Book Review of 2024 JCB Prize Longlist The Distaste of the Earth
Exotic Landscape (1910), oil on canvas by Henri Rousseau. | Photo Credit: Wiki Commons Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih’s enigmatically titled new book, The Distaste of the Earth, retells a Khasi folktale of star-crossed love. Similar to Funeral Nights (Context, 2021), which offered a documentation of the Khasi people’s traditional stories and cultural practices tied around
Museums of India National Portal and Digital Repository
Museums are a repository of a nation’s culture as they contain explicit examples of the proof of the development of a country’s culture and heritage over a period of time. The strengthening of the country’s museums is thereby an important activity covered under the ambit of the Ministry of Culture.
Register for Pension to Indigent Sports Persons, Odisha
The Odisha state government’s Department for Sports and Youth Services offers a pension registration program for financially challenged athletes, allowing players to access support and benefits in recognition of their contributions to sports. Source link
Ranjit Hoskote’s Translation of Mir Taqi Mir: An Attempt of Failure
Mir Taqi Mir in 1786. | Photo Credit: Wiki Commons Let me admit that I am a votary of the following falsifiable proposition that is almost a cliché among those who follow Urdu poetry: A great poet creates a new idiom for the language. This proposition yields the following corollary
Baburao Bagul’s ‘Lootaloot’: A Deep Dive into the Struggles of the Oppressed in Mumbai
In the titular story of Baburao Bagul’s classic short story collection Maran Swasta Hot Aahe (Death is Becoming Cheap)—published in Marathi in 1969 and now available in translation as Lootaloot—a poet and short story writer walks through the city in search of a muse but finds, instead, sordid stories of the dispossessed. “This
National Youth Parliament Scheme
I certify that :- (a)All the details submitted in registration form are correct and true to the best of my knowledge. I will provide the supporting documents as and when required. (b)I have gone through the guidelines of the Group Participation and will organize the Youth Parliament sitting accordingly.
Charlie Chaplin: Keeping a comedy genius in business
Do icons need agents? Well, when it comes to Charlie Chaplin, the answer is, Yes! The film legend was born in England, made his most important films in Hollywood and spent his last decades in Switzerland. Yet, it is on a quiet street in Paris not far from the Louvre
Registration for Youth Parliament Sitting (on the theme of AKAM)
As part of the "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava (AKAM)" celebrations, special sessions of the Youth Parliament focusing on the AKAM theme is conducted by selected schools and institutions designated by their respective headquarters. These include the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Headquarters, Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti Headquarters, and the Directorate of Education, Government
How Watching Films Influences Perceptions and Emotions: The Impact of Cinema in Society
Watching a documentary film about a wrongly incercerated man caused participants in a study to be more supportive of reforms to the US criminal justice system. | Photo Credit: STRF/STAR MAX/IPx/picture alliance Storytelling is about changing minds. Film is no different: since the first moving pictures in the 1890s, filmmakers