Why We Must Read More Women Writers | Celebrating Women In Translation Month (#WITMonth)
Writers, especially those from different backgrounds, experiences, and cultural contexts, must be given a voice that would enable readers to experience the world through someone else’s eyes. | Photo Credit: Aaron Burden/Unsplash As someone who began reviewing books online at the age of 11, research biologist and book blogger Meytal
Perfume: A Tamil Story by Ashokamitran in Translation
“You want me dead!” he shouted at his wife. “Eat something and go. Your lunchbox is ready,” his wife said. But he was already halfway to the Dadar suburban station. All she had asked him was to get their boy ready for school. There was a common toilet and a
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“Together We Sing” – A Frontline Perspectives Documentary
WATCH | Together We Sing: A Frontline Perspectives Documentary Through interviews with community leaders, academic experts, and local residents, the documentary explores the historical development of Muharram. | Video Credit: Reporting by Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed; Camera by Rabi Debnath; Editing by Samson Ronald K.; Voice over by Saatvika Radhakrishna; Additional
The Audacious Art of Poetry Translation: When Fidelity Falls Short
To translate is to desecrate generatively; as much, if not more, is found as is lost. The gifted translator makes a new object while the sincere ones wag their tail in allegiance to the text. If we wish to see translation as an assured and not a parasitic art, then
Gulammohammed Sheikh Retrospective: 60 Years of Indian History in Prints
Gallery Sumukha, at Wilson Garden, Bengaluru, is currently hosting a retrospective of prints by the artist Gulammohammed Sheikh. While the first part, titled “Gulammohammed Sheikh: Graphic Prints”, ended on July 27 (from June 29), the second part, titled “Mind Prints: Digital Works”, is on until September 14 (from August 17).
INTERVIEW | Gulammohammed Sheikh reveals how the digital medium tends to kill the imagination
This show of your graphic prints from the late 1950s to the present is marked by remarkable shifts in technique. What are the basic ideas and concerns that link them? Each print has its own story. They also relate to the context and the period in which they were created. The
WHITE SPACE | Kolkata’s Trincas Restaurant and Bar is one of the Few Queer-Friendly Hangouts in India
Anand Puri, a member of the third generation of the family that owns the legendary Trincas restaurant in Kolkata, has a mystery to solve: the rainbow pride flag hanging outside Trincas routinely goes missing. “I don’t think it’s homophobia because nothing is ever defaced,” says Puri. “I think it’s some
INTERVIEW | We want to work towards safe and equal spaces for women in the Malayalam film industry: Revathi
WATCH | R.K. Radhakrishnan in conversation with actor Revathi Inclusive dialogue and discussions with all film bodies are required for real change to take place says Revathi. | Video Credit: Interview: R.K. Radhakrishnan; Production Assistant: Saatvika Radhakrishna and Mridula V; Camera and Editing: Samson Ronald K.; Produced By: Jinoy Jose
PROFILE | Deepika Padukone’s Recent Roles are a Far Cry from the Characters that Made her a Star
Homi Adajania’s Cocktail (2012) was a rip in Hindi cinema. In the film, the actor Deepika Padukone’s Veronica, a spoilt brat, takes in Meera (Diana Penty) who was abandoned by her husband after he married her under false pretences. Here was a woman who wore her sexual desire and her