Many like to argue about the role of art in society, importantly in changing the course of social flow. Even the aggressively atheist Richard Dawkins, who otherwise uses every faculty of his, to disprove, dislodge, destroy religion, faith, and God, acknowledges the sublime nature of art, poetry, music. He limits his rationality to debunking God, …
We will be soon moving into a frenzy of celebrations, the biggest, the largest of all, largest on the whole of the earth so to say — Diwali. Diwali is to welcome Shri Ram back to Ayodhya, at least that’s what we are told. Today I see no such thing. Diwali is broadly speaking a …
There Was Such A Thing (TWSAT) WWF, the World Wrestling Federation’s impact on the collective psyche of 1990’s youth in India can be a great PhD thesis. Such was its impact amongst teenagers in urban and semi-urban areas that even their parents had to take notice, rather give notice : ‘this is not real, it’s …