Literature
Colonial India and Genealogy At Sea
Akhil Katyal explores how Amitav Ghosh plays with the concept of genealogy to give us an intricate history of colonialism in his 2008 novel ‘Sea of Poppies’.
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Non-Fiction
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Cinema
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Siddharth Sivakumar reviews Julie Taymor’s screen adaptation of The Tempest
Philosophy
Speakers' Corner
When a government curbs the freedom of expression, speech and assembly so that it almost non-existent, this is usually interpreted as a fear of upheaval….
Culture
The Souq
On the way to The Wall, the surviving section of the perimeter wall that had once enclosed the Second Temple, the Herodian temple, built on land purchased…
Philosophy
The Panopticons that Surround Us
Sabah Carrim explores Michel Foucault’s idea of panopticons
Culture
On Irish Mythology – 2
Daragh Smyth introduces the readers to Irish Mythology in a two-part essay.
Culture
Belmont Park
Robert Boucheron writes on the experience of a daily walk in a neighbourhood park
Literature
The Apocalypse
Atharva Pandit explores the works of the great Hungarian writer, Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Culture
On Irish Mythology – 1
Daragh Smyth introduces the readers to Irish Mythology in a two-part essay.
Philosophy
Writers & “Truth Regimes”
Cheriyan Alexander writes about intolerant regimes that hound writers/artists from time to time and on the role of scriptures in the history of religious intolerance.
Literature
The Great Contrarian
Akshay Sreevatsa ponders over Christopher Hitchens and his book, Letters to a Young Contrarian
Literature
To Wait and Not See Nothing
Atharva Panditon writes on Tor Ulven, the modernist Norwegian poet who has commanded respect and considerable influence over contemporary Norwegian poetry, and yet, hitherto remains largely unknown in English-language literature.
Cinema
Backyard Film Festival
When Fred Schneider turned sixty, he wanted to mark the occasion. A tall, thin man with reddish blond hair, he describes the feeling as a…
Music
Meeting Bhimsen Joshi
This article has a long, varied history. It began life as an e-mail to a friend. Then, at his suggestion, I posted it to RMIC….
Literature
The Inner World of U. R. Ananthamurthy
A re-run of the interview with U R Ananthamurthy from the July issue.
Literature
Nadine Gordimer: A Tribute
Arul Gaspar pays tribute to the late writer, Nadine Gordimer, who was an agent for political and social commitment
Culture
Dighir Pare
On certain nights there are nightmares, dull, blinding and dramatic. Every time the scene is the same, I run down the Sukleshwar ghat on the…
Literature
Whose Real is it Anyway?
Tanuj Solanki responds to Amitava Kumar’s article, “The Shiver of the Real” from May 2014 issue of The Caravan
Literature
The Inner World of U. R. Ananthamurthy
Arvind Radhakrishnan & Sudeep Reguna interviews noted writer and Jnanpith winner, Prof. U. R. Ananthamurthy
Culture
Kiddie jingles fall from grace
Rini Barman pays tribute to Khagen Mahanta, the Assamese folk singer who recently passed away
Literature
On Reading in Bed
Robert Boucheron refers to essays of Montaigne while on the subject of reading
Literature
Tribute to a Phenomenal Woman
The Bangalore Review pays tribute to Maya Angelou
Literature
Revisiting Premier’s Mr. Shanbhag
Arvind Radhakrishnan & Suhail Rasheed catches up with T S Shanbhag, the owner of Premier Book Shop, for a candid chat
Cinema
Reading the Book of Living
Taline Voskeritichian’s review, meditation and analysis of Michael Haneke’s Amour