Madhulika Liddle’s ‘An Unholy Drought’ Chronicles Delhi’s History Through Generations
The three sultans who made up the Lodi dynasty figure through much of the book, as do the structures that have immortalised them in what is now known as the Lodi Gardens in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: KRISHNAN VV Madhulika Liddle is well-known for her creation, Muzaffar Jung, a
Book Review | Tejinder S. Randhawa’s Book Listens To the Whispers of Vernacular Indian Architecture
“If only haveli walls could talk, what fascinating stories they would tell, having witnessed many generations of children growing up and daughters getting married and leaving their familiar surroundings forever.” This is how Randhawa, using a portrait taken from his family archives, explains the extraordinary gathering of Sikh men, most
Kali Is A Goddess, A Symbol, and A Felt Presence In A DAG Exhibition In Mumbai
The spectral presence of goddess Kali pervades DAG’s flagship gallery in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace hotel. The exhibition, “Kali: Reverence & Rebellion” (August 25-October 19), organised by DAG there, is all about the fiery goddess as imagined by artists from the 5th to the 20th centuries. Curated by Gayatri Sinha, the
Kris Kristofferson Dies at 88: Country Music’s Revolutionary Songwriter and Actor
In 2015, during his MusiCares Person of the Year speech, Bob Dylan declared: “Everything was all right until Kristofferson came to town. Oh, they ain’t seen anybody like him. He came into town like the wildcat that he was, flew a helicopter into Johnny Cash’s backyard, not your typical songwriter.
One Year of Gaza War | Shashi Tharoor Writes: What Qualifies as ‘Genocide’ Depends on Which Side You Are On
Palestinians bid farewell to relatives at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, following an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, on October 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg In his famous 1946 essay ‘Politics and the English Language’, George Orwell wrote about how language was being corrupted in
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Tolstoy’s Letter and Gandhi’s Insights on Love, Nation, and Politics
Two years before Tolstoy passed away at the age of 82, he wrote a letter, “A Letter to a Hindu”, dated 14 December 1908, in response to a letter from Tarak Nath Das, a Canadian immigrant from Bengal who ran the newspaper, Free Hindustan. The letter gained historical significance when
Nobel Prize in Literature 2024: Is the Jury Set to Move Away From Choosing Yet Another Eurocentric, Male Writer?
Since its creation, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been a Eurocentric, male affair. Of 120 laureates, only 17 have been women, with eight of them in the past 20 years. | Photo Credit: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP The Nobel Prize in Literature has honoured predominantly Western writers since it was first
Nobel Prize in Literature 2024: Han Kang Becomes First South Korean Author to Win Coveted Honour
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to South Korean author Han Kang (53) on October 10, for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee, announced the
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