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Eminently placed in Indian oral tradition, linked tales are precursors to the modern genre of the novel, but they can elastically expand in every retelling. The famous tale of Vikram and Vetal is one such example. However, when they do end, they indicate how cultures provide closures to meaning-…
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While the concept of different musicians jamming on-camera is not new, A.R. Rahman’s Web series is a journey towards finding another repertoire, another instrument… why, even another public ingrained in a cultural setting, and inviting that for a dialogue (Photo source: Youtube Screenshot)
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Hind Swaraj shows that Mahatma Gandhi's sense of Indian civilisational ethos draws from both the literary canon and oral folklore. Gandhi in this little booklet combines his cultural, political, and economic ideas succinctly.
Mahatma Gandhi's Hind Swaraj and its illuminating civilisational…
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Section 377 didn’t just decriminalize homosexuality—it promises a wider autonomy from state intrusion that remains to be tested on the ground (Photo source: Ludovic Bertron/Wikimedia Commons/Flickr)
On rare occasions, the state, ‘cold monster’ as it was once described, brings sheer joy. On…
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