‘truth,’ or does it leave something for us…
आपल्याला कुठेही सापडलं नाही आपलं प्रतिबिंब तर आपल्या असण्याची साक्ष हरवून बसल्याची भीती आपल्या मनात निर्माण होते. एखाद्याला त्याचं एकटेपण त्रास देतं म्हणजे काय? त्याचं प्रतिबिंबाशिवाय जगणं असतं. एखाद्या व्यक्तीच्या…
In Greek mythology, Medusa was considered so hideous that a person would turn to stone at the mere sight of her. This was a result of a curse by Athena,…
Ustad Salamat Ali Khan was a child prodigy in undivided India. His radio recording at the age of ten remains to be a testament to this performance. But it was…