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Cinema
In 1967 two of the most significant figures in the history of cinema, both of whom were working at the height of their powers, released films on dramatically and coincidentally similar themes: Jean-Luc Godard’s 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her and Luis Bunuel’s Belle de Jour. Michael Paul Hogan studies both movies.
Literature
Maitreyee ponders over Manto’s writings
Cinema
Amitava Nag explores the journey of Bengali Cinema over the years
Design
Robert Boucheron inspects the legacy of Patrick Geddes, 100 years after Cities in Evolution was published.
Literature
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’.
Cinema
Siddharth Sivakumar reviews Julie Taymor’s screen adaptation of The Tempest
Philosophy
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
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
Sabah Carrim explores Michel Foucault’s idea of panopticons
Culture
Daragh Smyth introduces the readers to Irish Mythology in a two-part essay.
Culture
Robert Boucheron writes on the experience of a daily walk in a neighbourhood park
Literature
Atharva Pandit explores the works of the great Hungarian writer, Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Culture
Daragh Smyth introduces the readers to Irish Mythology in a two-part essay.
Philosophy
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
Akshay Sreevatsa ponders over Christopher Hitchens and his book, Letters to a Young Contrarian
Literature
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
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
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
A re-run of the interview with U R Ananthamurthy from the July issue.
Literature
Arul Gaspar pays tribute to the late writer, Nadine Gordimer, who was an agent for political and social commitment
Culture
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
Tanuj Solanki responds to Amitava Kumar’s article, “The Shiver of the Real” from May 2014 issue of The Caravan
Literature
Arvind Radhakrishnan & Sudeep Reguna interviews noted writer and Jnanpith winner, Prof. U. R. Ananthamurthy
Culture
Rini Barman pays tribute to Khagen Mahanta, the Assamese folk singer who recently passed away